What I learned from reading Design for How People Learn by Julie Dirksen — Quick Review and Learning Gaps | by Bola Owoade | Medium

Before I start let me confess, I’m a learning and development practitioner so this book was handy for me. Nevertheless, anyone with the right kind of interest will enjoy it. Let me share a bit about the book before telling you what my key lesson from the book was. Written by Julie Dirksen, a very experienced learning and development practitioner, this book focuses on giving the reader research-backed learning design information. For a learning and development book, this one is in a class of its own. Why did I just say that? A lot, probably, most L&D books are written with a highly academic perspective. Though this book does quote a lot of research, it is reader-friendly, at times humorous, and has lots of case studies. This is not a small book. It has over 400 pages and 12 chapters in addition to a conclusion. Here’s a top-level review to give you an idea of what you will learn from the book if you read it: That’s a top-level review of the 12 chapters. Let me share with you one of my k

Before I start let me confess, I’m a learning and development practitioner so this book was handy for me. Nevertheless, anyone with the right kind of interest will enjoy it. Let me share a bit about the book before telling you what my key lesson from the book was. Written by Julie Dirksen, a very experienced learning and development practitioner, this book focuses on giving the reader research-backed learning design information. For a learning and development book, this one is in a class of its own. Why did I just say that? A lot, probably, most L&D books are written with a highly academic per