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The Biggest Myths in Learning and Development

Absorb LMS

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. My introduction to using computers for learning stems back 25 years to a course I took in university titled “Computers in Music.”

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#TwistedTropes 25. Schindler's shopping list

Learning with e's

These included Spielberg's earlier movie Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981 - confusingly not the same ark as Noah's ark), Das Boot (1981 - a story about a lost jackboot) and ultimately the brutally violent the Sound of Music which featured a volatile mix of Nazis and nuns (1965) (there are misleading statements here that need to be corrected - Editor).

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How to Motivate Certification Candidates

WBT Systems

If you’re familiar with the work of psychologist Abraham Maslow (I know the CAEs among you certainly are), you may have guessed by now that these motivators reside in the highest level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: self-actualization. Pink goes on to describe these three needs (and motivators) as: Purpose.

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The Three Worlds of Knowledge

The Learning Circuits

It is quite a diverse mixture that ranges from a claw-hammer to Maslow's hierarchy to Godel's proof of the incompleteness of arithmetic. Mirror neurons reveal how we partly learn; why people respond to certain types of sports, dance, music and art; why watching media violence may be harmful; and why we may like voyeurism or pornography.

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Maslow, technology and learning

Learning with e's

How much more could we say about the uses of technology when we place them up against a pre-digital age theory such as Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs model? Maslow's Hierarchy is a very well know theory, and has featured in numerous slides, journals, books and blogs in the past. Unported License.

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