1. How can training be effective through
Learning Cycle?

2. Research in current learning theory highlights the
importance of using the learning process to
determine the architecture of courses.
It also demonstrates that there are four main
phases in the learning cycle.
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3. The four main phases of the learning cycle are:
Adaptation Review
Application Learning
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4. 1. Review:
Sets the context and helps the learner
bridge prior knowledge through an
understanding of a broader context for new
knowledge.
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5. Krathwohl’s Affective Domain Taxonomy can be
taken as the benchmark model.
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6. The role of phase 1 in the learning process is to
influence the attitudes, values and beliefs of the
learner to create “anticipatory set” for learning key
concepts and principles in phase 2.
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7. Phase 1 may include a pre-test of prior
knowledge and also may include activities.
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8. This phase may be called:
Background, Introduction, Context,
Reflection or another named deemed
appropriate to the course goals. This phase
answers the question “Why?”
Why
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9. 2. Learning:
The second phase is the
Information Transfer or
Knowledge Acquisition phase.
Blooms Cognitive Domain
Taxonomy can be taken as the
benchmark model.
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10. Phase 2 provides core content of the course.
Core content may be procedural/process
based, or concept/principle based.
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Inputs • PPT
Design Wireframes Deliver Swf
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11. Phase 2 will be the largest section of “tutorial” or
information transfer based courses. It may contain
activities, exercises and tests. This phase answers the
questions “What?”
WHAT
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12. 3. Application:
The phase 3 will consist of case studies or best
practices or applied exercises.
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13. During this phase, learners develop an
understanding of how to apply the new
knowledge and skills.
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14. Plan
Idea Project
Scope Team
Design Develop
Problem-solving and decision-tree learning
are appropriate learning models for
Application.
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15. Phase 3 provides demonstrations of the
application of the knowledge.
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16. Phase 3 may be called Cases, Case Studies,
Scenarios, and Activities, Application or
another name deemed appropriate for the
course goals. It answers the question “How?”
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17. 4. Adaptation:
The last and the most important phase for
performance improvement, which completes the
learning cycle.
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18. The Accommodation Process is critical to
improve performance because it is during
this phase that the learner develops an
understanding of how to apply the new
knowledge and skills.
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20. It may include Job Aids, Guides and Guidelines,
Checklists, Criteria lists, team or follow-up activities
or Toolkits that include templates or forms.
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21. This phase may be called Adaptation, Getting There,
Toolkit, Job Aids, and Tools, Extension or another
name deemed appropriate for the course goals. It
answers the question “Now what?”
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