Learning Management Systems: The Future of Education
A Learning management system (LMS) is a term used loosely to refer to a variety of computer application programs designed for training or educational purposes.
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Learner Engagement is Key to Effective Training
Effective instruction depends on ensuring that learners are actively engaged in both receiving the information being taught and processing it for later use. But doing so in an adult learning environment can be challenging.
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Interactive Instruction Keeps Learners Engaged and Boosts Understanding
Ask any middle school teacher and they’ll tell you one of the hardest parts of their job is keeping their audience – the students – focused and engaged. For the adult trainer, there’s certainly a difference in the audience, but the challenge is exactly the same.
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Effective Training Means Letting Learners Know When They’re Right
Decades of research in both laboratory and real-life applications have proven the value of positive reinforcement in directing behavior. Among the everyday scenarios where positive reinforcement has proven particularly successful is the classroom.
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Assess Learning to Determine a Seminar’s Success
During any type of teaching or training, it’s important for the instructor to understand whether participants are comprehending and assimilating the information being provided.
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Accountability and Participation Make Team-Based Learning Work (Part 2 of 2)
The collaborative nature of team-based learning might seem foreign to many instructors who are firmly rooted in the old study/lecture/test classroom model.
As discussed earlier, these foreign aspects emerge from several factors, perhaps the most significant being the collaborative nature of the team-based learning environment.
