“What is your motivation to learn?” “What is going to distract you from learning what you want to learn?” On day three of Learning2020 Lisa Christensen and Mat Smith of McKinsey & Company gave an excellent presentation on Intentional Learning. If you attended the virtual conference and have access to
Learning Design
A Concept Map Connects Thoughts and Ideas
A concept map helps learners organize and visualize and connect thoughts and ideas. It’s a great way to build upon previous knowledge, allowing the brain to connect new information back to existing knowledge. When integrated with existing knowledge, new knowledge is easier to understand and to remember. A concept map
You Won’t Believe Why “This One Trick” Really Works in E-learning!!
Are you using “clickbait” in your corporate learning experiences? This one weird trick actually works! Information Gap Theory was written about in 1994, but social media has taken it to new prominence. It’s so effective that instructional designers are using the theory in modern eLearning, but with this unique twist–the payoff is usable, valuable, and important to the learner.
7 Ways to Hook Your Learner
Screenwriters, advertisers, marketers, speakers, and novelists all use ’em. So do instructional designers: hooks. The hooks that will be most effective for your training will depend on your audience and objectives, but here are 7 ideas we use to hook your learner and create unforgettable learning experiences. We hope these
Netflix-Like Bingeable College Curriculum? (Part 2)
Bringing classroom curriculum online in a way that makes it bingeable. Here’s how we’re doing it.
Bringing Design Workshops Online
We’ve just finished day one of our largest virtual design workshops to date. Sixteen participants from multiple states, using Zoom breakout rooms and MURAL virtual whiteboards gathered to discuss a new training experience. Though we have facilitated many design workshops, this is our first conducted virtually. We conducted introductory icebreakers