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The Biggest Myths in Learning and Development

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In the early 1960s, philosopher Abraham Kaplan and psychologist Abraham Maslow independently described the idea that being in possession of an instrument affects our perception. The idea, now commonly called the Law of the Instrument, is illustrated in the phrase ”if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

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Top 60 eLearning Posts for October 2010

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Are You Playing e-Learning/LMS Help-desk? For As long as I have been in e- learning, the majority of the calls I’ve received from users have fallen into one of the following issues: A pop-up blocker on the user’s computer is enabled. Kaplan (8). Mobile Learning (40). Maslow (3). Hot Topics October 2010.