by admin | Jan 14, 2025 | Instructor identity
Issue: I’m in a training rut. Solution : Do things differently Stand Up Paddleboards (SUPs) are quite popular where I live. My friends have invited me many times to join them on the many rivers and lakes around where I live. But I really don’t like them. I...
by admin | Jan 1, 2025 | Learning Retention
Issue: My audience has a hard time remembering what I teach Solution: Learning from Failure Have you heard of the Winter Blues? Do you sometimes get it? Growing up in Mexico I had never heard of it. Then I came to Canada, where the winters are cold, dark and long, and...
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...
