Learning Science Strategy #1: Encoding and Learning Design

Sure, cool videos are “engaging” – but our job at SAI360 is to help your employees behave ethically and lower your people-centric risks. Here’s how we do it.

Organizations face increasing pressure to cultivate ethical behavior and reduce people risk among employees. Effective training is crucial for embedding ethical decision-making and compliance practices within the workplace culture. As businesses increasingly turn to eLearning solutions, it is essential to recognize that simply delivering engaging content—such as flashy videos—is not enough to ensure meaningful learning outcomes. It’s about doing more. Like understanding why the science behind learning is vital for creating training experiences that foster retention and application of knowledge.

Utilizing principles from Learning Science, organizations can design training that enhances information retention and behavioral change. By creating relatable and situative learning environments, employees are better equipped to recall important information when it matters most. This focus on robust training design is key to building a workforce that is knowledgeable and committed to ethical practices. The result? A more resilient and compliant organizational culture.

What to Know

Our newest ethics and compliance eLearning series discusses how we apply five concepts from Learning Science to our E&C training experiences.

Learning Science Strategy #1: Encoding and Learning Design

Well-structured information helps learners quickly understand concepts, make sound decisions, and control behavior.

There’s a lot of brain science to this, but essentially, the sharper and more meaningful the message, the better it’s received, encoded, and transferred to long-term memory. Why is this process important?

Knowledge stored in your memory is “at the ready” to be recalled at the time of need. The stronger the learning embeds at the time of encoding, the more readily it’s recalled.

One of the best ways to strengthen recall is to learn in a situative, social environment that closely mimics real workplace contexts.

What we strive for in good eLearning design is to make the learning episode relatable and memorable, so you remember better… for later, when it counts.

This is exactly why training is a thing, and why eLearning is harder than it looks. It’s also why a cool video is not the same as training. And, it’s why memory is a constructive process—we make it… mindfully.

Continue our Learning Science series:

1. Encoding and learning design
2. Next→ Error persistence and how to beat it
3. Forced feedback
4. Psychological safety and learning
5. The hypercorrection effect on performance and confidence

WHITEPAPER

Know Your Risk: The Learning Science Behind SAI360’s Ethics & Compliance Program Efficacy

How we build measurable moments of engagement into our training experiences. Read the whitepaper.