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**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/
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# 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
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# Other References
## Tags
[[Learning]]