Safety training’s biggest problem can be summed up in two words: knowledge transfer. An abundance of teaching points are crammed into every lesson, but all too often, relatively little learning ...

Most Americans feel they are lifelong learners, whether that means gathering knowledge for “do it yourself” projects, reading up on a personal interest or improving their job skills. For the most part ...

With evolving labour markets and longer-lived populations, lifelong learning is no longer a luxury but a necessity in developed nations. Governments worldwide are actively promoting reskilling and ...

To characterize the landscape of personal learning among adult Americans, the October-November 2015 survey presented respondents a list of possible learning activities they might pursue. For personal ...

Whether it’s healthcare professionals picking up local dialects to better care for their patients or corporate trainers mastering new techniques to effectively share operational knowledge with new ...

Everyone’s right to learn continues throughout life. Educational and cultural institutions have a responsibility to find new ways to respond to the needs of a rapidly ageing society, according to the ...

As more colleges face the reality of a declining traditional student population, there’s a common belief that adult students are where the growth is. But the reality is more complicated. There are ...

Too often, icebreakers are poorly designed fillers, disconnected from learning goals--they should respect professional ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.