Mobile Reinforcement Crushes the Forgetting Curve
by Pamela Hogle
Published September 10, 2017 on Learning Solutions Magazine
This article by Pamela Hogle, presents a training program that elegantly utilizes effortful learning activities, delayed feedback, spaced learning, targeted learning, and booster questions in order to "crush" the Forgetting Curve. The resulting impact was measured against a control group and showed a marked increase in engagement and retention.
While developing such a program seems daunting, there are certainly elements of it that you could integrate into your next training program. Share your thoughts on how you could do so below!
Thank you for posting this interesting article, Bruce.
ReplyDeleteThe following paragraph made me think about the training courses we deliver:
"...It’s not three days of class and you’re done; it’s three days of class and 30 days of reinforcement—and then you’re done, then you get your certificate, then you get recognition that you finished this course.”
I would certainly like testing such an approach, particularly for courses that only have those three days to spare, no online interaction before. But as my course participants are people coming from other institutions, I lose the control as soon as they leave the classroom. Any ideas what would make them WANT to be part of learning reinforcement even after the classroom is over? Certificates alone will not be good reward enough, I am afraid.
I agree! This is a very interesting topic and I will be happy to follow the discussions even though I have no good ideas on it on my own.
ReplyDeleteTo measure after the certificate... it isn't easy at all. Maybe the atendee would give this feedback, but just is this one is a great volunteer. I think that if the stackholders are involved on the training, these one can make the "recognition" of the positive impacts of the training on their workforce.
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