Archive for February 2016
Grab your camera!! Top 3 Design Tips to Create Engaging Learning Materials
Grab your camera!! Top 3 Design Tips to Create Engaging Learning Materials Calling out design as one of our 5 Essential Elements of Excellence was an intentional decision. That decision was based on some instructional design trends that have emerged within the last three years. In the past, software or technology tools ruled the…
Read MoreThree Ways Leaders Can Listen with More Empathy
In Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, he advises, “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” At Inno-Versity, it’s crucial that we understand our clients needs. This can only be learned through listening, which is also a vital skill for business growth and development. So how can we develop this skill?…
Read MoreThe Adult Learning Theory – Andragogy – of Malcolm Knowles
When Inno-Versity talks about instructional design, what we really mean is learning for adults. Did you know there is an entire educational theory devoted specifically to adult learners? Malcolm Knowles, an American adult educator, adopted the theory of andragogy, or the art and science of adult learning. Check it out: The Adult Learning Theory –…
Read More5 Instructional Design Trends That Shaped Our Adult Learning Universe
In our last newsletter, we focused on the Inno-Versity belief that people are at the heart of instructional design. We referenced an article in the previous newsletter on this topic, and today we’d like to share that with you. This article points out some of the most important trends that are driving the way instructional…
Read MoreListen Up! Five Unconventional Ways To Figure Out What Learners Need.
Listen Up! Five Unconventional Ways To Figure Out What Learners Need. Inno-Versity’s last newsletter introduced our 5 Essential Elements of Excellence. In the following weeks, we will be dedicating a newsletter segment to discuss each of these elements. Let’s start with the obvious and first explore the element of Learning. Hang with us here,…
Read MoreInno-Versity In Action: David Marquet
Our Client’s Dilemma Captain David Marquet served in the U.S. Navy as a submarine captain. He had already achieved great success overseeing the nuclear submarine USS Santa Fe, using a unique leadership approach in which he allowed his crew to take on their own leadership roles. He took these principles and wrote a best-selling book,…
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