Three Reasons Why Corporate Training Departments Could Become.
Dashe & Thomson
APRIL 26, 2011
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4 Learning Theories Every Online Educator Should Know
LearnDash
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
During the twentieth century, four major learning theories emerged, and each has lessons that online educators can learn from to design better courses. Much of cognitive learning theory focuses on the mechanics of memory and the mapping of new information to preexisting mental schema. Or do we just learn through raw mental power?
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The Flipped Classroom Cheat Sheet
LearnDash
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
With so much information available today on flipped classrooms, it is easy to get confused on what it actually entails. Truth is, a flipped classroom approach to learning can be rather simple or complex depending on the desired end result. With that said, let’s get to the quick-facts: What is a Flipped Classroom?
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Avatars and Social Learning Theory
Kapp Notes
MAY 27, 2011
Recently, I posted about Bandura’s Social learning theory , this posting continues the discussion and relates it specifically to instruction involving avatars. Social Learning Theory. Social learning theory is based on the premise that observation and imitation by an individual leads to learned behavior.
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Revisiting Learning Styles
Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 1, 2012
It made intuitive sense, and I’d never heard a real criticism of the theory. If I think back to the way learning styles were taught to me though, it was never applied the way that the theory is “officially” supposed to work. That was never how it was applied in the classroom though.
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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms
Association eLearning
MAY 11, 2016
This word means the methods and practice of teaching adult learners. ILT- Instructor led training or traditional classroom training or instruction. A Learning Management System (LMS) provides organizations with a centralized and consolidated method for the delivery of online training programs. Had your fill of alphabet soup?
How to Write Good Assessment Questions
Association eLearning
MARCH 23, 2016
This is true whether you’re making an eLearning assessment or writing questions for a traditional in-classroom test. Decision making simulations and other non-traditional methods aren’t just for presenting content, they can be used as assessments too. These methods may be easy to administer and score, but they do have limitations.
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Should You Embrace Macro Learning in Your Online Classroom?
LearnDash
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Macro learning can encompass a learning theory. As a language nerd, I’ve been curious to watch ways in which learning theories about languages have changed in the past few years. Combined, these techniques form a new learning theory around language learning. Macro learning can help learners change their way of life.
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200 How Online Training can Lead your Sales Team to Success
ProProfs
DECEMBER 6, 2017
For instance, if you depend heavily on the traditional training platforms like in-house workshops, classroom learning, manuals, off-site seminars, then it is imperative to explore the latest online sales training techniques. In this method, all the lessons and quizzes will be based on the previous lesson.
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Sneak Peak: My Book on Gamification of Learning and Instruction
Kapp Notes
JUNE 30, 2011
Chapter Three presents theories behind the elements of gamification. Also explored are the concepts of distributed practice, social learning theory, achieving the flow state, scaffolding and game levels, and the power of episodic memory. The chapter nicely “validates” what all the theory states about game-based learning.
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4 Modern-Day Learning Trends in Education
LearnDash
JUNE 24, 2013
Classrooms are seeing an uptick in learning management systems for blended learning purposes, while businesses are taking advantage of improved delivery methods from new APIs which better enable mobile learning. This allows them to apply the theories to realty and see them in action.
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255 I’m Glad Millennials Scare Learning and Development – Part 3
Association eLearning
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
After a primary learning event (like a webinar or classroom training) sending learners brief, systematic “boosts” about the topic will improve their ability to recall what they learned. One common method is “The 5 Whys.” Microlearning isn’t always an option and it doesn’t work well for everything. That’s where memory boosters come in.
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eLearning Content Strategy for Safety Industry in Australia
Brilliant Teams
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
Online learning has become an effective method to teach people about safety at work. Traditional classroom-based training can be time-consuming, costly, and difficult to scale, especially for large or geographically dispersed organisations. Why eLearning for Safety Training?
A-Z of Digital Learning
The Learning Rooms
APRIL 11, 2025
Whether you’re exploring innovative online teaching methods, embracing new ways to learn, or simply curious about eLearning and educational technology, this resource will help you understand the language that shapes digital learning. A term to describe adult learning theory. A learning theory developed by B.F Andragogy.
What Is Modern Learning Theory?
Webanywhere
MARCH 16, 2025
The best teaching methods have evolved significantly over time. With that in mind, we’re diving into the details of modern learning theory, so you can empower your team through education and continue making waves in your industry. Gone are the days of referring to brains as sponges that absorb readymade solutions.
Falling Head Over Heels for Online Learning: The 5 Love Languages of the Instructional Designer
CourseArc
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
These dedicated creators start with a strong foundation every time by using proven methods and organizational structures as the backbone of their work. 2: Theories— If you want to get an instructional designer’s heart racing, just casually mention Bloom’s Taxonomy or Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction in conversation.
