{"id":32516,"date":"2018-10-30T15:40:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T19:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingweb.trainingindustry.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=32516"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:05:36","slug":"the-business-of-learning-episode-ten-what-do-learners-want","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/articles\/content-development\/the-business-of-learning-episode-ten-what-do-learners-want\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business of Learning Episode 10: What Do Learners Want?"},"author":27,"featured_media":32308,"template":"","tags":[2793,2314,2168,2745,2766,2233,869],"class_list":["post-32516","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-learner-preferences","tag-learning-styles","tag-modalities","tag-multimodal","tag-podcast","tag-research","tag-training-delivery","global_topic_tax-content-development","global_topic_tax-learning-technologies","global_topic_tax-strategy-alignment-and-planning"],"acf":{"sponsored":false,"gated":true,"gated_content_type":"file","file_attachment":31665,"gated_content":"","form_instruction_header":"To download a free preview of the report \"What Learners Want: Strategies for Training Delivery,\" please fill out the form below:","pardot_html_embed":"[hubspot type=\"form\" portal=\"47185625\" id=\"f26d6946-60bb-4904-b794-845b9f701cc6\" version=\"v4\"]","author_override":true,"author_name":"Training Industry, Inc.","author_image":"","author_bio":"","excerpt":"There are a variety of types of training modalities you can offer your learners, and many criteria to use when deciding which modality \u2013 or modalities \u2013 to use in a given training program. 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And how should we decide how to deliver training?\r\n\r\nIn the tenth episode of The Business of Learning, Amy DuVernet, CPTM, Ph.D., shares <a href=\"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/research\/content-development\/research-what-learners-want-new-strategies-for-training-delivery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insights on what learners want,<\/a> why we should care, and how to deliver engaging and effective training.\r\n\r\nListen Now:\r\n\r\n<iframe style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Episode 10: What Do Learners Want?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/mwarn-e42186?from=pb6admin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;skin=1&amp;pfauth=&amp;btn-skin=107\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe>","full_width":false,"content_band":null,"tice_sponsors":"","custom_dfp_keywords":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Business of Learning Episode 10: What Do Learners Want? - Training Industry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Training Industry - by Sarah Gallo. 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