Learning Rebels

JULY 14, 2014

I emailed research, displayed case studies, and pointed to blogs and other reference articles to support the case. There was no changing the minds of these intelligent people. This doesn’t change the need to speak up. Did learning styles stay in her Train the Trainer class?

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 30, 2015

Complete a case study, fix a broken item, create something – actually having people apply the skills they are studying will create a stronger sense of connection with the material, strengthening retention. Your participants feel the same way. Reinforce lessons by creating projects for teams to complete.

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Learning Rebels

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Studies tell us that sitting for too long is detrimental to the body and the recommendation is to get up and move 5 – 10 minutes for every hour of sitting. Get up, take a walk and get the blood moving. Not only will this send much needed oxygen to the brain, but moving also stimulates thought. Not to mention your body will thank you too.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 12, 2015

Take the time to study the conference agenda, see what’s interesting, find the speakers who inspire you and get YOUR questions answered. Let’s start using it. Let’s find who might be going. Find who might know someone who might be attending. Start building a network of personal correspondents.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 22, 2017

. “We know that creativity and innovation happen when people change their environment, and especially when they expose themselves to a nature-like environment , to a natural environment,” says Kimberly Elsbach , a professor at the University of California, Davis Graduate School of Management, who studies workplace psychology.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 19, 2016

Take the time to study the conference agenda, see what’s interesting, find the speakers who inspire you, reach out and get YOUR questions answered. Let’s assume you have a Personal Learning Network of some kind. Let’s start using it. Find who might be going. Find who might know someone who might be attending.

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Learning Rebels

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Check for Author Credentials: Knowing who wrote the article or study can give you a good idea of its reliability. Workplace Example: Use Feedly to curate articles and studies that align with your business or learning outcomes and share the feed for continuous learning.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 20, 2019

If you want to hear case studies, get guidance on a topic, or receive a new framework – then go to a session. . Maybe, some people had been moved to write, maybe others were capturing notes – if I had to guess, I’d say the majority of them were answering emails when they could have been getting their groove on at a session.

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Learning Rebels

APRIL 25, 2018

minutes, and this Nielson Norman Group study tells us that only 20% of people will read a document from start to finish. A 2002 study by the BBC indicated that 94% of people prefer learning modules that are under 10 minutes. So my guideline is this, “As long as necessary and as short as possible” . So short is indeed good.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 24, 2023

Definition: A problem-solving, analysis, and forecasting tool derived from the study of patterns of invention in the global patent literature. Set an eight-minute timer and instruct participants to sketch or write a different idea in each frame. TRIZ (from Liberating Structures, another favorite!)

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

According to findings from the High-Impact Learning Organization study by Bersin by Deloitte, employees find it most difficult to learn, NOT because there isn’t enough content, but because there is TOO MUCH of it, and they cannot find what is valuable. The numbers tell a story. No, you go to YouTube to find the bit you need.

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Learning Rebels

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Learning Styles, the myth of studying, the myth of taking notes.What’s a person to do? Lots of research to do, micro-learning, micro-videos, micro-blogs. Lots of debunking to do for leadership (HR and otherwise) who are reading sound bites instead of valid research. Myers-Briggs.

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 7, 2015

You are able to chat with like-minded people to gain knowledge in a certain field of study or to share and exchange ideas. These are simply one of the best ways to gain value from your Twitter time, especially if you use Twitter for personal development.

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