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12 years of your life for 4 years of knowledge - a good deal?

Lars is Learning

Michael Feldstein has written a thought-provoking post on Xplana.com which "provides direct-to-student productivity tools that enhance the student learning experience". The economic climate and availability of access.

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Waiting for Superman: calling the education crisis

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The documentary ‘Waiting for “Superman”’ directed by Davis Guggenheim intends to pack some powerful punches about the state of the public school system while providing a call to action. Below is a neat little animation that trails.

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How to build a social learning culture

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I was asked by Trainingzone to provide some tips for bringing the learning benefits to bear of social tools within an organisational context. All comments/feedback welcome. Resisting the rush to social media feels a bit like trying to push water back up a waterfall doesn't it? A fairly futile exercise. Why is it so popular?

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IT training should focus on performance support

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Train weeks before go live, provide little intervening support then let them loose once the. His point is clear. Systems training delivers little value (negative value according to Jay Cross' comment) when following the traditional model of delivery.

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A British musical learning experience

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It had some real lessons in how to provide an effective learning experience in the 21st Century. Just this past weekend I took my family up to London and the O2 Centre (the rebranded Millenium Dome) to see an interactive installation called the British Music Experience. First of all, Tags: British Music Experience education.

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Higher Education embracing change

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Last week I was invited to speak to all the teaching staff at City College, a higher education institution in Brighton, UK, which in its own words: Each year over 2,000 full-time learners, 13,000 part-time learners as well as many international and European students choose City College as their education provider.

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