Dissonance between content and experience
Perhaps you've experienced an induction that goes something like this:
- Step 1: Watch a video welcoming you to the team, fill out some paperwork
- Step 2: Do
some(lots) of boring eLearning, meet some
David Becker
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Performance campaigns are unlike other blended and digital learning approaches, because they don't set out to teach. Instead they set out to create the circumstances from which performance arises. As a result they draw on different design and
We’ve shifted the dial completely!
The problem is philosophical
Much has been written about the effectiveness of digital and blended learning. I won’t speak to that issue broadly, but I’d like to share my observations from over 20 years in the
Set and organise goals within a defined space
Set out a clear picture of what success looks like in story form using real stories from people the learner knows, trusts or has heard about. Alternatively, use case studies or a ‘day in the life of’.
World Class Digital Learning can be prepared and served effectively when given the right recipe!
Ingredients
For this recipe, you’re going to need the following:
- Evidence-based adult learning - Storytelling, gamification and behavioural
In the previous article, I argued the case for user and algorithmically generated content and suggested that combining the two in a value chain could create a stream of fresh content able to keep up with the recommendations generated from an eCoach
In the previous article, I made the argument for an eCoach blending adaptive and affective learning with psychometric analytics. I suggested this engine could meet our current and future learning needs at both a trait
In the last article, I criticised the LMS for being a gilded cage, locking people and content into a frictious, top down, narrow, reductionist and mostly rational experience. I asked how we might create a low friction flow of more natural learning,
Over this series of articles, I’ll examine the flaws in the learning management system and explore the ideas and technologies pointing the way to a superior approach. Then, in my final article, I’ll meld these ideas into a model and re-examine the