I just stumbled upon Making Sense of Generative Learning by Fiorella, L. Making Sense of Generative Learning. Educ Psychol Rev 35, 50 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09769-7. It’s free to read and published under a Creative Commons license. The article explores how people learn through doing (generative learning activities – GLAs). The author suggests three key ways that…
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Feedback on Experiences
In a recent post on LinkedIn Will Thalheimer asked: How often does YOUR ORG use ONE or more LEARNER SURVEY questions related to DEI [Diversity, Equity, Inclusion]? And Arnold Horshack took up residence in my head until I was able to post a quick reply. https://youtu.be/ju-lptJweTc I do that, I said. Now I feel like…
Building Digital Escape Rooms as Learning Activities
Last year I responded to a request for ideas around MicroCourses and webinars with a suggestion that narrowing the focus would be better in short courses and webinars. I’d made the suggestion because a MicroCourse I’d just facilitated seemed really rushed and the majority of the participants didn’t complete their project before the end of…
Learning Objectives Done Right
As learning designers very little is more worthy of our time and attention than well conceived and perfectly functional learning objectives. Perhaps because of this the topic is rife with controversy and misunderstandings abound. Here’s my take on LOs and an example of Rise embedded in WordPress with Brian Batt’s awesome plugin. Click the Launch…
Make Learning Stick
A few months ago I had the pleasure of facilitating the Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) course, not once but twice. One of the ongoing assignments in FLO is to reflect on and share weekly learning nuggets. As we all know, teaching is the best way to learn so I had many of my own learning…
Are You Designing Education or Training?
There is a difference between education and training. If you’ve been working in the field for any length of time you probably know that. Those new to learning design may have a sense of the differences but may not have made a clear distinction between the two. As Jay Cross famously quipped: If your…