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Three Major Theories of Motivation that Massively Boost Engagement in Elearning Courses

Wizcabin

One of the most common is Maslow’s theory of needs which categorizes human needs into a 5-layered pyramid of priorities. Through this, Maslow explains that a person is motivated by either of these 5 categories of needs. Just like Maslow’s theory, there are several other theories; some better suited to specific fields of human life.

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Donald Clark on training departments…

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Read Donald’s post on a recent debate about whether training departments are part of the solution or part of the problem. Then there’s the phoney content; NLP, learning styles, life coaching (get a life not a coach – life is not a training programme), a flood of fuzzy nonsense. Neither has so-called ‘leadership’ training.

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Maturity Models and the Learning Organization

CrossKnowledge

Thanks to various studies and analyses, we know that companies are not only able to record their training history, but can also develop stability, repeatability, and therefore predictability from models based on the evolution of the “maturity” curve. From Maslow to Kirkpatrick: The Pioneers of the Maturity Model. Was it worth it?

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