Seven Principles That Make Learning Stick (What Separates 90-Day Behavior Change from a Forgotten Class)

Seven research-backed learning principles separate workplace programs that change behavior within 90 days from programs the participant forgets by Monday. These seven are operational, not philosophical. They show up in how a program is designed, how it gets facilitated, and what the participant takes back to work. Programs that get all seven right are the programs Learn2 has shipped with award recognition for 25+ years.

The seven principles: the learner is active, not passive. Participants create the learning. The whole learner (mind + body + emotion) is engaged. Learning happens in context, against a real team challenge. The learning matches the adult brain’s storage-and-recall patterns. Collaboration keeps participants accountable to peers. Learning happens on many levels at once. Miss any one and the program underperforms. Get all seven and the program out-performs every classroom equivalent on the market.

Below is how each principle operationalizes inside a program, why Learn2’s Accelerate & Ensure Learning certification teaches each principle to facilitators as a design default, and what this means when you evaluate an L&D vendor.

Clients often ask how we make our team building and leadership development programs so impactful; how do we achieve the results we do – winning awards in the process? The answer is a combination of proven instructional design and facilitation principles geared toward a specific outcome – the results our clients are looking for.

ACCELERATE LEARNING THROUGH CONNECTIONS

To do that we obsessively look at how to accelerate the amount of learning and the number of connections made to the participants’ previous experience. The brain connects experiences and emotions through synapses. By making more emotional, physical, and mental connections to the learning – the learner retains more and is more likely to apply their learning.

HOW TO INCREASE MEMORY AND PROMOTE LEARNING

To accelerate learning and increase memory retention, it’s important to incorporate these seven learning principles into your program design: 1. The learning environment empowers the learners as active participants. 2. Participants create the learning. Learning is created, not consumed. 3. The whole learner is engaged and involved to create more connections to the learning. 4. The learning happens within a context – ideally increasing the team cohesion to collaborate on how to increase performance and results. This way the learning has meaning. 5. The learning matches the adult brain’s way of storing, recalling and applying information. 6. The learning occurs with collaboration to actively engage participants and hold participants accountable for their learning. 7. Learning happens on many levels simultaneously.

BUILD YOUR TEAM AND PROMOTE LEARNING WITH LEARN2

We’re so convinced of this approach that we’re willing to share the knowledge of how to learn faster and promote lasting learning. Join us for a three day; two module certificate program to learn about these principles: Accelerate & Ensure Learning. Space is limited so book your spot today! Contact us for more information.