The Learning Development Accelerator

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Matthew Richter, just wrote this new article about five superstitions many have when it comes to leadership development. A superstition, to borrow from Clark Quinn, is a belief that is followed without question or scrutiny, usually based on anecdotal evidence, tradition, or assumptions, even if it’s not backed by solid research or evidence. Superstitions are often not openly acknowledged as true. In fact, with many superstitions, if quizzed or challenged, folks would deny them, but in practice, still employ them. So, different from myths- a superstition is denied or unsupported by science AND espoused by users as not true, but nonetheless, still used anyway. The five superstitions in the article are: 1️⃣ Leadership Development Works Best in Isolation 2️⃣ Leadership Skills Can Be Mastered Through a One-Time Program— One and Done! 3️⃣ Leadership Development Is Best Delivered Through Lectures, Discussions, and Other Classroom Activities 4️⃣ Leadership 360° Assessments Are a Great Way to Assess Leadership and Leader Behaviors 5️⃣ Leadership Style… oh my! Let us know what you think! ______________________________ The Thiagi Group Sivasailam Thiagarajan Charles-Louis de Maere Les Lauber Brent Darnell Jeanne Bernui Emily Hanson, CRP Dr. Nigel Paine Anish M. Matthew D. Ownby Kat Koppett Francisco Bianchi Sofie Willox

📣 Join us next week, on October 28 for a special Meet the Author session with Karl Kapp! During this session, learn more about his book "Play to Learn: Everything you need to know about designing effective learning games", the book he co-authored with Sharon Boller. As the book title implies, #games can be a highly effective way to teach. We will explore the tips, processes, and techniques shared in the book for designing and adapting your own games to make them impactful learning devices. ➡️ Join us for a casual and interactive conversation with Karl Kapp: https://lnkd.in/e_KV-rzs Meet the Author - Karl Kapp 💻 Live online session on Zoom 📆 Monday, October 28, from 14h00 to 15h00 ET - NY Time 💸 Free session #gamification #gamedesign #instructionaldesign #learninganddevelopment #learningdesign #learningscience #ldaccelerator

LDA Podcast: Troughs, Truths, and Tech Turbulence: Navigating AI’s Messy Middle. 🎙️Think AI is all about buzzwords and breakthrough moments? Think again. In this episode of the AI and L&D Insights Podcast, Dr Markus Bernhardt and Chris Pedder navigate the gritty reality of AI’s ‘messy middle’—the point where big ideas meet even bigger challenges. Grab your headset and get ready for an unexpected dive into the future of tech, where innovation truly happens after the hype fades. From ethical dilemmas to economic realities, this episode will change how you see AI’s role in our world: https://lnkd.in/e2FfdUxE New episodes of the LDA Podcast available every two weeks! #artificialintelligence #learninganddevelopment #ldaccelerator

LDA Co-Director, Clark Quinn is a thinking person. And right now, he is thinking about ADDIE, the instructional systems design model. A critic of it in the past, Clark has been re-thinking his perspective... and perhaps even changing his mind. Or, perhaps he is just delving into the nuance and complexity of the design process. What do you think? What are your thoughts on ADDIE? Will Thalheimer Patti Shank, PhD Guy W Wallace Karl Kapp Matthew Richter Dr. Nigel Paine The Thiagi Group Esther Richter

📣 New Session! Dynamic Learning Transfer for Creating Impact - a live online workshop with Emma Weber! Transform your learning initiatives with The Turning Learning into Action™ methodology, a coaching based solution for learning transfer. The 3.5-hour session will focus on practical learning transfer strategies. You will leave this workshop understanding what is required to deliver successful learning transfer and how to ensure impact from your learning initiatives. You’ll walk away with: ✅ A framework for when to use coaching for learning transfer, and when not. ✅ Clarity on why most managers fail at coaching and a golden tool to turn this around, every time. ✅ Clear practical steps to align your coaching blend with program outcomes. ✅ A learning transfer calculator to enable you to be confident in your resource requirements for success L&D Practitioners, L&D managers, and instructional designers… come expand your toolbox with this practical workshop! 📍Dynamic Learning Transfer for Creating Impact with Emma Weber 💻 Live online on Zoom 📆 January 28th from 13h30 to 17h00 ET - New York Time 💰Public price: $149 LDA members receive a significant discount! ➡️ Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/eWzk_2H5 #management #coaching #learningtransfer #instructionaldesign #learninganddevelopment #ldaccelerator

