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Nudging his way to a Nobel Prize

For nearly 5 years ArcheMedX has been working to "nudge" learners to learn more effectively. The simple idea is that learners rely on a largely unevolved set of learning actions, or behaviors, and that by architecting learning experiences that optimize these behaviors, learners learn better. We validated this approach years ago, demonstrating

Posted on 10 Oct 2017
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Blog, Brain Science, Learning Models & Theory

RESOURCE: How ‘nudge theory’ can help shops avoid a backlash over plastic bag bans

On your way home tonight, you might stop at the supermarket to grab some ingredients for the evening meal. If you're like many shoppers, you'll pass through the self-service checkout, scan your items, and hurriedly place them in the conveniently waiting thin, grey plastic bag before finalising the purchase.At home,

Posted on 21 Jul 2017
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Brain Science, Learning Models & Theory, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: Beyond good intentions: Prompting people to make plans improves follow-through on important tasks

People fail to follow through on all types of important intentions, including staying fit, studying sufficiently, and voting. These failures cost individuals and society by escalating medical costs, shrinking lifetime earnings, and reducing citizen involvement in government. Evidence is mounting, however, that prompting people to make concrete and specific plans

Posted on 10 Apr 2017
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Resources

2016 Taught Us That Learning IS A Behavior

Of all the things we learned in 2016, one lesson should forever change the way education is designed and delivered: Learning is a Behavior. For as long as educators have been designing education for healthcare professionals (really all adult learners), the idea has been that if the content is effectively aligned with

Posted on 14 Dec 2016
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Blog, Uncategorized

Getting Started with Nudges and Choice Architecture

There may not be an area of behavioral science that I am more in enthralled by than "nudges" and "choice architecture" so I couldn't be happier to share my passion with you! In brief, these concepts address how humans are unrelentingly irrational. As a result, our choices are often neither rational

Posted on 2 Oct 2015
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Blog, Learning Models & Theory

RESOURCE: MIT Researchers: Crowdsourced Outlines Improve Learning from Videos

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University are using crowd-sourced conceptual outlines to help learners get more out of educational videos. The outlines can work as navigation tools, so that "viewers already familiar with some of a video's content can skip ahead, while others can backtrack

Posted on 17 Feb 2015
By Collated Resource
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

Learning and the Emerging Science of Behavior Change, aka ‘Nudging’

Can the nudges of soft paternalism be felt in the networks of digital media and learning? The implications of soft paternalism for thinking about digital media and behaviour influence are acute. Increasingly, it is being recognized that persuasive technologies have become part of our everyday experience, as shown by kinetic

Posted on 7 Jul 2014
By Collated Resource
In Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

Why Adult Learning Theory Is Insufficient to Drive Learning?

I wanted to quickly share my opening talk from the first-ever #CMEPalooza - and give credit to Derek Warnick for conceiving and bringing to life such a wonderful professional development opportunity for the CME profession! There are 3 parts to this lesson, so if you care to skip around, feel free: Research identifying

Posted on 21 Mar 2014
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Blog, Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Medical Education, Online Learning

RESOURCE: 10 Scientific Insights That Could Make You A Better Designer

In the design world, the term “persuasive design” tends to be met with a mix of intrigue, skepticism, and occasionally repugnance. (Doesn’t persuasion imply that we’re forcing people to do things they typically wouldn’t want to do?) And yes, it’s true that persuasive design, like many tools, can be used

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Nudging his way to a Nobel Prize

RESOURCE: How ‘nudge theory’ can help shops avoid a backlash over plastic bag bans

MANUSCRIPT: Beyond good intentions: Prompting people to make plans improves follow-through on important tasks

2016 Taught Us That Learning IS A Behavior

Getting Started with Nudges and Choice Architecture

RESOURCE: MIT Researchers: Crowdsourced Outlines Improve Learning from Videos

Learning and the Emerging Science of Behavior Change, aka ‘Nudging’

Why Adult Learning Theory Is Insufficient to Drive Learning?

RESOURCE: 10 Scientific Insights That Could Make You A Better Designer

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