%% #📓 #📢 #🟡 %% **Title:** Instructional Design: Adult Learners **Author:** Jeff Toister **Citation:** Toister, J. (2014). *Instructional design: Adult learners* [MOOC]. LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructional-design-adult-learners/ --- # Abstract ~ 3 Sentence Summary ## Author's Purpose Explain adult learning theory and introduce facilitators/trainers to best practices and techniques that will increase active learning. # Notes & Important Ideas - Use adult learning theory to accelrate learning process and achieve better results - Adults must play an active role in their own learning process - Important to understand the difference between [[andragogy]] and [[pedagogy]] - There are three primary approaches to adult learning 1. [[cognitive learning approach]] 2. [[behaviorist learning approach]] 3. [[constructivist learning approach]] - May use all three approaches, often within the same course. - There are [[four stages of competency]] on the [[learning curve]] - Important to understand difference between [[active vs passive learning]]. - Incorporating a variety of [[learning styles]] into training programs can make training more effective for all learners. - Improve effectiveness of training by preparing to address [[common learning barriers]] - Incorporate [[70-20-10 rule]] into learning design - Three important steps to designing effective training programs: 1. Analysis - determine what students really need to learn 2. Design - create learning approach that will help learners achieve program's goals 3. Development - create specific activities and training materials to help participants learn 4. Testing - test and evaluate concepts and activities 3 tips when applying adult learning theory to developing training programs 1. Learning objective first, creativity second. 2. Simple is better than complicated. 3. Variety is the spice of learning. # Personal Revelations --- # Other References ## Tags [[Learning]]