How We Learn - Katrina Kennedy Training

16Jan 2020 by Katrina Kennedy No Comments

Take A Break To Learn | Brief Diversions Improve Focus

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Photo by Dan Gold on Unsplash Have you ever facilitated a class when people didn't want to take a break? I know, ridiculous question. We love our breaks. And, why shouldn't we? We step away from focused work. We get to choose our actions, take care of our biological needs, and sometimes there are snacks! Frequent breaks during training serve a greater purpose than coffee and restrooms though. Breaks help learners improve their focus. Yes, you read that right. We need breaks in order to stay focused on learning. The brain is built to detect and respond to change.Dr. Alejandro Lleras University of Illinois psychology professor Dr. Alejandro Lleras discovered "even brief diversions from a task can dramatically improve one’s ability to focus on that task for prolonged periods." In fact, doing the…

How To Increase Learning With Surprise!

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Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Think of the last classroom you walked into or logged onto. What do you remember? If you are drawing a blank, we have a problem. If nothing stands out, there is an opportunity for change. We need surprise. Surprise tickles our brain into paying attention. Surprise wakes us up and reenergizes our minds. It gives us just the little bit of jolt necessary to keep learning. "Surprise can offer excellent support for learning. It helps focus, or re-focus attention and can stimulate problem solving." Jane Bozarth, Let Me Google That For You (LMGTFY) Surprise doesn't have to be big or expensive. There are many ways to build it in with little to no effort. Photo by Jukan Tateisi on Unsplash Start Differently Do you start classes with the agenda for…

Make It Stick: Helping Learners Retain Information To Apply In The Workplace

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Learning is fundamental to training. It's easy to focus on the information we want to disseminate. Create a handout, make a PowerPoint. Talk. Not so hard. We put the responsibility on the shoulders of our learners to take in the information and decipher how to use it when they return to work. Training gets trickier when we focus on how we want people to learn to use the information we share in a productive way when they return to the job. When we design our sessions so that we not only provide information, but give people an opportunity to practice, we have created training. As trainers we need to focus more on learning and less on telling. How do we go about providing more opportunity for learning to really occur?…

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