Learning Experience Design: Transforming Corporate Training for the Digital Age
Infopro Learning
JANUARY 21, 2025
Bridging Theory and Practice: Put it into practice and link learning theory to its real-world applications. Let’s take a few of its benefits: Sparks Learner Interest: Using well-known methods to increase interest and participation, LXD puts the learner front and center through personalized, engaging, and interactive processes.
What Is E-learning, And How To Create The Best Types Of E-learning?
Spark Your Interest
AUGUST 30, 2021
Live Virtual Classrooms. Live virtual classrooms are the direct counterpart of physical classes where students gather in a physical space to learn. A live virtual classroom may take advantage of any of the numerous web conferencing software available. Flipped Classroom. What type of e-learning is a flipped classroom?
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Revisiting Learning Styles
Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 1, 2012
It made intuitive sense, and I’d never heard a real criticism of the theory. If I think back to the way learning styles were taught to me though, it was never applied the way that the theory is “officially” supposed to work. That was never how it was applied in the classroom though.
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LMS for Virtual Reality Learning: How VR Transforms Online Training
Paradiso
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
One of the most impactful developments is the incorporation of VR into the classroom environment. Unlike conventional methods, where students passively consume information, VR enables them to interact with digital content tangibly. This interactive method does not only make learning more engaging but also offers real-time feedback.
Turbocharge Your Training: Blended Learning Solutions for Maximum Impact
Infopro Learning
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
This new way of learning mixes regular classroom lessons with online activities to give individuals an engaging and customized learning journey. Instructors must incorporate technology into their teaching practices to implement blended learning successfully in the classroom. 6 Most Popular Blended Learning Models 1.
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Silicon Valley Parents Question Value of Technology in Learning. Should We?
Dashe & Thomson
OCTOBER 27, 2011
According to the recent New York Times series Grading the Digital School , parents in some of the most tech savvy places in America are questioning whether the investment in classroom technology is paying off. They are not allowed in the classroom …. Many are sending their children to “low-tech” schools. No screens at all.
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A Conversation with Duncan Lennox
Kapp Notes
JULY 29, 2014
Duncan is passionate technologist who enjoys bridging the gap between theory and application and mapping out strategies and solutions that allow technology to be leveraged in new and unique ways. Lennox: Qstream is a scientifically proven method for developing long-term retention and behavior change in professional sales teams.
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Training: Spaced Learning
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JANUARY 9, 2013
information over a short amount of time, one learning method suggests. This learning theory doesn't give specifics on how long is too. long or short; however, 15 minutes or less has been shown to work in live classroom settings. ( large board by a classroom or online instructor. the opposite. In an asynchronous.
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Grab Learner Attention with Your Course Content
LearnDash
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
Teachers in traditional classrooms face this burden too, of course, but in-person classroom experiences provide a more focused learning environment. In the case of the dress, it turned out to be a fascinating lesson in color theory, among other things.). Flip the classroom. Ask questions.
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Blended Learning: How To Innovate Your Organization’s Training
Spark Your Interest
OCTOBER 28, 2021
No matter what type of course or training event you are conducting, including blended learning methods, can significantly enhance your course. By matching the blended learning design and methods with your subject matter, you can improve participant engagement and the quality of instruction provided. What Is Blended Learning?
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Learn how Docebo’s redesigned LMS will boost your user experience
Docebo
JULY 5, 2016
With the advancements in elearning technology, training is moving from the classroom to online. Onboarding 20 years ago exemplified the negative outcomes identified in Hermann Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve theory, which argues that over time, learners retain less and less knowledge from instructor led training (ILT).
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Teaching methods
Ed App
JANUARY 18, 2021
In today’s article, we would like to present a few contemporary teaching methods and how they’re being put into good use. One of the ancient teaching methods, the Socratic method of teaching, is still being used in today’s teaching. In the middle, we have Socratic questioning: a method already mentioned before.
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How Digital Content Can Make Classrooms Culturally Responsive
MagicBox
JANUARY 22, 2020
As international migrations remain a constant aspect of modern society, classrooms around the world are becoming increasingly multicultural. Students of diverse races and ethnicities, speaking different languages and following different religions are all studying together in the K-12 classrooms. So, how can teachers adopt CRT methods?
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Your Guide to New-Age Medical Training with Interactive and Gamified Methods
Hurix Digital
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Summary This blog explores gamification in medical education, focusing on VR surgery simulations and interactive methods that revolutionize surgical training, enhancing anatomy education and patient safety training. In this blog, well explore how these learning methods are changing the way we train the next generation of surgeons.
