'All Learning is Personal'I've said this at least 100 times this past week. To myself, clients, prospects, my wife, my niece, friends, the mailman...basically anyone who'll listen to me for 10 seconds.
I'm convinced this simple phrase needs to be the guiding principle of all training and development activities and technology decisions.
What makes for effective learning? Motivation, leveraging previous experience, teaching the right amount of information, applying the right learning style, providing practice opportunities and feedback.
And no one has the exact same combination of them. Everyone is unique. The more we can tailor training to leverage these factors, the more effective learning takes place.
More and more learning technologies are available everyday. Brandon Hall Research's newest report, LMS KnowledgeBase 2009, reviews 92 learning management systems. 92?! That's unbelievable. Which one to choose?
IT considerations aside, choose the one that allows you to personalize content more and more and allows learners to follow their own path of 'bread crumbs' to the answers. Avoid ones that simple automate pushing generalized, impersonal content AT people.
Most people know how they like to learn and, given choices, will select the right content in the right order. Embrace technologies that let people choose their own path to understanding and expertise.
All learning is personal. Let this be your guide.
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