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ADDIE Must Die!

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The Premise ADDIE is the illegitimate child of the Industrial Age, and using it is an addiction that almost always leads to formal training programs that are, in these digital days of rapidly advancing Social Learning, close to worthless. The good news? There is a better alternative … Note: This is Part One of a two [.].

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All Communication is Education

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I came across this presentation, and it’s two mantras about education and learning, and decided to post it for anyone reading this who has NOT yet made the connection … social media, social networking, online learning and more – much more – are all communication, and all communication is learning.

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10 Important Lessons from 2010

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Learning is a social experience – We learn the best when we learn with a group of [.]. What’s on your list? The brain is hardwired by evolution for learning. We spend a lot of time and money disabling the hardwired learning process.

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ADDIE Must Die!

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NOTE (October, 2012): I first posted this piece in 2004. At the time I was looking at educational theories and methods that had been developed in the early 1970′s that rather mysteriously became the de facto standard for developing educational programs. I saw two major problems. The first is obvious. The way we learned back [.].

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At the Water Cooler of Learning

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We have become obsessed with formal learning in the workplace. In our zeal to learn, we have transferred the formal model of learning into the collective mind of our corporations. Even e-learning is simply less-expensive formal learning at a distance. Our obsession began when we decided we were in the knowledge economy. We concluded that [.].

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It’s Already Really Happening! The Interactive Bio-Book

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Found this article on Fast Company. Since Education has completely intersected with Technology, it’s not a surprise anymore to find education-related material in technology-oriented magazines. This is SO amazing that when you start to read back in these posts and look at the inevitable way forward you will be blown away by the possibilities.

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Me-pod, You-pod, Everybody iPod

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Are iPads on their way to replacing computers in K-12 schools? It sure looks that way. A recent survey of district tech directors found that all were testing or deploying tablet devices—and they expect them to outnumber computers by 2016. If you have kids in the K-12 grades better get ahead of this curve to help them succeed.

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