Webinar – How can the field of IO Psychology practically support organisations to cope during this unprecedented time of turbulence and uncertainty?
April 15, 2020Communication in Virtual Teams: Understanding individual differences
April 16, 2020Context
Online learning can assist individuals and organisations to learn in a timely manner. An understanding of neuroscience to enhance genuine adult learning should be considered when designing solutions.
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Purpose
Latest research tell us about important factors to consider when it comes to providing online learning options for employees as part of compliance training, ongoing professional development, and/or skill or knowledge building for employees?
What you can do as a leader?
- Ensure a simplistic focused course design with clear learning outcomes – over complexity can cause anxiety & brain wandering.
- Aim to set up online learning with reference to prior knowledge – the mind connects new information to prior knowledge & real-life examples.
- Ensure learning is fun– the brain is wired to associate information with positive emotions.
- Ensure learning has student input and involves collaborative efforts – there are more gains when learning is a social process.
- Ensure learning is ongoing – the plasticity of the brain and how it responds to learning remains throughout our lifespan.Learning is like exercising a muscle, the more we use it the easier it is to use over time.
- Space learning over time- to enhance retent
- Repeated practice and rehearsal alongside meaningful and relevant feedback- to assist comprehension, retention and application ion of information in comparison to compressed learning
- Try to use exercises that are practical and relate to their work- theoretical learning is fine but practical examples and exercises are often needed to bring home the relevance and get the person to apply the learning to a situation.
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