Whole Brain Design: Engage and Retain your Learners by Ann Herrmann, Herrmann International
(brief notes – I started multitasking and got distracted)
as we give people challenges our brains kick into action solving the challenge before we even realize it
Poll – for participants: What is most important in learning for you?
– 44% Engaging learning and development for individuals, teams and the organization. (red)
– 28% Effective transfer of knowledge and information linked to performance objectives. (blue)
Poll – for participants: What is most important in learning for your org?
– 55% Effective transfer of knowledge and information linked to performance objectives. (blue)
– 31% A structured way for learners to practically develop the competencies they need. (green)
Poll – for participants: What percentage of the brain power is actually used in your org?
– most entered into 10-70%, most of us think 50% or below
Learning is a brain based mental process.
We often know more about our pda’s and cell phones more than our own internal computers (brains).
We almost never see another person that looks just like us, why do we assume they will think like us.
We are all unique learners.
Your brain craves patters and searches for them endlessly. – Thomas Czerner, 2001
ie: it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.
JGF GPFAM JS GQQB – If you block out the bottom half of these letters it will appear to be the word ICE CREAM IS GOOD – our brain fills in the letters we believe the phrase to be
Test for understanding, not existing patterns that they have created.
*Use patterning to your advantage as a foundation for learning, but beware of the learning traps it creates.