What We’re Learning About Learning

About This Project

Learning About Learning: What We Know About How We Learn

Advances in neuroscience and cognitive sciences now offer new clues as well as reinforce what we know from experience about how we learn. Continuous learning is a critical albeit mandatory core competency across all types of organizations. However, neither higher education institutions nor learning and development programs effectively build this competency at the organizational or individual level. Whether learning is informal or formal, teaching individuals and organizations the active nature of how people learn is key. Self-awareness of how we learn as individuals and in teams becomes the springboard for change and innovative growth within organizations. Understanding neuro-plasticity or the fact that our brain is constantly changing and growing throughout our lifetime helps learners make meaningful connections and tap into prior knowledge and experience.

The learner is able to:

• Explore valuable learning techniques used by experts across many disciplines
• Understand how the brain’s learning modes work
• Discover practical strategies and mental tools to jumpstart and improve learning
• Develop methods to make connections with prior knowledge and experience to current problems
• Engage in reflection, creation, and active testing during learning
• Create opportunities for social interaction and exchange in learning groups
• Effectively utilize multi-sensory devices, emotions and intellect for enduring learning
• Recognize how the learner moves from novice to expert
• Identify what blocks and assumptions can prevent learning

On-demand webcast LinkedIn Learning with Lynda.com content (March 02, 2017):
https://learning.linkedin.com/webinars/17/03/on-demand-what-we-are-learning-about-learning