The number one focus in the learning field is workplace performance. And yet, too often, we default to old models of learning—even when we’re using the latest technologies. Even worse, we jump on the bandwagon of a new learning tool without aligning it to proven research-based learning methods.

In this session, noted research-to-practice expert, Will Thalheimer of Work-Learning Research will explore the power of three learning methods to help learners transfer what they’ve learned to their jobs—gamification, threaded microlearning, and measurement. Joining him, Roni Floman of GamEffective will highlight these methods using real-world examples.

In this session, you won’t hear that today’s learners have the attention span of a goldfish, that training is dead, or that neuro-gamification is the future. LOL. Instead, the speakers will provide practical research-based ideas that you can utilize to energize your learning and support your employees in maximizing their on-the-job performance. 

You’ll learn specifically how gamification can be performance-focused on real-world KPI’s—above and beyond learning. You’ll see how learning can be augmented with threaded microlearning nuggets (both informational and task-oriented). You’ll see how improved learner feedback questions can focus on performance and create continuous cycles of improvement.

Will Thalheimer, PhD, does research-based consulting focused on learning evaluation and presentation design in workplace learning. He’s available for keynotes, speaking, workshops, evaluation strategy, smile-sheet rebuilds, and research benchmarking. Founder of The Debunker Club, author of the award-winning book Performance-Focused Smile Sheets, creator of LTEM, the Learning-Transfer Evaluation Model, creator and host of the Presentation-Science online workshop, and co-host of the Truth-in-Learning podcast, Will tweets as @WillWorkLearn and blogs and consults at Work-Learning Research, where he also publishes extensive research-to-practice reports—and makes them available for free.
 

Roni Floman is the VP of Marketing at GamEffective, a performance and learning gamification and feedback platform. GamEffective is a 2016 Gartner Cool Vendor in HCM and is deployed in some of the world’s largest companies.