Making Learning Easier by Design
Editor’s note: Fascinating insights into designing a learning experience through an app – in this case Primer, a mobile app that helps people learn digital marketing concepts in 5 minutes or less.
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The lesson you never got taught in school: How to learn!
Editor’s note: Now here’s a thing. We probably all think we know how we learn, but do we? This article looks at 10 ways of learning and assesses how effective they are. If evidence challenges some of our legacy thinking on learning then is it time to change what we do?
What is learning, who are learners?
UPDATE: Sukh Pabial and Andrew Jacobs have both written on this topic, so please go…
Highlighting: A terrible study strategy
Editor’s note: This is this week’s challenge to the ‘way we do things’ article. If you are highlighting text for learning, then don’t bother – it is not how we learn.
Learning is the most celebrated neglected activity in the workplace
Editor’s note: To quote: ‘A class, a reading, a difficult conversation with a colleague, may take 1% of our time. And yet they may radically alter how we approach the other 99%, raising questions that jolt us into learning new things from everyday experiences. A challenging assignment, conversely, may take most of our time and yield little new insights.’ A great piece on what learning really means – and it is not 70:20:10.
A New Culture of Learning
Editor’s note: Douglas Thomas, co-author of The New Culture of Learning talks through the main concepts of the book – this is a compelling vision for corporate learning (with less attention on gaming maybe).
Everything you’ve ever been told about how you learn is a lie
Editor’s note: Three popular myths about how we learn debunked.
Learning by thinking: how reflection improves performance
Editor’s note: This research looks at reflection on experience – or rather reflection on doing – as opposed to learning by doing and shows just how important reflection is in the learning process.
Emotion in learning – fab or fad? curated tweets from #chat2lrn
Here are our curated tweets from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on emotion in #learning. [View…
Curated tweets from the #chat2lrn Twitter chat on neuroscience and learning
Here are our edited tweets from today’s Chat2lrn #twitter chat on #neuroscience and #learning. Lots…
Why 21st century learning should be more like the 19th century
Editor’s note: Science is telling us what we know to be true about how we learn – something John Dewey outlined a century ago. But will data really help personalise the experience? Thanks to @marcoable for sharing.
The problem with lecturing
Editor’s note: If you have to back up your thesis that lecturing is not the best way for people to learn then read this article and remember to cite it. Thanks to @lightbulbjo for sharing.
Noam Chomsky on technology and learning
Editor’s note: Noam Chomsky on technology and learning. Is technology just like a hammer? It is what you do with it that matters. This interview is worth five minutes of your time . . .
Video of the week: George Siemens on connectivism
In this short TEDx talk, Siemens shares his thinking on education and connectivism.
Putting technology in the driving seat of learning – curated tweets from #chat2lrn Twitter chat
Here our my edited tweets from the chat2lrn Twitter chat on putting #technology in the…