In a world where the boundaries of knowledge are constantly expanding, staying ahead of the curve is not just an option, it’s a necessity.
Delve into the fascinating intersection of educational technologies, workplace transformation, upskilling, reskilling, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and the vast universe of learning.
[INFOGRAPHIC] The ADDIE Model
The ADDIE model is a framework that lists generic processes that instructional designers and training developers use. It encompasses five interconnected phases, as follows: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation. This model is perhaps the most common design model in the instructional design world and works best when paired with other models or as a variation of the standard one.
Informal Learning 101
We learn every day, unpredictably, in a variety of personal and professional situations. The potential of informal learning in the workplace is attracting growing interest, and educational researchers are no longer merely viewing it in the form of opposition to its formal counterpart.
Business transfers in Quebec: a major challenge
Business owners who will need to sell or transfer their businesses in the next 10 years are estimated at 30,000, a figure that some say is conservative. Put this number mostly on the fact that the “baby boomers” are beginning to retire.
The decline of education
Almost a century ago, the French poet Paul Valéry declared that: “The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be”. Looking at the education industry in general, it feels like the perception we have about our future shifts continuously, and not always for the better.
[INFOGRAPHIC] Tips for hosting successful live online sessions
Similar to traditional face-to-face courses, where instructor and learners interact in a physical classroom, online classes can take advantage of “live sessions” where the instructor delivers the lecture in real-time.
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4 reasons to opt for micro-learning
Fast, versatile, and engaging, micro-learning is an important trend in online education. This approach fragments information into "little bites" and can take now innovative forms to serve more structured online courses.
The fishy story of creative collaborations: defining aesthetics and getting lost in the process
Do semantics have anything to do with this? should have been the actual title of this post... Fishy? Keep reading, you will understand what I mean. This adventure all started with one simple question: Why do so many disagreements stem from the interpretation of words? In the professional setting of [...]
[INFOGRAPHIC] Neuroscience: learning in 4 steps
While there are several valid teaching methods, the latest discoveries in neuroscience have identified four factors necessary for successful learning. Compatible with the freedom and experimentation that remain important in pedagogy, these guiding factors can be integrated into various learning approaches.
Industry 4.0 and the new worker skillset explained
Industry 4.0 is the next major industrial era. For context, the use of steam to power machinery brought the first industrial age, followed by mass production and assembly lines in the second and finally computer and automation in today’s industrial era. The fourth era is about connected, data-exchanging smart plants and machines.