Efforts to apply Design Thinking to Instructional Design fail when they try to force fit Design Thinking concepts into the ADDIE process or visa versa. The front-end of ADDIE (analysis and design) is where Design Thinking is most useful. It can help to break through listless approaches to learning design and replace it with user empathy, collaboration, and a more creative spirit. We’ve created a Learning Design Sprint process inspired...Continue Reading
This is a re-post based on a article I wrote for CSTD Learning Journal back in 2013. It’s posted here in three parts. Part 1 introduced the signature skills demonstrated by experts that separate them from novices. Part 2 presented the type of practice that develops experts. This post discusses implications I see for Learning and Development and makes the connection to existing approaches that embody the principles of deliberate practice. *** It would be easy...Continue Reading
This is a re-post based of a article I wrote for CSTD Learning Journal back in 2013. It’s posted here in three parts. Part 1 introduced the signature skills demonstrated by experts that separate them from novices. *** The signatures skills of expertise I described in Part 1 are the result of years of effortful, progressive practice on authentic tasks accompanied by relevant feedback, self-reflection and correction. The research team labeled this “Deliberate...Continue Reading
This is a re-post based on a article I wrote for CSTD Learning Journal back in 2013. It’s posted here in three parts. *** We know well-designed practice is a critical for effective training. It’s what differentiates meaningful learning from passive information. But as work becomes more complex and knowledge-based, are the practice activities we design for our training programs (classroom and digital) enough to meet the need for expertise in the...Continue Reading
On Wed, June 20, at the Canadian Community of Corporate Educators June meeting, Rob Pearson (Director, Executive and Corporate Education Ted Rogers School of Management) and I will share our thoughts on the impact automation on jobs and workplace learning practices. Here’s a registration link some details on what we’ll be talking about. Hope you can make it. Time & Location Jun. 20, 8:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Schulich Executive Education...Continue Reading
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