Accelerated learning techniques create the ultimate participant-centered training experience. They draw on recent scientific research into the structure of the brain and individual learning preferences.
Whole Body Learning
Accelerated learning is essentially whole body learning, because as many of the senses as possible are engaged.
The learning activities are varied, interesting, hands on, and highly participatory.
The focus is on the learners, not on the instructor. For this reason, there is minimal lecture.
The classroom is colorful, comfortable, and pleasant.
For example there may be kites and a colorful agenda map on the walls.
In addition, the room is arranged in pods, with five people at a table. This ensures that all can participate actively in learning activities and hear each other easily.
The content may be centered around a metaphor. For example, white water rafting to indicate how change feels in a change management course.
There is often music played during activities and at breaks.
Candy bowls and various table top toys, such as pipe cleaners, Koosh balls, and wands, are at each table.
If you would like to increase the probability that learners will learn faster and retain that learning longer, then you will want to incorporate accelerated learning techniques into your curriculum design.
Six Key Principles of Accelerated Learning
Accelerated learning is based on six key principles:
- Ensure the participants are engaged in the learning process;
- Meet the needs of the different learning preferences;
- Build on what the participants already know;
- Create a joyful, stress-free learning environment;
- Involve as many of the senses as possible; and
- Provide for increasingly deeper involvement in the learning process.
We discussed four of these six principles in previous Tips. Principles #4 and #6 will be addressed separately in upcoming Tips.
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