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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

This movie should be required viewing for anyone in the learning industry – it demonstrates all the ingredients for effective learning. Weber also points out how effectively additional techniques demonstrated in the movie – like music, movement, and humor – open the mind to learning. I’ll be seeing it again!

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Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise.

Dashe & Thomson

He mentions that he loves movies and often uses movie quotes in songs. For example, I’m watching Storytellers: Kanye West on Palladia a couple nights ago (a great TV channel if you love music; and like learning, everyone loves music). During the performance Kanye starts freestyling about how he creates lyrics.

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Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise.

Dashe & Thomson

He mentions that he loves movies and often uses movie quotes in songs. For example, I’m watching Storytellers: Kanye West on Palladia a couple nights ago (a great TV channel if you love music; and like learning, everyone loves music). During the performance Kanye starts freestyling about how he creates lyrics.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

It conjures memories of terrible 90s thriller movies featuring Sandra Bullock in the prime of her career. By the way, “Surfing the Net” is a great phrase that fell by the wayside far too early. I’m sorry, but somebody explain to me why she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Blind Side , honestly. Brain Rules for Learning: Who Knew?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Describing What You Do: Instructional Design

Learning Visions

Me: Im an instructional designer. Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). Ellen Wagner says, " I Ds help transform intangible information assets into things of great business or epistemological value." I create eLearning.

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Sales eLearning – 21 Great Resources

Tony Karrer

Learning Performance Business Talent Focus - eLearning Technology , July 15, 2009 Performance – Responsible for ensuring that behavior change occurs in a way that improves performance. All things being equal (which they never are), I'm guessing my focus is more a business and performance focus. The Business Case for Social Learning.

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Latest in Learning Fast: edu-Twittering

Marcia Conner

” I enjoyed seeing what Howard’s reads, and the article itself reframed my thinking about IM. Two films on my go-see list came from recommendations by people who I rarely talk with about movies. Howard Rheingold recently wrote and linked, “ Excessive texting may signal mental illness.” Good film, well done.”

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