Effective learning isn't just about finding the easiest path—it's about the right kind of challenge. Two prominent theories—Desirable Difficulties (DDF) and Cognitive Load Theory (CLT)—offer valuable ...

Author Albert Singh equips aspiring L&D professionals with practical tools to design high-impact learning programs.

Psychological research on learning is sometimes overemphasized in the classroom, but that doesn’t mean some concepts shouldn’t play an important role in teachers’ approaches. A report released last ...

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 ...

Education is in a state of flux – transitioning from traditional architectures and practices to new ecologies of teaching and learning influenced by the tremendous social and technological changes of ...

Adult learning theory is a manual for classroom diplomacy, not a map of the mind. Walk into any corporate leadership retreat or faculty development workshop, and you will encounter a familiar set of ...

Learning doesn’t stop once you graduate. Adulthood brings new challenges and ambitions that reignite the desire for education. So what specifically drives adults back into the learning space, and why ...

Adopting adult learning principles in assessment design can help to shift the focus towards authentic assessment tasks. That is, connecting assessment tasks with the real world makes learning ...