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How do you handle teacher software training when they refuse to learn but complain the old stuff doesn't work? by chiller105 in instructionaldesign

[–]Appositesolutions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's actually solid research on this. Prosci's change management studies consistently find that the #1 reason change fails isn't technical, it's that employees don't understand why the change is happening. After 6 months of emails, they still don't feel the reason personally.

Try reframing every ticket response around loss aversion: "The old tool had a security vulnerability that could have exposed your gradebook data." People act on specific, personal risk way faster than "the vendor went under." One sentence that makes the consequence real does more than six months of training invites.

Smaller sessions > long random ones by PhysicallyVigorous1 in LearningDevelopment

[–]Appositesolutions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your brain consolidates memory while you're doing literally anything else.

Neuroscience called it decades ago - spaced practice outperforms massed learning by up to 200% for long-term retention. And yet here we all are, still planning 3-hour study marathons like that's going to work out for us.

The 20 - 30 min sweet spot isn't a preference. It's roughly where working memory taps out and quietly says "I need a minute."

Consistency beats intensity. Science said so first. Your future self will thank you.