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#TwistedTropes 30. Halley's boring comet

Learning with e's

Actually, all of these questions are boring, because the comet is akin to certain lessons in school and university, where the teachers/lecturers annually repeat themselves word for word, or worse, simply read out the text from their boring slides. Adam's poisoned apple 21. That would certainly be more interesting. Unported License.

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#TwistedTrope 23: Dale's crappy cone

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claims that we only remember 10 percent of what we learn in lectures, 20 percent of what we hear, and 30 percent of what we see, and so on - but ultimately, we remember 90 percent of what we teach to others. Adam's poisoned apple 21. Dale's cone - remember the convenient segments? Fermat's dodgy last theorem 18. Unported License.

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Donald. Duck!

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Clark argued that lectures are a relic of the medieval age, and complained that modern university teaching rooms are not tech friendly. But his outright dismissal of the lecture as a legitimate pedagogical method left many of the delegates reaching for their laptops and harsh tagging him. Where are the power sockets in this room?

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Best of informal learning since September 1, 2010…

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Apple’s segmentation strategy, and the folly of conventional wisdom - OReilly Radar , September 29, 2010. What’s Wrong With Creative Commons - Half an Hour , November 15, 2010. The White House Goes Whiteboard - Common Craft – Explanations In Plain English - , September 30, 2010.

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10Q: Cathy N. Davidson

Learning with e's

Sadly, we've heard from Apple that the experiment convinced them not to lead their marketing with the idea that a new release of a product was for formal education. One Apple executive recently said to me, "You may notice we now talk about life, home, and inspiration - not education in our ads. Teach for disruption. That’s the key.

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