Biology Of Learning

Where Are You?

Thank You

Presenter Attendee

Law of Click

Vibrate Please

Texting, Typing Social Sharing

Tweet unto others
as you would have them tweet unto you.

Tweet something good before you tweet something bad.

Seek first To Understand

Safe space to agree, disagree, ponder and question.

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About You

Favorite Summer Food

WHY?

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Mimicry

Transformational

Learned Something?

The Empirical research

Is Wasted Effort

Illusions Of Knowing

Our Own

• Perceptual Illusions
• Cognitive Biases
• And Distortions Of Memory

Mislead us that we have learned & our attendees are learning!

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What Color Is A Yield Sign?

Changed from yellow & black in 1971

Changed from yellow & black in 1971

We tend to overestimate our competence [with learning] and see little reason to change.

Most of us on this webinar, care deeply about education and learning. We understand its importance to our organizations.

However, making a case to change the direction of learning for our organizations is often difficult at best like turning a large ship.

However, battleships can
turn quickly in one to three minutes. It may be discomforting but the crew is prepared and knows the change is purposeful.

We are misled by the stories we construct to explain the world around us and our place within it.

We are poor judges of when we are learning well and when we are not.

become more Accurate Judges

Adopt & Promote Accurate

Find Objective Ways

Bridge The Gap

Why do we prefer to leave education sessions with tips someone else implemented instead of understanding issues underneath?

Your Turn: Why do we prefer to leave education sessions with tips someone else implemented instead of understanding issues underneath?

Here's what We Did, N0W Copy Us?

We Promote Mimicry

We Prefer Mimicry

• It's eaiser!
• We misunderstand learning.
• We are poor judges of when we learn.

Not Correlated With Learning

Dr. Will Thalheimer

Successful Learning Is

• Dependent upon learning design
• After learning prompts
• Dr. Will Thalheimer

What Is Learning Design?

Most important factor in knowledge retention is the quality of the learning design, rather than the delivery method!

Learning Design

Learning Design Focuses On

• Activities that participants will do

Learning Design Focuses On

• Activities that participants will do
• Presenter-learner process

Learning Design Focuses On

• Activities that participants will do
• Presenter-learner process
• How learner receives & interprets info

Have you been more focused on delivery of information or learning design?

Your Turn: What changes can you make to focus on
learning design?

Five Things We

Learning Requires Memory

Learning & Remembering All Our Lives

Acquired Skill

Are counterintuitive

Learning, Unlearning, Relearning

What Is Learning?