Teaching adult learners has many potential advantages over teaching younger students. For one, your learners have much more life experience, and this experience can be leveraged as part of the knowledge that is shared among the participants in your class. Also, leaving aside situations where workers are required to take mandatory training (e.g., to comply …
5 Paths to Empower Lifelong Learners
I’ve written before that the core of the business model for successful edupreneurs is empowerment, which basically comes down to asking – and answering – questions like “How will I make life better for my learners?” and “How will I empower them to do what they want to be able to do?” If you don’t …
7 Key Reasons Online Course Creators Fail at Selling
You’ve probably heard that the market for online courses is booming. That the global market for e-learning is projected to grow to more than US $240 billion by 2023, And, it seems like with a market that big, it would be relatively easy to build a thriving online course business. The truth, of course, is that the …
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The Key to Long-Term Success as an Edupreneur
An article in the Wall Street Journal a while back highlighted how corporate training programs are often a waste of time and money. With “little practical follow-up or meaningful assessments,” the article argued, “some 90% of new skills are lost within a year.” You can debate the validity of the research highlighted in the article if you want, …
Entering the Shift Age with David Houle
Want to know what the future holds? A driving force of the Learning Revolution is the fact that change is happening with greater speed, scale, and scope than ever before. As a result, those with clear insights into where the world is headed next are bound to have an edge. Fortunately, the guest for this …
Telling Ain’t Training with Harold Stolovitch
Do you want to create educational experiences that result in actual learning? That bring customers back for more because you have truly had an impact? Then listen in to this episode of the Learning Revolution podcast. Harold Stolovitch, co-author of the best-selling, award winning book Telling Ain’t Training is here to help you create great …