{"id":7358,"date":"2021-05-03T11:56:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T09:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apprendere.eu\/adaptive-learning\/"},"modified":"2022-06-14T15:12:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:12:43","slug":"adaptive-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apprendere.eu\/en\/adaptive-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptive learning: how it works, and why"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201c<\/span>I don’t have time<\/b>. I\u2019ve always got a lot of work to do\u201d. That\u2019s one of the most common objections people \u2013 at all levels in a company \u2013 make when invited to take part in a training course. Apart from thinking they don\u2019t have enough time, another factor preventing them benefiting from training activities is a lack of mental space, i.e. a lack of\u00a0<\/span>attention<\/b>\u00a0and <\/span>focus<\/b> and insufficient <\/span>motivation<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is often compounded by\u00a0<\/span>boredom<\/b>, for instance because they have already encountered some, or even most, of the content on previous courses or directly on the job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While we might all agree in theory that increasing knowledge and skills is an essential aspect of professional life \u2013 especially in this knowledge economy \u2013 in practice,\u00a0<\/span>the daily pressures of problems to solve and goals to achieve almost always have a bigger pull<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not so much <\/span>what<\/span><\/i> training provides as it is about\u00a0<\/span>how<\/span><\/i>\u00a0to ensure that it is put into practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Behind the \u201c<\/span>how<\/span><\/i>\u201d\u00a0are (at least) two key factors: how adults learn and how best to use digital technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

It may come as no surprise that these are also the focuses of APPrendere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The unique characteristics of digital technology now make it possible to capitalise on what we already know about the way people learn. <\/span>Adaptive learning software<\/b>\u00a0(like <\/span>these<\/span><\/a>) delivers the content that best suits an individual\u2019s knowledge, <\/span>without boring them with things they already know or frustrating them with information that is too advanced for them<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But there\u2019s more. Adaptive learning programmes are organised to <\/span>reinforce<\/b>\u00a0what someone has already learned using specific mechanisms such as <\/span>interleaving<\/b>\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/span>spacing effect<\/b>, i.e. alternating content at optimal intervals to enhance memorisation and internalisation.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what do we do about the fact that \u201cthere\u2019s not enough time\u201d? Enter\u00a0<\/span>microlearning<\/b>. The content is packaged into short, targeted \u201cbitesize units\u201d that take 2 or 3 minutes to digest. The person can choose the best time to look at them, and 3 minutes is usually feasible within the daily flow of tasks.\u00a0<\/span>To the point that it becomes an enjoyable habit to look forward to<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This methodology focuses the benefits provided by new technologies on the most common critical issues: <\/span>time<\/b>, <\/span>motivation<\/b>, <\/span>assimilation<\/b>\u00a0of content,\u00a0<\/span>measurement<\/b>\u00a0of completion and effectiveness of training.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adaptive learning<\/b> combined with the mechanisms of\u00a0<\/span>microlearning<\/b> is perhaps the most innovative and interesting frontier currently seen in digital training. It\u2019s one of the main resources APPrendere relies on to <\/span>transform how learning is provided within organisations<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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