Designing Learning That Sticks
Chosen theme: Best Practices for Modern Learning Experiences. Welcome to a friendly space where research, real stories, and practical ideas come together to help you craft learning that is inclusive, memorable, and joyfully effective. Subscribe for fresh ideas, share your wins and struggles, and help shape our next exploration.
Start With Learners, Not Content
Interview a handful of learners and synthesize their voices into living personas. In one nursing program, the team created Jamal, a night-shift parent balancing exams and fatigue. Designing with Jamal in mind led to flexible deadlines, audio summaries, and higher course completion. Share a persona you plan to use this month.
Start With Learners, Not Content
Backward design aligns every activity to a meaningful outcome. Instead of covering twelve chapters, define what learners must do beyond the course, then build only what advances that purpose. Post your top three outcomes and ask peers here for feedback on whether they feel actionable and measurable.
Active Learning That Sparks Retention
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Retrieval Practice Over Re-Reading
Decades of research show testing effect gains when learners recall, not reread. Replace a review slide with a one-minute free recall and a two-question quiz. A sales team used daily recall prompts and cut onboarding ramp time by a week. Try it tomorrow and report your results here.
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Interleaving and Desirable Difficulties
Mix related topics to strengthen discrimination and transfer. It feels harder, but long-term retention improves. A design bootcamp interleaved color theory, typography, and spacing critiques; grads later navigated messy real projects better. How might you interleave two skills in your next sprint? Share a sketch.
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Case-Based and Problem-Based Moments
Stories and open-ended problems pull learners into the messy middle. An engineering cohort rescued a fictitious bridge project in teams, then reflected on trade-offs and ethics. Performance soared because context made knowledge sticky. Post a case idea tied to your field and invite co-creation feedback.
Frequent, low-pressure quizzes help learners calibrate and correct. A coding course added micro-quizzes with immediate hints and reduced dropout. Keep them short, aligned, and friendly. Which quiz could you convert into a learning moment today? Share your idea and we will brainstorm hint styles.
Assessment for Learning, Not Just of Learning
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Smart Use of Technology and Data
Map needs, then pick interoperable tools. A university consolidated four platforms into one LMS with integrated notes and discussions, cutting friction and support tickets. List your must-have learner workflows and ask the community which tool could elegantly cover two or more.
