From the course: Learning Foundations: Theory to Practice
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Contemporary learning perspectives
From the course: Learning Foundations: Theory to Practice
Contemporary learning perspectives
- As part of your organization's march into the future, your learning technology team has just demonstrated their latest tools: agentic AI personalization, virtual reality simulations, and advanced analytics. They're excited about the possibilities, but you're concerned. While the technology is impressive, you want to ensure it enhances rather than replaces sound learning principles. You want to harness these powerful tools while staying true to what we know about how people learn. Here's an example that illustrates the challenge. A pharmaceutical company was eager to implement VR training for complex procedures. The technology team was ready to start building, but the L&D team first needed to step back and ask how this technology would actually support learning. By grounding the discussion in learning theory, they transform the conversation from what can the technology do to how can the technology support how people actually learn. The shift in perspective helped them design a…
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