Why the daily learning model super-charges cohort-based courses
Hello,
Welcome to this week's edition of Course Builder’s Corner.
I have 2 things to share with you in this issue.
I. Article: Why the daily learning model super-charges cohort-based courses
II. Three ways I can help you
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I. Why the daily learning model super-charges cohort-based courses
Piano
Chess
Painting
Karate
If someone told you, you could master these skills by attending a sixty-minute lecture once-a-week for 4-8 weeks, you'd be forgiven for laughing at them.
Yet, when we try to learn (or teach) skills online, we keep using this model over and over.
Does the once-a-week approach work for business skills such as
Copywriting
Presentations
Salesmanship
Coaching
Not really.
Learning requires a change in the brain. And the brain changes most effectively with regular work. Without it, the skills feel weak. We lack confidence.
In 2018, I first saw the power of shifting a course into a daily learning model.
I took Sean D'Souza's Article Writing Course which used the daily learning method. I used to take forever to produce an article. Many hours would pass before I could produce 600 words. Then even more time to edit.
I ghostwrote for a blog as part of my job but due to my slow writing progress my output was puny.
After taking D'Souza's Article Writing course, I wrote fifty 600 - 1,000 word posts in a single year.
And it was fun, too.
He started us with the smallest of tasks - just making lists of broad topics.
Then showed us how to break them into subtopics, then sub-subtopics. By the end of one week, we all had hundreds of ideas for articles.
The next week, we learned an easy method for writing an outline for a topic and subtopic. These took just minutes to do with the formulas he gave us. Each week, we practiced a new skill for several days until we were confident and energized. The daily method produced amazing progress for each of us.
Since then I've moved four courses to this model.
We get many more students to the finish line and with the skills we promised than we did before. And they continue to use our coaching methods after the course is over. Some even start their own businesses.
The daily learning model was key to their success.
How do you know if your program should use the daily learning model?
Consider these questions:
Is what you teach a set of complex skills?
Is there a high failure rate of people learning these skills?
Do you wish more students would apply what they've learned when the course is over?
If yes to any of these, consider applying the daily learning model to your course.
II. Three ways I can help you
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That’s it for this week. I’ll see you next week with another issue.