Shannon Tipton

With only 1 percent of an employee’s workweek dedicated to professional growth and development, according to Bersin by Deloitte’s “The Modern Learner,” the struggle is real regarding reinforcing the exchange of skills or knowledge with a distracted workforce.

Addressing the challenge of the widening skills gap requires L&D to consider different approaches to learning delivery. Spaced learning involves reviewing knowledge at intervals, therefore enhancing retention and application. The… Show more

With only 1 percent of an employee’s workweek dedicated to professional growth and development, according to Bersin by Deloitte’s “The Modern Learner,” the struggle is real regarding reinforcing the exchange of skills or knowledge with a distracted workforce.

Addressing the challenge of the widening skills gap requires L&D to consider different approaches to learning delivery. Spaced learning involves reviewing knowledge at intervals, therefore enhancing retention and application. The technique—backed by research in Medical Education's "Spaced Education Improves the Retention of Clinical Knowledge by Medical Students"—is crucial to the learning encoding process, giving people the necessary time to process information effectively.

Spreading out learning sessions helps learners retain information much better than cramming it all in a short span. Show less

Microlearning has been the center of much debate during the past years. Is it a fad, a trend, a new way to learn, or a new way to deliver knowledge? All the above or none of the above? Meanwhile, as L&D professionals debate its use and usefulness, organizations and their leaders are demanding performance results with less friction and disruption to the workplace.

Having been around the microlearning block a time or two, it seems time to dispel the most compelling myths surrounding the… Show more

Microlearning has been the center of much debate during the past years. Is it a fad, a trend, a new way to learn, or a new way to deliver knowledge? All the above or none of the above? Meanwhile, as L&D professionals debate its use and usefulness, organizations and their leaders are demanding performance results with less friction and disruption to the workplace.

Having been around the microlearning block a time or two, it seems time to dispel the most compelling myths surrounding the topic of this small but mighty learning modality. Show less

Here Shannon shares her unique voice to Litmos to lift learning innovation. Modern learning techniques such as micro-learning, content curation, and team collaboration are the keys to organizational success. Recognized as bringing real-world expertise into the learning field, Shannon integrates technologies and social learning tools to strengthen workplace alignment, enhance collaboration and increase learning connectivity.

Between these pages lie the tools for you to disrupt your organization's workplace learning mediocrity. Here you will discover the best of every "Learning Rebel" posts (with minor updates), additional learning resources, and through it all, share my desire and passion to position “Learning and Development” as a true business partner. You know you want to make a difference, so now explore your inner Learning Rebel.

Fresh, creative strategies guaranteed to enliven online training!

101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom provides proven, practical strategies, activities, and tips for those tasked with facilitating training in any subject area among alternative settings

Liven up training with new, dynamic strategies for active participation!
101 More Ways to Make Training Active brings together a rich, comprehensive collection of training strategies and activities into one easy source. Designed for quick navigation, this useful guide is packed with classroom-ready ideas and twenty "how-to" lists to enliven any learning situation, helping you better engage their trainees and encourage active participation.

Based on the Learning Rebels blog post on the "10 Ways to Take Your Corporate University Out of Snoozeville", this 2 part post focuses on the 10 items that every L&D person should know how to do and should add to their 21st century trainer toolbox.

Being a Learning Rebels means three things: Having "Innate Curiosity", the ability to "Challenge Conventional Thinking" and having "Courage of Conviction. All this, plus supporting innovative and engaging learning points-of-view, leads to building a learning organization. The aim of this blog is to provide the reader with ideas to challenge the status-quo. Are you a Learning Rebel? Come join the revolution!

It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few… Show more

Being a Learning Rebels means three things: Having "Innate Curiosity", the ability to "Challenge Conventional Thinking" and having "Courage of Conviction. All this, plus supporting innovative and engaging learning points-of-view, leads to building a learning organization. The aim of this blog is to provide the reader with ideas to challenge the status-quo. Are you a Learning Rebel? Come join the revolution!

It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause. ~H.L. Mencken Show less