There are several mental conditions in which learning thrives. In this post, we talk about one in which learning simply does NOT take place – when the learner perceives a threat to their intellect.
Well it’s taken me over 3 and a half years, but I’ve finally completed another MOOC… this was on the Coursera platform. Despite my overall satisfaction with the course, however, I experienced yet again a couple of perennial bugbears.
We don’t always hear clients asking us to create effective e-learning to help improve performance. But here are a few questions we can ask…
All big organisations have a Learning Management System. It’s used to track and record the training that the employees do. In practice, it tends to be used to administer compliance training, though it can be much broader than that.
A business goal is the factor that determines that a course is in fact needed. But how do we make sure they are meaningful, realistic and achievable?
An important ingredient for a course to succeed is learners’ receptiveness to learning. How can we get this right, opening up their minds for the possibility of learning, thereby making full use of what the course has to offer?
In this exclusive interview with Learnnovators, Jane Bozarth shares her insights for great learning design, and explains the thinking behind her unflinching focus on the learner as a key actor in the system.
What happens when we throw too much content at learners? Information overload. In this article, we talk about ways we can avoid this.
We are fastidious about teaching learners all the right things. Do this, then do that, and then that. We don’t want to miss out on any point, lest they make a mistake.
In this post, Nirmal Ranganathan shares his experience and the lessons he learnt from working with Clark Quinn on the Learnnovators & Quinnovation project.
In this post, Srividya Kumar shares her experience and the lessons she gleaned from working with Clark Quinn on the Learnnovators & Quinnovation project.
Nobody likes boring page-turners. Granted. But what about that course clad in bells and whistles masquerading as an engaging piece of training? That’s the one we’ve got to watch out for.
