How Do You Provide Personalized Learning At Scale And Ongoing Growth Opportunities? Aisling MacNamara is the Director of Learning, Enablement & Inclusion at LearnUpon. One of her professional passions is developing learner-centered programs that help achieve company objectives. Today, she shares her insights with us regarding learner engagement, putting L&D into context, and the findings from … Read more
The Adaptive Approach To Workforce Development Adaptive Learning Management Systems (LMSs) are essential for modern businesses aiming to thrive amid rapid change. By personalizing training experiences, adaptive LMSs enhance employee engagement and effectively address skills gaps. Organizations that invest in these systems can empower their workforce with the agility and competencies needed to navigate future … Read more
But just what is “climate literacy”? What are the ABCs, the grammar and vocabulary, of climate change? The U.N. and other leading global organizations have identified education at all levels and across disciplines as a key strategy for fighting the climate crisis. The world is going through a historically rapid transition to clean energy and … Read more
The list of what we are not supposed to say as parents seems to be getting longer— first we were told we could not say “good job,” then “be careful” became off-limits. [For the record, I don’t think there is anything wrong with “good job” or “be careful”— except that these phrases are perhaps not … Read more
When you are in the trenches of parenthood, it is easy to forget that the ultimate goal is to raise well-adjusted, happy, fully-formed adults. This goalpost may seem far away and abstract, particularly for those of us with young children, and it can be so easy to focus only on the strategies we need to … Read more
The study is described in a 2024 draft paper posted on the website of SSRN, formerly known as the Social Science Research Network. It is currently undergoing revisions with the academic journal Management Science. The researchers detected grading bias against the end of the alphabet in a wide range of subjects. However, the grading penalty … Read more
Often the homework systems are bundled with required digital or hard copy textbooks and the digital platforms offer students supplemental materials such as practice questions, quizzes and videos. And they come with a price tag — an average of $90 per course, according to the survey findings. “If you’re taking five courses and they all require … Read more
So, she and a group of her colleagues developed a new course, called Climate Resilience, which they offered for the first time at several UC campuses last spring. The goal is to turn students’ distress about the climate into collective action. Alexander signed up for the class and became a teaching assistant. The course offers … Read more
Thirty-seven percent of students who initially enrolled in college with the Promise scholarship program earned a two-year associate degree within three years, compared with only 11 percent of students who applied for the scholarship but never met its requirements, such as financial aid paperwork and service hours.* Tennessee projects that since its inception, the scholarship program … Read more
However, when students lack the foundational knowledge that they might be able to relate to the new information provided, they may struggle with getting to a good understanding of the material. Additionally, students who are pressed to memorize information without truly understanding the material can stymie their future learning. Why? When students are required to … Read more