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# active vs passive learning
![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Jan 17, 2022</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Nov 05, 2022</small> 🏷️[[Learning]]
Adult learners need an active learning experience to help with retention and motivation.
- Passive learners don't reflect on content or practice skills.
- Active learners might pause during their learning to apply concepts to real-life situations.
Burden for active learning is not entirely on the learners, training programs must be active by design through [[tools for active learning]].
Advantages of active learning:
- challenge: required for learners to move through [[four stages of competency]]
- confirmation: evidence of knowledge, skills and abilities gained through learning process
- feedback: reinforces what learners are doing well and help them improve what they haven't mastered
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## Sources
[[Instructional Design Adult Learners - Toister]]