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Closing the Application Gap: 15 Ways Organizations Use AliveSim
You've invested in learning. Your people have completed courses, passed assessments, know the material. But when they face pivotal decisions in real situations, their decisions often miss the mark.
How to Bridge the Knowledge to Performance Gap
Knowing isn't doing. See how decision scenarios with expert feedback turn knowledge into measurable performance — including the 2.5x decision-making gain organizations have tracked.
The Science of Guided Scenarios, Part 5: Building Stronger Mental Models
How experts know what to do in new situations — and how to help your learners develop stronger mental models that move closer to how experts think. Part 5 of 5.
The Science of Guided Scenarios, Part 4: The Power of Flexible Decision-Making
Real situations rarely match the textbook. See how cognitive flexibility and guided scenarios help learners apply what they know across the full range of situations they'll actually encounter. Part 4 of 5.
The Science of Guided Scenarios, Part 1: The Cognitive Science Foundation
What does cognitive science actually say about why training rarely changes behavior? Four research-backed principles — and how guided scenarios put them to work.
The Science of Guided Scenarios, Part 2: Why Situational Context Matters
Why what people learned doesn't translate into action — and how authentic situations help learning actually stick. The cognitive science behind guided scenarios. Part 2 of 5.
The Science of Guided Scenarios, Part 3: Making Expert Decision-Making Visible
How cognitive apprenticeship principles make expert thinking visible — so everyone on your team can develop the same instincts. Part 3 of 5.
Mental Models: The Secret to Effective Education and Training Outcomes
The paradigm shift that completes the learning journey: start from the learner's mental model, not the expert's. Discover the Mental Model Learning Framework.
Incorporating Skill Development into Clinical Medical Education via Corrective Mentoring
Skill development is the bridge between knowledge and clinically treating patients. See how corrective mentoring drives meaningful behavior change in CME, with real outcomes data. Originally published in the ACEHP Almanac.
Skill-Driven CME: What We Can Learn from Corporate Training
Continuing medical education and corporate training share the same goal: behavior change. See what CME can learn from corporate training to drive better outcomes.
Call of Duty for Business: How Virtual Practice Can Deliver Performance
Originally published in Training Journal. How virtual game technology immerses learners in realistic situations where they practice decisions and receive expert coaching.
How to Use Virtual Practice Technology to Drive Behavior Change
Originally published in LTEN Focus Magazine. How simulation technology helps L&D teams drive behavior change in leadership, coaching, and sales training — turning learning into action on the job.
How to Say It vs. What to Do: Two Kinds of Learning, Two Kinds of Conversations
Practicing how to say it isn't the same as learning what to do. Two kinds of learning, two kinds of conversations — and why mistaking one for the other quietly limits your training.
Analytics! Get the Most Out of Simulations and Virtual Experiential Training
How decision-level analytics from immersive learning environments reveal where learners struggle to apply training — and how that data drives better outcomes.
Why E-Learning Alone Fails to Transfer — And What to Do About It
E-learning tools are great at knowledge transfer but fall short at workplace transfer. See why — and what kind of immersive guided scenarios actually close the gap.
How to Use Apprenticeship to Drive Knowledge Transfer in L&D Training Programs
How the apprenticeship model drives knowledge transfer in L&D programs — turning classroom concepts into workplace behaviors through learn-by-doing.
How and When to Use VR, AR, and Game Technology for Training
How to use immersive learning technology — virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and game technology — for corporate training. A framework to match the right technology to your learning objectives.
Improving Clinical Outcomes with Virtual Practice
How virtual practice technology helps CME and clinical education move beyond the Learn phase into the Do phase — where competence and behavior change happen.
5 Things a Virtual Learning Environment Must Have to Be an Effective Training Platform
The 5 things a virtual learning environment must have to deliver effective training: virtual, immersive, learn-by-doing, modern technology, and a real platform. See how all five fit together.
Game Technology (Not Games) Can Transform Your Training Program
Originally published in eLearning Industry. How virtual game technology — not gamification — creates immersive guided scenarios for skill development.