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8 Ways to Develop an E-Learning Mindset
Origin Learning
DECEMBER 23, 2014
The learner must be willing to allow himself to learn using comparatively less conventional tools and methods. According to a theory called Dual Encoding, content communicated with text and graphics sends two codes — a verbal code and a visual code. This can be developed if the following things are kept in mind: The what, how and why.
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Can Learning Management Systems Foster Experiential Knowledge in the Workplace?
TOPYX LMS
AUGUST 4, 2016
In a relationship it can happen during a conflict, after which one or both parties figure out how to communicate best with one another (and learn what communication methods to avoid). Mr. Nordin is speaking here about how experiential learning works in the classroom. Instead, I decided to have students participate as mock jurors.
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Insurance Training Programs to Empower Professionals for Future Success
Infopro Learning
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The Role of Insurance Training Programs Traditional learning and professional development methods are no longer sufficient to equip insurance professionals with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in this dynamic environment. These programs can become outdated quickly, leaving professionals ill-prepared for emerging challenges.
Part Two: Using Facilitation to Connect with Your Audience at a Deeper Level
InSync Training
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Recently, we explored the theory behind how facilitators can quantify and qualify learner engagement in the virtual classroom. Our team relies on a number of tried-and-true facilitation methods to connect with live online learners more deeply and more meaningfully.
Pedagogy vs. Andragogy: Where Many Get it Wrong In Their Learning Strategy
eLearningMind
MAY 16, 2022
Andragogy refers to the methods and approaches used in adult education and is directed towards self-actualization, gaining experience, and problem-solving. Pedagogy is an education method in which the learner is dependent on the teacher for guidance, evaluation, and acquisition of knowledge. Knowles’ Theory. The problem?
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Flipped learning for talent development: Lessons from the college classroom
CLO Magazine
APRIL 16, 2021
Based on my research on learning theory, instructional design, design thinking, employee engagement, organizational health and neuroscience, I created the “Wicked Learning Experience Design.”. For the first 20-minutes of the workshop, I gave a primer on the Scrum agile project management method. Teaching is just talking, right?
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Falling Head Over Heels for Online Learning: The 5 Love Languages of the Instructional Designer
CourseArc
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
These dedicated creators start with a strong foundation every time by using proven methods and organizational structures as the backbone of their work. 2: Theories— If you want to get an instructional designer’s heart racing, just casually mention Bloom’s Taxonomy or Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction in conversation.
The Incredible Power of Design Thinking in Learning Design
Learnnovators
MAY 2, 2015
It is a formal method for practical, creative resolution of problems and creation of solutions, with the intent of an improved future result.”. Designers have learned some powerful methods for arriving at innovative solutions. What are some of the interesting resources available on this subject? VIDEOS / PRESENTATIONS.
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Is blended learning really advantageous in K12 teaching?
Creativ Technologies
APRIL 11, 2022
These are the benefits of blended learning: Ease of learning: The learner has a lot of freedom in this teaching methodology because he can decide on his training method. He is free to learn from any option, be it VILT or in-person method. The same learning method used repeatedly can cause monotony for learners.
How to Become an Instructional Designer: The Complete Guide
BrainCert
MAY 29, 2025
As digital learning continues to reshape classrooms, corporate training rooms, and even onboarding programs, one role stands quietly at the center of it all: the instructional designer. ” Instructional Activities These are the methods used to teach, such as: Videos Live workshops Quizzes Group projects Simulations The goal?
How to Apply Social Learning Theory for Effective eLearning
PulseLearning
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Have you recently looked at Bandura’s Social Learning Theory principles? Psychologist Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory states that people learn behavior from their environment through observation, imitation, and modeling. Social Learning Theory says that we learn through observation. We are social creatures by nature.
I’m Glad Millennials Scare Learning and Development
Association eLearning
JULY 13, 2016
L&D theory has lots of innovative, scientifically backed methods in its corner. In many cases, the shift from classroom training toward blended learning and eLearning has just meant the learners can sit somewhere other than in a classroom while they endure a lecture or get pelted by bullet points.
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Can Games Make Pharmacy Education More Effective?
Hurix Digital
APRIL 30, 2025
Traditional lecture-based learning is a more conventional teaching method. Delivers Hands-on Experience Serious games help bridge the gap between theory and practice. Has a Longer Retention Span Traditional classroom instruction typically employs lectures, which rely heavily on auditory learning. What are Serious Games?
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Measuring Training Effectiveness Through Gaming
Dashe & Thomson
AUGUST 3, 2012
Should we sit the client through a well-worn PowerPoint covering Kirkpatrick’s method, knowing that by the time the project is nearing its completion there will most likely be neither time nor budget for such frivolousness? For me, something like Skyrim comes to mind.
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