Articles

November 21, 2016

6 Ways To Use Mistake-Driven Learning

We are fastidious about teaching learners all the right things. Do this, then do that, and then that. We don’t want to miss out on any point, lest they make a mistake. But what can mistakes teach us? Here is how to use mistake-driven learning by building mistakes purposefully into your courses and leverage them for teaching.
by Srividya Kumar
November 20, 2016

Training Gen Z: 5 Myths Busted

Gen Z, who? The eLearning industry is a buzz with strategies for training Millennials and helping them cope with the changing business environment. This leaves Gen Z gaping in the face of the future… wondering how it will fit into the workforce. What about training Gen Z, which is set to account for 20 % of working adults by the year 2020?
by Vivek Bhide
November 19, 2016

Interview With Dr. Joan Carles March About The Patient School Project

At LearningLovers.org we had the opportunity to attend the First National Health Hackathon organized at the headquarters of Madrid Google Campus by the Association of Researchers in eHealth (AIES). In this event, programmers and designers meet the needs of patients and healthcare professionals, developing health applications and games designed to promote training, education in healthy habits, and adherence to therapy. Here is what we learned about the Patient School project.
by Leticia Lafuente López
November 18, 2016

Memory And Learning, Part 2

Last month, I began a series of articles about knowing and using the constraints of perception and memory. Unlike some other constraints on learning interventions (such as time), there are no ways to get around memory. We either work with it or people learn less well (or not at all). Here is my second article discussing the relationship between memory and learning.
by Patti Shank, PhD