Five moments of need for learners
The Five Moments of Need model, developed by Bob Mosher and Conrad Gottfredson, identifies specific conditions or situations in which real, motivated learning takes place. Those five moments in time for learners are:
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1 | When learning for the first time |
| 2 | When learning more | |
| 3 | When remembering and/or applying what’s been learned | |
| 4 | When things go wrong | |
| 5 | When things change |
When you think of your own business needs to either educate or re-educate your staff, you may recognize the reason(s) in this list.
SSE has learning solutions for each of these moments in time. From mobile solutions to online training and simulations to instructor-led solutions, SSE will customize the answer to your organizations’ specific moment of need.
And now, with the addition of mLearning to the mix, the ability to fulfill your learners’ moment of need has increased tremendously. The proper learning applied at the proper moment in time equals results!

