Remember that science experiment where you use a magnifying glass to burn or ignite a piece of paper or dried leaf? Microlearning is (or should be) like that. Etching Lessons Through Glass and Sun This magnifying glass experiment is perhaps…
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How Visual Arts Inspire Microlearning Lessons – Tip #201
If you have an important lesson to share with your learners, how do you ensure that it sticks to their memories? You might want to take a page out of the artist’s work. Exaggeration and the Artist When you look…
Democratization of Learning Content: Ride the Wave of Learning Revolution with Knowledge-Sharing – Tip #200
Do you want to learn how to use Instagram Stories? There’s a course for that. How about handling difficult conversations? There’s a course for that, too! Think about something you really want to learn, whether for personal, professional or business growth, and…
Becoming an Expert: What Has Intuition Got to Do With It? – Tip #199
Think about this problem from the book “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by renowned psychologist Daniel Kahneman: “A baseball bat and a ball together cost $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much is the cost of the ball?”…
SMART or FAST: Which Wins the Goal-Setting Race? – Tip #198
We’ve all heard the tale of the turtle and the hare. In the story, the speedy hare loses to the slow turtle. I want you to imagine this as the traditional way of setting goals. SMART, which stands for…
5 Ways L&D Can Adapt to the Evolution of Employees – Tip #197
There’s an interesting book that talks about the future of work by Jacob Morgan titled The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization. In his book, he urges organizations to “rethink and challenge everything…
Facing the Unexpected: 3 Powerful Habits to Help Workers Train Themselves – Tip #196
What do you do when you have a problem? How do you respond to unexpected outcomes? When faced with complex challenges or uncertain outcomes, many leaders believe that if they are smart enough, work hard enough, or turn to the…
SME-Dependent Content Is Broken – Tip #195
At which point do learners rely less on formal learning structure and start with self-driven learning while at work? When is the pivot? There are multiple reasons why learners shift their dependence from formal training to self-driven learning. It could…
It’s Personal: Creating Career Development Activities That Work – Tip #194
Career paths are very personal matters. No matter what companies’ objectives are, the core of career paths is the employee’s personal goals and benefits. Career paths are just manifestations of what, where and how people are doing with regards to achieving their life…
Cultivate These Behaviors for Responsible Digital Learning – Tip #193
These two ideas from Finnish sociologist Esko Kilpi, brings me back to the core of accountability, personal responsibility and drive. It is about individual self-realizations and insights for personal growth. “Activities are performed in interaction, sharing a cognitive load of…
Stop Applying Band-Aid to Your eLearning and Training – Tip #192
In my past blogs, tips, videos, and workshops, I have always mentioned about the challenge of traditional training as being far from the realities of work. Jane Hart’s study supports this observation. She found that most L&D efforts are focused on…
The Need for the Human Factor in an AI World – Tip #191
How do you imagine a future with AI? Will the world be run by machines and computers? Or are humans still an important part of the picture? An AI Named Quixote Quixote is an AI system that learns about ethics and…
Small Rewards Encourage Independent Lifelong Learning – Tip #190
“How do you engage online learners?” It’s a perennial question that bugs learning and development professionals of all skills and responsibilities. From the designer to the trainer, it’s the one question that so many of us has sought to answer.…
Adopt Independent Lifelong Learning to Meet Workplace Challenges – Tip #189
I recently came across two interesting statistics on learning and development. The first one basically says organizations are placing less emphasis on on-the-job training and the other one states that individuals are focusing on independent and continuous learning. Here are…
4 Ways to Develop Learning Agility – Tip #188
In a previous blog post, I talked about how a VUCA environment can actually jumpstart the learning process. But, for learning to take place, learners have to be flexible and open to change. A term we used to describe learners…