by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Learning Retention
Issue: My audience has a hard time remembering what I teach Solution: Reflection, spaced repetition and brain helpers Here’s an analogy I love from Julie Dirksen (Design for how people learn, 2016): A new learning is like a piece of clothing that you try on (you...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Instructor identity
Issue: How do I build a safe learning environment? Solution: Talk about yourself, but with a focus on them. Truth: When the instructor resonates with the learner, better learning happens. Last month I attended a training in the dread of winter (I live in the cold side...
by admin | Dec 27, 2024 | Learning Design, Learning Engagement
Issue: In this season of distractions, it is difficult to keep my learners’ attention. Solution: Connection Most people say that the antidote for distraction is engagement. I don’t disagree, because engagement is to have a relationship. However, the first...
by admin | Dec 27, 2024 | Instructor identity
Issue: Some parts of training feel awkward, or just not like me. Solution: Change those parts and capitalize on your strengths Just last week, I delivered a session on short and long-term memory. Virtual. The producer asked me for the slides. I said: “there are...
