Tag Archives: design
A different way of looking at the training cycle
While reading "The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes it Hard to be Happy", Paul recognises the similarities between the
concept of the Quest Saga described by Michael Foley and the experience of learners in our training rooms. Beginning with the Wizard of Oz and ending with a child 'drifting' their push bike, discover an alternative 4-step learning process.
Posted in Theory Also tagged accelerated learning, challenges, evaluation, facilitation, learning cycle 12 Comments
One way to break through corporate inertia
A couple of postings ago Paul mentioned working with a very traditional organisation trying to promote the brain friendly message. Since then quite a few of you have asked what happened next. In this post, Paul explains the rest of the story and shares his experience of how brain friendly learning reduces the pressure on learners to read up on course materials to ensure training success.
Posted in Practice Also tagged accelerated learning, change, evaluation, Kirkpatrick, management, productivity, retention 2 Comments
10 ways to split big groups into small groups or pairs
As trainers we are constantly looking for fresh and interesting ways to subdivide our groups into smaller groups and over the years I guess we all have our favourites.
So what are yours?
As a starter for 10, here are my top 10 (in no particular order!) that I have begged, borrowed, designed and stolen:
A continuum of [...]
Dale’s Cone of Learning figures debunked
Edgar Dale was a US educationist and professor of educations at Ohio State University. In 1946 he developed his most famous model, the cone of learning.Since then it has been quoted frequently, far and wide as the definitive evidence for how we retain information when delivered in various styles and mediums and has informed how to design training courses in specific ways.
This is unfortunate, because the figures we associate with the model are meaningless. In this post, Paul explains why and encourages to be careful when sharing 'facts' with others.
If you use surveys or quizzes this is just for you.