Lars is Learning

MAY 29, 2010

Tags: interactivity retention Less learning more often performance support learning design.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Xplana is an attempt to support individuals in their learning, which is a broad trend that will be highly disruptive to current educational models, certainly in Higher Education. The economic climate and availability of access.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I’ve previously posted on how we are beginning to move from training as a separate activity from doing, to a model of primarily supporting practice and performance on the job. Ubiquitous Performance Support (UPS) I rather snappily called it. One dramatic example of how this is developing is in the nascent area of Augmented Reality.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Tags: onboarding online learning e-learning contact centres knowledge social media performance support elearning.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

One great find was this recent video put together to support the MOCOM 2020. You can get a great sense of the presentations, even get to review them and discover new things in ways which seem almost better than actually attending yourself.

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MAY 20, 2009

It's been interesting balancing the competing (and sometimes mutually supporting) demands of writing articles, tweets, linkedin messages, as well as the day job of consulting with customers and delivering on their requirements. Well that just wouldn't do, would it?

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FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Here he is essentially promoting his new book The Element which champions the notion that education should first and foremost be about self discovery and self development, actively supporting us as individuals to discover our talents and passionate interests.

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AUGUST 3, 2008

Here's yet another study supporting the need for sleep to consolidate a new experience. I've previously posted on the effect of sleep on our learning and memory effectiveness in Snooze and Learn Faster and Six minute nap may boost memory.

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JANUARY 8, 2008

I've been an avid supporter of Nintendo for the past two years or so, for their design prowess and dramatic success in widening the appeal of gaming. Indeed they're redefining recreational digital fun to include - shock - the learning of new skills. Brain Training in particular has been a left field success.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Jotyou is a location based messaging service for your phone. It basically allows you to send messages to friends which are received when they enter a specified geographical area. Check out the video for a feel for the service - it's especially well integrated with Google maps and a whole range of mobile phones.

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DECEMBER 21, 2007

It's that time of year again, a time to reflect on trends past and future. Sparked by Tom King's comparison of authoring tools I thought I'd take a fresh look at what Google Trends can tell us about e-learning and the wider training industry. There is a seemingly endless debate over how to spell the name of what we do.

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