Jay Cross

OCTOBER 18, 2015

That’s got to stop, for schooling is an increasingly obsolete exercise in rote learning and the world is getting way too complicated to rely on schools and school models (think instructors, courses, schedules, tests, lectures) as the pinnacle learning. Grades are meaningless outside of the schooling framework.

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Pinnacle Pedagogy Lecture Exercise 36

Jay Cross

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Recording can improve a bad lecture! 7 surprising facts about recorded lectures - Donald Clark Plan B , September 17, 2011. Here’s how we choose the crème de la crème for your enjoyment. The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals.

Social Networks 59

Social Networks Diversity Training Social Network Cognitive 59

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 9, 2011

You can get more from a five-hour Ignite presentation than a one hour lecture. The most energetic session I attended was one that I led, a series of five five-minute Ignite sessions. This was the first time for four out of our five presenters and they were simply outstanding.

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Diversity Training Online Calendar Lecture 48

Jay Cross

MAY 1, 2014

20 reasons why Stanford Prof thinks video lectures self-evidently better . ‘“ The lecture video delivers me in a way the student has complete control over, making it self-evidently better.” MORE >> 79 Tweets. DONALD CLARK PLAN B | FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014. Says Stanford’s Professor of Mathematics Keith Devlin.

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Doc Diversity Training Learning Theory PKM 43

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Lecture units (approximate 1 per week): What is Complexity? Her most recent book, Complexity: A Guided Tour, published in 2009 by Oxford University Press, won the 2010 Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Award. Dynamics, Chaos, and Fractals. Information, Order, and Randomness. Cellular Automata. Genetic Algorithms. Self-Organization in Nature.

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Cognitive Press Lecture Theory 40

Jay Cross

APRIL 29, 2015

Live conferencing and lecture, maybe, but not for mere content delivery or interactive learning. > Learning Circuits was ASTD’s first foray into modern learning. It’s amazing to look back. In 2000, ASTD executives assured me you couldn’t charge for online instruction. ” Many were skeptics.

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ASTD Reputation Lecture Blogging 36

Jay Cross

APRIL 28, 2012

Listening to a lecture or attending a workshop are primarily formal learning. The rider may stop short of the original destination. People generally learn informally to get something done, and it’s the ability to do something that demonstrates that learning took place. Asking questions of co-workers or trial-and-error are informal.

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Informal Learning Informal Enterprise 2.0 iPhone 48

Jay Cross

AUGUST 18, 2013

One-hour Lectures are folly, for students lack that long an attention span. Today getting the job done is more important than how long it took to do it. Daily Newspapers are toast; they only print “old news.” ” Annual Reports are useless because investment decisions are instantaneous. When did X happen?

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Lecture Network Score News 37

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Since Ram Dass no longer travels and lectures, your help is crucial. The devotional path, the shower of the guru’s grace, and the inspiration of the great saints of India are all here. And please help us spread the word to your family and friends and the great arc of humanity we all connect to with love.

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PDF Streaming iPad Lecture 55

Jay Cross

MAY 31, 2011

Abandon lectures: increase attendance, attitudes and attainment - Donald Clark Plan B , May 15, 2011. MoveOn Co-Founder Talks Social Networking - Jay Cross , May 31, 2011. 5 Reasons Why Activity Streams Will Save You From Information Overload - Luis Suarez , May 4, 2011. A big question - David Weinberger , May 1, 2011.

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Social Networks Information Overload Social Media PENS 58

Jay Cross

MAY 31, 2015

It was troubling to hear one person after another lecture about learning more about how people learn whlle violating most of the principles we already know. (I love Roger Schank’s putdown of the quadratic equation. When’s the last time you had to solve for AX 2 + BX +C = 0 ?). How’s the water?

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Education Podium Microphone Lecture 36

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

My knowledge of Kahn is very limited–b ut essentiall y it’s a lecture. Colin Kilburn. assuming you have a capable learner … it is hard to transfer documentat ion that does not exist. is kahn acadamy in favour here? Dave Ferguson. Could be well done, or poorly. But no direct interactio n, no applicatio n to my situation, etc.

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Knowledge Management PKM Personal Personalization 41

Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Honchos from dozens of top-tier eLearning companies filled the lecture theater. Ten years ago Elliott Masie led a workshop for eLearning vendors at the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle. Everybody was new at this, so we spent a lot of time on nuts and bolts.

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Masie Beginner elearning vendor Lecture 41

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Professors give horrible lectures on esoteric subjects. How do you build relationships that help you sustain the right kinds of connections? In traditional higher ed, colleges are not a place to learn skills. They teach so they can do their research. People go to those institutions for social networking.

Social Networks 59

Social Networks Mashups Mash-up Social Network 59

Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Most web conferencing software is set up for one-way lectures. Yesterday I gave a presentation to a couple of dozen people using Adobe Connect Pro. I couldn’t see them. I might as well have been blindfolded. I’m more into conversations. With some systems, screen sharing fails due to bandwidth limitations.

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Centra Elluminate WebEx Blackboard 41

Jay Cross

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Some nontenured lecturers earn less than $100 for each student they instruct. Each faculty member is assessed on criteria including the number of classes that they teach, the tuition that they bring in and research grants that they generate. One metric divides their salary by the number of students that they teach. The range is striking.

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Metrics Journal Classes Teach 44

Jay Cross

AUGUST 28, 2010

The volume fosters in lecturers and teachers a sound understanding of the need and strategy for change, and it provides them with practical recommendations on competence and quality methodologies. I’ve been synthesizing Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Society all day, and I’m still under its influence.

