When you design safety training materials for the workplace, you're designing training materials for adults. Most of us are familiar with learning as a result of our own childhood educations, but ...

Last week we focused on the background to adult learning and the assumptions underlying adult learning with special emphasis on how this can be incorporated into corporate training. This week we will ...

I’m often asked by coaches if I can recommend a book or resource on adult learning theory. Learning about adult learning is essential if we want to be effective coaches--it’s a knowledge set we can’t ...

You may want to keep your eye on the clock as you begin that new company training program at your small business. It probably will be only a matter of time before you commend your employees for being ...

Last week when speaking on an education and technology panel at General Assembly, a tech career skills and credentials provider, I was struck by the approaches to learning design used in the adult and ...

The first principle that I am going to talk about has to do with the adults’ need to be involved in the planning and evaluation of their instruction. Unlike child learners who have decisions about ...

Competencies are basic skills employees need to perform their job duties and tasks. All are broad areas that can be improved through training, job experience and development. Training and development ...

Faculty in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, successfully implemented a change in teaching strategies that was based on the ...

Your employees bring a lifetime of experiences to every training session. Sometimes they’ll know more than you do about specific hazards and safety conditions in their current jobs. When you design ...