interactive learning

Engaging learners through video

Published on 8 May, 2010 - 16:34 by Terranova Add new tag, e-Learning, interactive learning, video learning, News
An ideal way to engage learners is through video. As an example of the popularity of video you only need look as far as the website YouTube, which currently has 15 hours of footage uploaded to it by users every minute. Digital technology whether it is mobile, video or computer games has fundamentally reshaped the way most of us connect with, make sense of and engage with society. We need to understand that most of the younger generation will expect an entirely new type of relationship with the...

A New Year...A New Year of Security Awareness

Published on 7 January, 2010 - 15:50 by Terranova interactive learning, social media, training, videos, News
I have been reviewing how we can make security awareness training more exciting and more relevant for the learner this year. What new tools can we add to the toolbox that will inspire the learner to actually change their behaviors when it comes to being aware of security risks. With the plethora of social media, video and other communication tools out there, I figure there has to be some way to tie all of these mediums together to produce a truly awesome ongoing weekly awareness campaign. You...

Why continue with the mundane?

Published on 21 August, 2009 - 23:18 by Terranova hands-on, interactive learning, just-in-time training, knowledge, skills, sustainable learning, News
Human beings are learning machines: our survival has long depended on our ability to take lessons from experience and change our behaviour as a result. Why, then, is so much training today focused not on experience but rather on overly dense PowerPoint slides and lecture-style presentations? If everyone agrees that learning needs to be interactive and hands-on...why do we then insist on continuing with the same boring classroom style lecture lessons? Why have our methods continued to lean...