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Episode 392 — Adaptive vs linear courses: Which performs better?


Adaptive courses come in many forms, but generally respond to the learner’s existing knowledge and skills: thereby optimizing the time to completion. But do they improve learning outcomes?

In this week’s episode, Ross Garner and Owen are joined by Roy de Vries, Learning Innovator at aNewSpring, to explore the results of an experiment they ran to compare adaptive vs linear courses.

We discuss:

  • Forms of adaptive learning content;

  • The potential advantages of adaptive learning;

  • The results of an experiment carried out by aNewSpring.
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