Dr Yvonne Konstanze Behnke is an L&D strategist, learning scientist and keynote speaker known as the "learning myth detective". For over two decades she has developed learning and development solutions for companies and institutions, integrating strategy, didactics, science, design and AI.
She brings ten years of research experience, eight of them researching and teaching the psychological, didactic and instructional design foundations of multimedia learning at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She has published more than 20 papers and book chapters.
Her book "Lernmythen aufgedeckt" (Haufe) received the getAbstract International Book Award 2025 for Business Impact. The second volume, "Neue Lernmythen aufgedeckt. Wirksames Lernen braucht Fakten statt Buzzwords", followed in 2026.
In her OEB masterclass she puts popular ideas such as personalised learning, microlearning and self-directed learning to the evidence test, and gives participants clear criteria for designing learning that improves performance instead of chasing trends.