Redefining learning: 4 trends to watch in 2014
Editor’s note: It’s December so it is Online Educa and also the time of year to publish – and read – trends articles. Here is one for learning trends.
Browsing: learning
Dear C-suite: we don’t do training anymore
Editor’s note: Dan Pontefract looks at why CEOs need to rethink their approach to learning – or rather why they need to perceive it as learning rather tha training.
The home of building learning power
Editor’s note: Interesting resource shared by Charles Jennings on helping children become better learners.
The tragedy of L&D
Editor’s note: Provocative post from BP’s Nick Shackleton-Jones on where L&D is going wrong, and continues to go wrong.
Busting learning myths
Editor’s note: Thanks to Donald Taylor for sharing this link, which looks at three myths that you may not have heard talked about before. If you invest training time and money in someone will they take it and then leave?
Memory and learning: myths and truths
Editor’s note: Useful run down of myths about memory and learning from Dr Piotr Wozniak. Thankyou to @rapidbi for sharing
5 technologies to promote creative learning
Editor’s note: Great ideas for Steve Wheeler which could provoke some useful workplace learning ideas too.
Fostering the reciprocity of learning
Editor’s note: Thanks to @dsmith_tmaw for sharing this piece on how a teaching professor facilitates a discussion with students on how the group learns as a whole and how the reciprocal nature of learning might work.
Motivating and inspiring learners
Editor’s note: Today’s #chat2lrn Twitter chat is on motivating learners and this post provides some useful references and strategies.
Elearning design: Making training fun
Editor’s note: A great question and some useful insights from Cathy Moore.
Two conversations
Editor’s note: Provocative post by Nick Shackleton-Jones. How do you talk about the learning in the workplace?
Your brain at work
Editor’s note: This piece gets under the ‘neuroscience noise’ and looks at what brain science is really telling us about how the brain works. Thanks to @clairewalshlcp for sharing.
Watering the roots of knowledge through collaborative learning
Editor’s note: A look at what education, especially higher education could look like. The work at Quest University, Canada, looks compelling.
Game-based learning: hype or substance?
Editor’s note: Today’s #chat2lrn Twitter chat is on game-based learning. This article shares lots of useful links on the topic.
Learning to learn faster: the one superpower everyone needs
Editor’s note: Why we need to concentrate on hacking our superpower – our ability to learn.