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They’re not learners, they’re people

Nick Leffler

They’re not learners, they’re people. I often hear people referred to as learners, or “my learners” when talking about the audience. So, let’s start treating people as people, not learners. They aren’t learners unless they’re learning, which isn’t something we get to decide. Expand Your Skills.

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3 Tips For Learning Online

Nick Leffler

My tips were included in the section Study Tips for e-Learners, Tips for Online Student Engagement, and General Tips for New e-Learners. You might also enjoy: They’re not learners, they’re people. I was fortunate enough to have three of those tips included in the article titled 101 e-Learning Tips from the Experts.

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The (1) Thing(s) Successful People Do First Thing In The Morning

Nick Leffler

They’re not learners, they’re people. The post The (1) Thing(s) Successful People Do First Thing In The Morning appeared first on Nick Leffler's Portfolio & Learning Insights. You might also enjoy: How do you get people talking on an enterprise social network? Increasing Social Awareness in Higher Education.

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Make Someone’s Life Easier

Nick Leffler

Have you made sure is thorough enough to give those self-directed learners the resources they need? Have you allowed them to use their brain to decide if they need the training or not? Have you given them the option to forgo the training and rely on performance support? Make it an option if it can be, and in most cases it can.

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Attention Spans Are Getting Shorter

Nick Leffler

You can’t shut it off and stop reading and stop learning, jobs demand that you’re a lifelong learner. It’s more important than ever to learn how to manage all this information. From the minute you get out of college with your degree you’re starting the learning program of life.

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Training Culture vs Learning Culture – A Mind Shift

Nick Leffler

Changing our thought process from learner to something else is an important change to also drive the change from Learning & Development to Training & Development (or something else?). You know, learner. The confusion and misnomer is when somebody taking training is called a learner. Who Is Your Audience? The Roots.

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Closing Out 2014 With Learning Reflection

Nick Leffler

People will still be calling people who took a course their learners though! They’re not learners, they’re people – November 12. This post was based off of a Tweet I made a while ago after seeing excessive use of the word learner and the phrase “my learners”. Here it is.