Learning Research & Science
Insights culled from analysis and inquiry that keep learning professionals up-to-date on how people learn, technologies, approaches, and performance improvement practices.
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Mastering AI Literacy: A New Core Competency for L&D Professionals
In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, the role of Learning and Development (L&D) professionals is evolving. It’s no longer enough to simply be aware of AI; a deeper AI literacy is becoming a core competency. This isn’t about becoming a data scientist or a coder, but about developing the knowledge and skills to […]
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The AI Literacy Checklist: Self-Assessment and Reflection
This AI Literacy Checklist is designed to help you develop the essential knowledge and critical skills needed to confidently navigate the rapidly changing world of AI.
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What Do You Meme? Leveraging Gestalt Psychology for Engaging Instructional Design
In today’s fast-paced, media-rich world, memes have become a common form of communication, and their potential in instructional design is just beginning to be explored. This session will explore how memes, when combined with the principles of Gestalt psychology, can revolutionize the way we create and deliver learning experiences.
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Beyond Knowledge: Embedding Behavioral Change in Professional Development
Traditional professional development often focuses on delivering content, yet real impact comes from behavioral transformation. This session explores how learning design, neuroscience, and behavioral science can reshape professional development to create lasting change in workplace learning.
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Changing Mindsets! Replacing Teach-and-Quiz with Contextual Learning
Think about something you do exceptionally well at your job. How did you learn it? Chances are, you didn’t master that skill by attending a class, completing an online module, or passing a quiz. Instead, you probably learned by doing, making mistakes, receiving feedback, and improving as you solved real-life problems. In this session, Dr. Cristina Wildermuth and Kasper Spiro introduce the Contextual Learning Model and show how L&D professionals can lead mindset shifts and empower employees to teach through real-world problem-solving.
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How “Learning in the Flow of Work” Works
Learning professionals are well aware that people learn while doing their jobs, and “learning in the flow of work” is the primary stream of development for many roles and sophisticated skills. This session will explore the dynamics of these kinds of in-the-flow-of-work development activities, what makes them work, and how L&D can support people in effectively engaging in them.
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Hands-On Learning: Applying Social Cognitive Theory in Leadership Training
Want to move beyond lecture-based leadership training? In this highly interactive session, you’ll discover how to apply Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) to design programs and improve skill development and confidence-building in leadership training.
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Unlearning Learning: Brain Science, Better Design, and an AI-Powered Boost
Corporate training is due for a reset. Despite advances in brain science, many learning programs still cling to outdated assumptions and ineffective practices. In this highly practical session, we’ll unpack what needs to be unlearned in corporate L&D, explore the AGES model (Attention, Generation, Emotion, Spacing), and show how AI can support the application of evidence-based learning design without requiring you to become a neuroscientist or AI engineer.
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Transforming Learning with Impact: Designing Engaging and Adaptive Experiences
Many onboarding, HR essentials, skill-based training, and online courses fail to provide opportunities for learners to apply the knowledge and skills in their actual work environments. Learners frequently feel disengaged, overwhelmed, or trapped in a cycle of passive content consumption with few meaningful takeaways. This session introduces three evidence-based approaches to bridge this gap and ensure learning translates into practice.
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Using the Learning Sciences to Gain a Competitive Advantage
As an industry, we are now committed to the learning sciences, but still, we do not always feel empowered to maximize learning results. We yearn to partner more fully with our organization’s senior leadership “to get a seat at the table,” but we don’t always speak their language, and they don’t always see how our work impacts organizational success. We need a new vocabulary and a new way of framing our strategic importance. Enter “Competitive Advantage.” By striving for competitive advantage, we can empower ourselves and simultaneously connect with the language of business.