KnowledgeStar

MARCH 2, 2012

We have become obsessed with formal learning in the workplace. In our zeal to learn, we have transferred the formal model of learning into the collective mind of our corporations. Even e-learning is simply less-expensive formal learning at a distance. Our obsession began when we decided we were in the knowledge economy. We concluded that [.].

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Learning Corporate eLearning Knowledge Informal Learning 205

KnowledgeStar

MARCH 12, 2012

But despair not, change will come to the educational system, it will just take time. Planks Principle about the way science changes is worth repeating here. In his autobiography, Planck remarks that a "new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.".

Education 174

Education System Change Informal Learning 174

KnowledgeStar

MARCH 6, 2012

One of the biggest reasons people like learning online, especially late at night, is that it's a great way to get to sleep. Just joking. Not.

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Brain Classes Online Learning 145

KnowledgeStar

MARCH 14, 2012

But despair not, change will come to the educational system, it will just take time. Planks Principle about the way science changes is worth repeating here. In his autobiography, Planck remarks that a "new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.".

Education 113

Education System Change Informal Learning 113