#004 - It's Not A Cakewalk

Episode #004 - It"s Not A Cakewalk

I.  Introduction

Our aim:To help business leaders, trainers, and teachers level up their skills in L&D;To curb the difficulty of learning by providing a clean and intuitive, mobile-learning environment.Visit us at ConveYour.comThis episode focuses on the difficulty of learning

II. Defining “It’s Not A Cakewalk”

Learning must be effortful (Based on Make It Stick: https://conveyour.com/blog/a-review-of-make-it-stick-the-science-of-successful-learning)What are the tools of elaboration, reuse, recitation, and mixing up?The Ancient Way of Learning (the Trivium)Grammar StageDialectic StageRhetoric Stage

III.  Not Just Consumption

Mastery isn’t developed within hours of being in a workshopMastery isn’t observation (Golf example)"To know and not to do is not to know at all.” - LaoziSpaced RepetitionWe remember things bestRight before we forget themWhen we are forced to recallNot: Consume, Consume, Consume—Go DoRather: Consume, Recall; Consume, Recite; Consume, Elaborate—Go DoThe most effortful learners become experts (violinist example)

IV.  Capability of Platforms

Evolution of e-Learning BloggingVloggingWebsite Publishing as a Course

V.  The Time Factor—So much information, it’s difficult to consume

Time doesn’t mean effort (Working out)Need for high intensityDeliberate practice

VI.  Allowing People to Fail

Squeamish about wrong answersThe “All of the above” Issue in quizzingNo sense of assessmentThe Problem of participation trophies“Fail often. Fail early. Fail forward.”The real world.Stephen’s Wish: “It’s okay to fail.”Chess example (embedding tactics into your game)

VII.  Conclusion