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Note: We re-aired this episode in July 2023. For the most recent version, with more detailed show notes and a transcript, see “Redux: Revisiting Adult Learning Theory.“ If we had to pick just one thing as the crux of the success of a learning business we’d definitely argue it would have to be the learning …
The learning experiences we offer are the essence of our learning businesses, and to design, develop, and deliver meaningful, effective learning experiences, we need to understand the adult learning principles embodied in andragogy. In this guide we’ll define what andragogy is, look at the six guiding principles of andragogy, and explore how learning businesses can …
Here at Tagoras we help organizations in the businesses of lifelong learning, and we’re in that business ourselves. This is the final post in a three-part series that unpacks a few of the ways we’ve rethought typical learning formats at Tagoras events. (Read the first post, about Curated Connections TM, and the second post, about …
Tagoras exists to help organizations in the businesses of lifelong learning and is in the lifelong learning business itself. So, we’re running a three-part series that unpacks a few of the ways we’ve rethought typical learning formats at Tagoras events. (Read the first post, about Curated Connections TM.) In each part of the series, I …
What if you enrolled in a graduate program and then never really graduated? Instead, after an initial immersive experience, you are able to access “mini-courses” and other resources as they actually apply throughout your career. As a result, you are able to move from “learn-learn-learn-certify-wait-wait-wait-deploy” – often not very effective as a way of transferring …
It’s a fear that’s probably familiar—what if you build it, and they don’t use it? The ugly truth is you’ll never know for sure until you try. But there are four keys that will dramatically improve your chances of building a strategic learning product with strong revenue potential. Know your market. Understand how learning happens. …
I’ve argued in various places that the average adult is not particularly well-prepared to engage in the level of effective lifelong learning required by the learning economy in which we now live and work. That was true long before a global pandemic fundamentally changed the nature of work in many fields and industries and dramatically …
I had the pleasure of talking with Amrit Ahluwalia of The EvoLLLution last week about whether the average adult is prepared to be an effective lifelong learner. (Short answer: no.) You can access the interview at the following links: I mention this not just to be self-serving (though I won’t claim to be above that), …
In commenting on a post titled “I hate it when presenters do that,” I highlighted the following passage from the 6th edition of Malcom Knowles’ classic The Adult Learner: …by and large, the adults we work with have not learned to be self-directing inquirers; they have been conditioned to be dependent on teachers to teach …