What the heck is AI?! 🎥 In this special discussion, Lori Niles-Hofmann and Stella Lee, PhD. school Matthew Richter on the basic ins and outs of AI. They talk about what AI is and the different types of AI. They dive into the ethical issues that using AI impact both short-, and long-term. They delve into how information gets curated on different AI platforms. They explore the implications in general, as well as for L&D, when using AI. Specifically they look at the practical implications. Can we use AI to help us solve some of those wicked problems we face? Lori and Stella share advice on how to engage with vendors pushing their AI offerings. Or, at least some questions one might ask when others are authorized to buy, but you have to use it. Speaking of practical… and speaking of ethics… when is it ok to use AI when constructing designs, writing, or researching? What are hallucinations? When does the AI misunderstand us? How do we misunderstand what we get from it? While many are way more educated and knowledgeable about AI than Matt, many others are still confused about what it all means and what it does— but are frankly, slightly… mildly… embarrassed to ask. Matt admits, he had no clue what generative AI referred to instead of “regular” AI. But he does now, as a result of Stella and Lori's educational explanations. The Casual Primer about AI for L&D Practitioners provides the highlights of AI basics as it pertains to L&D. The recording is freely available on the LDA Community. Link in the comments ⬇️ #artificialintelligence #AI #learninganddevelopment #ldaccelerator

📣If you like all things #motivation, check out our podcast YOU OUGHTA KNOW: THE MOTIVATION SERIES, produced in partnership with the Center for Self-Determination Theory (CSDT), and hosted by our own Matthew Richter!

👋🏻 Have you registered yet? Don’t miss out on the Learning Science Conference ’24!! LDA’s Online Conference for evidence-informed L&D practitioners is starting October 28 to November 15, 2024. 🧑🏾💻👩💻The conference is hybrid with asynchronous and live sessions. Here are the topics that we will explore during the conference: How learning happens and techniques that make learning happen, with Paul A. Kirschner. Barriers to learning. What impedes learning from happening-like cognitive load, with Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD. Techniques for making the learning that happened, stick, with Clark Quinn. Media, visuals, and other factors, with Ruth Colvin -Clark. The Science of motivation and how it supports learning, with Matthew Richter. Myths, misconceptions, and superstitions that happen in learning, with Clark Quinn and Matt Richter. Formal and informal learning, with Clark Quinn. Limitations in learning (generalizations vs. domain-specificity, with Matt Richter Testing, assessments, and evaluation, with Patti Shank, PhD and Will Thalheimer. We can’t wait and hope to see you there! Register now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eQKnPqyX #LSC2024 #learninganddevelopment #learningscience #instructionaldesign #learningdesign #motivation #research #learnerengagement #ldaccelerator

Matthew Richter posted the following article on how to choose a learning activity from the billions out there to ensure it aligns to what you need to accomplish. The article assumes you have reached a point in the general instructional design process where you are now choosing activities to achieve a specific learning objective(s). In it, he suggests: 1️⃣ Starting with a high level procedural goal: are you teaching something, assessing something, exploring/solving something, or practicing something? 2️⃣ Now how is the content you are instructing presented (or how do you want to present it)? Is it a lecture? Shared as text? A video? Perhaps it is via a SME answering questions? Or, the learners themselves sharing their collective experience? 3️⃣ Next you have to align the activity to the experience level of the learner. Novices require different activities (or activity adaptations and mods) than expert learners. And moderately experienced learners are different than both of those. 4️⃣ Finally, you need to match the activity to the logistics forced upon you... we mean that are realistically present. Ultimately, we just want designers to be more intentional and thoughtful aligning content + activity + objective. Hope you find the piece interesting and useful. #instructionaldesign #thiagi The Thiagi Group Sivasailam Thiagarajan Clark Quinn Will Thalheimer Stella Lee, PhD. Esther Richter Brent Darnell Les Lauber Sofie Willox Charles-Louis de Maere