Death by Powerpoint: Revive your audience with discovery learning

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You’re sitting in a training room listening to a speaker who seems quite passionate about his subject. You thought the subject would interest you, but your brain just doesn’t seem to be clicking in.

You check your watch – it’s only been 15 minutes!

YOU WONDER ABOUT DINNER TONIGHT...

Picture this:

Should you take the family out, or have a pizza delivered?

WAIT– PAY ATTENTION!!

It certainly sounded important. Maybe a co-worker is taking notes.

He’s over there.. . nodding off.

PIZZA IT IS. You check your watch again: 20 minutes.

OR MAYBE TACOS…

What did he just say?

You look forTodd.

You wonder...

SOUND FAMILIAR?

It’s not surprising that brains go elsewhere in a lecture – brains just aren’t made to be talked to. Talking, no matter how animated or passionate, doesn’t provide enough stimulation for our brains to work… and so they don’t.

AND IF OUR BRAINS DON’T WORK, WE DON’T LEARN – PERIOD!

As a learning professional, you can’t afford to waste time – or money – on training programs.

In fact, Dr. Ellen Weber, Ph.D and CEO of MITA International Brain Center, recently conducted research

around average learning rates.

RESULTS SHOW “PRACTICE BY DOING” RETENTION RATE AT 75% VERSUS “LECTURES” AT JUST 5% .

Today, organizations need educated managers and employees who can solve problems, work in teams, understand

complex issues, deal with fast-paced change,

and learn new skills quickly and effectively.

So if lectures don’t work, what does?

WELCOME TO

discovery learning 101

DISCOVERY LEARNING is a methodology that actively involves participants in the learning process, leading to accelerated learning, high knowledge retention and motivated learners who can successfully transfer what they’ve learned in a classroom setting to their jobs.

GREAT DISCOVERY LEARNING INCORPORATES STORIES,

GAMES, SIMULATIONS, VISUAL MAPS AND OTHER TECHNIQUES

TO GET ATTENTION, BUILD INTEREST AND LEAD LEARNERS

ON A journey of discovery TOWARD

NEW THINKING, ACTIONS AND BEHAVIOR.

Effective DISCOVERY LEARNING HAS:

Advantages of

DISCOVERY LEARNING

• MOTIVATION to Learn

• ACCELERATION of Learning

• ACQUISITION and RETENTION of Learning

• TRANSFER of Learning on the Job

ORThis

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Rapidly changing technologies, marketplace globalization, aggressive competition, escalating costs and an ever-growing war for talent mean that a company must provide ongoing-and effective-learning opportunities for its employees, especially millennials!

CONTACT PARADIGM LEARNING ATINFO@PARADIGMLEARNING.COM

or visit us on the web at PARADIGMLEARNING.COM

DISCOVERY LEARNING’S PLACE IN THE

CORPORATE EDUCATIONAL ARENA IS clear.

IT IS A POWERFUL TRAINING METHODOLOGY FOR

TODAY’S – AND TOMORROW’S – WORKPLACE.

Death by Powerpoint: Revive your audience with discovery learning

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