Rule 5: Repeat to remember While repetition is covered in this chapter, the main idea underlying this rule is that "information is remembered best when it is elaborate, meaningful and contextual. the quality of the encoding stage is one of the single greatest predictors of learning success. quality of encoding' means the number of door handles one can put on the entrance to a piece of information." " Medina makes three key assertions: "The more elaborately we encode information at the moment of learning, the stronger the memory." MORE >>

Putting together an e-learning/ presentation template in Powerpoint or Keynote can be quite easy. What most of us struggle with is color combinations. There are a couple of tricks I like to use, to build my designs. a) Use a color schemer : Color schemers are easily available for all platforms and generally make decisions around color combinations an absolute no brainer. use Color Schemer on my Mac and the way I use it, is to specify a starting color and then I just let it tell me what colors will go well with it. Check it out and let me know what you think. Sumeet Moghe, 2009. MORE >>

If you've ever participated in a brainstorming session, then you know how quickly a group of folks can fill up a series of flipcharts or the white space on a white board. Like some of you, I've participated in meetings, and facilitated others, where we successfully whittled the brainstormed list down to a prioritized short list. Then, yet further to actionable tasks. That's the ideal result. That said, I've also been in meetings (too many) where, at the end of it all, we concluded with nothing more than a lot of great ideas on a bunch of flip charts. But, it's worth sharing. MORE >>

In talking with Jay Cross about the recent Learn Trends session and through experience in the #lrnchat , I've come to realize that there are easier personal disconnects for me with informal, social learning experiences and my personal learning goals. Let me provide some context … I'm an Infovore (sometimes called an Information Addict ). As such, I have to be careful about not oversubscribing or falling prey to the myth of keeping up. have various techniques that I use as part of my Information Radar where I specifically control the flow and try to improve filtering. somewhere. MORE >>

I've been producing a number of short, introductory presentations for clients and other purposes (like conference presentations) on social learning in organisations.  This first one covers: What is Social Learning?  Social Learning platforms, and the role of Social Learning Professionals. Parts 2 and 3 will be available very shortly. MORE >>