L&D is predicated on an outdated model that assumes we're formal reasoning beings. While it's an appealing proposition, it's demonstrably false. If we hope to build a viable approach to...

At the beginning of the past two years, I’ve written a post on important points I think you should know. In 2021 I mentioned the importance of context, emotion, and learning to learn. In...

Last year, I wrote an article about learning science trends to watch. In it, I mentioned the growing interest in learning science and the importance of context, emotion, and meta-learning....

Hear from Clark Quinn why you should attend his speaking session at ATD 2021 Japan Summit.

Surprise is a trigger for learning, so deliberately tap into learners’ curiosity.

While evidence suggests were not logical reasoners, much of our learning design is still predicated on that assumption. Understanding these cognitive flaws is critical in our learning...

In the 2021 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Kurt Kraiger and J. Kevin Ford address The Science of Workplace Instruction: Learning and Development...

To create effective learning experiences that engage, we need to know how learning works and what facilitates and hinders it. We need to track the underlying research and articulate how our...

Learning science is a relatively new field. And, rightly so, instructional design should be grounded in what learning science research tells us.

Im a fan of the notion learning experience design. The idea of integrating effective education and engaging experiences is something Ive been writing and talking about for a long time.