Categories for Rapid Learning Insights
June 29, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Stephen J. Meyer
Even the best training content can fail without the proper support structure. So how can learning organizations make sure they succeed? Research provides some answers.
June 1, 2016 10:43 am
Published by Stephen J. Meyer
The benefits of training your employees are well chronicled. But these benefits typically assume that conditions are normal. What about when the situation is abnormal? Can training help your organization survive, or even thrive, when the economic outlook is grim?
May 18, 2016 11:04 am
Published by Stephen J. Meyer
Research suggests that critical learning tasks happen while we’re sleeping.
May 3, 2016 10:45 am
Published by Stephen J. Meyer
The appeal of gamification is clear, but does it actually work? That’s what Penn’s Wharton School recently investigated during a gamification conference with some of the field’s top researchers.
April 20, 2016 9:48 am
Published by Stephen J. Meyer
Do you wish your team or organization generated more innovative thinking? The answer, chances are, is yes. But can you train people to be more creative, or is it an ability they’re naturally born with? Recent research looked into this very question.
April 7, 2016 11:54 am
Published by Stephen J. Meyer
When a learner is struggling to improve, what’s the best way to help? Research conducted by Harvard and Brown universities may have the answer.
March 16, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Stephen J. Meyer
Performing in front of other people is stressful. That can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your skill level.
March 2, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Stephen J. Meyer
We’re written before about the importance of activating prior knowledge in training. To briefly sum up: If you can connect new information to what learners already know, they’ll be much…
February 17, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Stephen J. Meyer
The primary benefit of retrieval practice is clear: When learners test their knowledge after a learning event, they revisit important information, strengthening it in their memories. But researchers recently highlighted…
February 3, 2016 8:00 am
Published by Stephen J. Meyer
A recent report aims to summarize a body of educational research to reveal how we learn. Intended to provide practical advice to both learning professionals and learners, the document, entitled…