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Culture Change Education Wiki 51

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Typically, students watch short video lectures and complete assignments that are graded either by machines or by other students. What You Need to Know About MOOCs – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education. What are MOOCs? That way a lone professor can support a class with hundreds of thousands of participants.

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Pedagogy Social Networks Distance Learning Wiki 65

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Many I have participated are lecture/video based. I think I got more than my “money’s worth;” others would complain if it rained $100 bills because they couldn’t make change. 2/26/2013 3:16 PM View Responses. Not enough interaction. Where there is interaction, it can be overwhelming due to scale.

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Free Business Asynchronous Theory 41

Jay Cross

JULY 6, 2009

Lecturing – stupidest profession? Sir Ken Robinson – The Element - elearningpost , February 25, 2009. eLearning is not the answer - Internet Time , February 20, 2009. Is this the time for a New Renaissance and Reformation? Robert Paterson’s Weblog , April 13, 2009. Donald Clark Plan B , April 3, 2009. March 23, 2009.

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Social Networks Google Wave Social Network Analysis Twitter 43

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

lectures, classes, and curriculum. For #2, I studied independently to beef up what I learned in lecture halls. (My car’s issue was with the collar thing-a-ma-bob in the center.). Dumb design, eh? It’s just like college. There are separable pieces: initial assessment, interview, and admissions. small seminars.

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Pipes Lecture Portfolio Stock 48

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 17, 2011

Recording can improve a bad lecture! 7 surprising facts about recorded lectures - Donald Clark Plan B , September 17, 2011. Abandon lectures: increase attendance, attitudes and attainment - Donald Clark Plan B , May 15, 2011. A sense of bewronging - Doc Searls , April 2, 2011.

Social Networks 61

Social Networks Authoring Tools Doc Social Media 61

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

kfarentino: teachers are changing from instructors to facilitators - creating individualized paths based on student needs, including using a variety of tools from social networks to online lectures, to quick podcasts, to f2f conversations depending on the goal/outcome of the learning experience- business needs to do the same.

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LearnTrends Instructional Design ADDIE Social Networks 40

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Informal learning is not a new concept for goodness sake - even universities (who hav elong been guilty of lecturing for reasons of numbers) deliver many management courses informally - BUT within a formal structure so that it is coherent and understandable. There are those that do not prefer to learn in front of a PC.

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Blended Learning Social Networks Training Train 36

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Informal learning is not a new concept for goodness sake – even universities (who hav elong been guilty of lecturing for reasons of numbers) deliver many management courses informally – BUT within a formal structure so that it is coherent and understandable. There are those that do not prefer to learn in front of a PC.

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Blended Learning Social Networks Training Train 36

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Informal learning is not a new concept for goodness sake – even universities (who hav elong been guilty of lecturing for reasons of numbers) deliver many management courses informally – BUT within a formal structure so that it is coherent and understandable. There are those that do not prefer to learn in front of a PC.

Blended Learning 36

Blended Learning Social Networks Training Train 36

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Informal learning is not a new concept for goodness sake – even universities (who hav elong been guilty of lecturing for reasons of numbers) deliver many management courses informally – BUT within a formal structure so that it is coherent and understandable. There are those that do not prefer to learn in front of a PC.

Blended Learning 36

Blended Learning Social Networks Training Train 36

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Informal learning is not a new concept for goodness sake – even universities (who hav elong been guilty of lecturing for reasons of numbers) deliver many management courses informally – BUT within a formal structure so that it is coherent and understandable. There are those that do not prefer to learn in front of a PC.

Blended Learning 36

Blended Learning Social Networks Training Train 36

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

MOOCs mirror large lectures. Recording can improve a bad lecture! #Change11 My MOOC week is here… NANCY WHITE | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2011. Previous | Next. GEORGE SIEMENS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013. Request: Partners and Pilot. Kuhn emphasized how most activity in science is evolutionary, operating within an existing framework.

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Predictions Internet Open OER 92

Jay Cross

OCTOBER 7, 2008

A case study better mirrors real life that a lecture, a workshop, or a text book. You are tipped off whether to look for the answer because it’s a finance case or an organizational development case or whatever. Successful case discussion requires adept faculty, but case study is inevitably more engaging than preaching at people.

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Case Study Study Methods Instructional 36

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Schank is a critic of the current educational system, pointing to 19 th century curriculum, teaching by telling, lectures, memorisation and standardised tests, as structures and techniques that distort learning. Lectures selling students short: evidence from ‘Science’ DONALD CLARK PLAN B | SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012.

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Social Networks Doc Social Media Theory 70

Jay Cross

MARCH 16, 2012

In 1974, a group of Hewlett Packard engineers who had been watching lectures on electrical engineering on the Stanford Instructional Television Network were reassigned to an HP facility in Santa Rosa, California, two hours to the north and out of television broadcasting range. They did away with face-to-face lectures. Corporations.

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Engineering Lecture Corporate Learning Score 61

Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2011

Donald Clark: 10 reasons to dump lectures 255. Clark Quinn’s 7 C’s of Natural Learning 253. Responsibilities of Chief Learning Officers 254. Donald Clark: Do happy sheets work? 254. Donald Clark: 10 proven facts about learning 257. Instructional Design 2.0. Designing for an uncertain world 262.

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Compliance Training Social Media Knowledge Worker Instructional Design 64