When you plan education programming, do you remember these two driving motivations? Do you program annual meeting content that helps your customers advance their careers?
Does you conference content provide solutions to real-world problems and issues? Or are you education sessions nothing more than data dumps that force the listener to sift through the junk to find something meaningful to them?
Is your conference content just research rants with all the facts, figures, numbers, stats and kitchen sink that learners never get to the root of results? The learner does not need to hear speakers that recite all the data details.
They can read that in a report if they want. What matters to them are the results and how it solves their problems or advances their careers. During a paid education session, what matters more to you, the relevant results or the data details?
Why do so many associations push content that is nothing more than a talking head research rant with very little takeaways? There is a growing body of research that demonstrates people learn most effectively when solving problems in a hands on fashion. I suspect that the days of education consisting of a talking head trying to beam out information are limited. The logistics of trying to create environments at conferences where people can engage in hands-on learning may be challenging, but I suppose that this could be seen as an opportunity for event planners.
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They may feel it is too late, and they have missed their chance. Our brains have an element of plasticity to them that help us learn and grow. With every repetition of a thought, we reinforce a neural pathway. When we learn something new, we create a new pathway. The connections in our brain are constantly getting stronger or weaker, creating new pathways or strengthening older ones. Younger people have brains that are more plastic, so changes are easier for them. As we age, our brains become less plastic and we are more fixed in what we believe and know.
That is a direct struggle for learners who are trying to take on new concepts, forge new pathways, and more. Adult learners may have a harder time understanding new things simply because their brains are less plastic.
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BizLibrary clients love the fact that our content is accessible from any type of device, at any time, for exactly these kinds of needs. That's a great way of putting it, Brianna! As you said, it's essential to play into the strengths of adult learners. It makes the learning process much more effective. This information is quite useful for patient education.
I believe there is more value in patient education if health educators know and understand the difference between didactic education current patient education styles and an educational style that suits the patients learning style.
I like the accountability that adult learning theory makes you take for yourself. Since you the adult controls what you consume and how you consume it, you control how you learn.
It is interesting to see how androgogy differs from pedagogy as well, but also interesting to see how you can pull ideas from both. That's a very important point, Renee. As adults, we like to be in control, so playing into that makes it much more effective for your learners.
Hi Emma, this is an outstanding article, especially for those in the online learning space. Thanks for putting this together - going to bookmark it for sure! Share this article: facebook linkedin twitter mail. Subscribe to blog:. Emma Anissa Muhammad Renee Perry
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