Sat.Mar 17, 2012 - Fri.Mar 23, 2012

Clive on Learning

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A question of attitude

Clive on Learning

When I first entered the learning and development profession, I was assigned a mentor, a certain Mr Ernest Knagg. Ernest had strong opinions on just about all matters of pedagogy and good practice and that included the issue of attitudes. "Clive," he said, "It's not our business to try and change people's attitudes. We can try and change what they do, but not what they feel about things.

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Learning, learners and logistics

Clive on Learning

For some time now I have settled on a simple three stage approach for gathering the information I need in order to come up with a design for learning. It seems to work at a micro level, say designing a short e-learning module, as well as from a wider perspective, such as scoping out a learning architecture. My terminology for the three elements is (1) learning outcomes, (2) audience characteristics and (3) practical constraints and opportunities - quite a mouthful.

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