Category: Learning Design

Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field that studies the nervous system. It looks at thought, emotion, and behavior using highly sophisticated technology such as brain-scanning devices that monitor the brain in real time, along with computer models and other techniques that...

Immersive learning Vocational education is about people “doing” something in the workplace. Is about employment readiness. I have participated in numerous discussions with RTOs and employers about the chasm in business between people knowing what to do and actually doing...

Knowing adult learning theory helps you train leaders Despite the seeming universality of adult training programs, theorists define adult learning very differently. This variance comes both from advances in the field of cognitive neuroscience and from the researchers’ own methods...

Collaborative teams. Research has shown that collaborative work done under the right circumstances can lead to better learning than solo work. Face-to-face learning environments especially lend themselves to collaborative assignments. Collaborative work moves the facilitator from the sage on the...

Storytelling can be used as an advanced instructional method.Think about a story that you heard during a training session. What made it effective? What kinds of effects do stories have that are unique? How can they best be used in...

Graphics are only effective to the extent that they support rather than disrupt psychological events of learning. To be effective, a visual must support any or several of the following processes: Directing attention Awaking appropriate prior knowledge Managing mental load Building...

Training Packages are developed by specific industries in response to their particular training needs. These packages contain the nationally endorsed units of competency, required by that industry to ensure that a person is able to perform their particular job. The...