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If the spacing effect is so great, why is nobody using it?

Learning Pool

There are few things in learning theory that everyone in learning and development agrees on. Let me rephrase that: there is almost nothing in learning theory that everyone agrees on. Very few organizational learning programs make use of the spacing effect, currently. . We have a disputatious culture.

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5 steps to using the spacing effect in your next training

Learning Pool

These associations with learning theory and celebrity high-achievers (whom Gladwell dubbed ‘outliers’) might make spaced practice seem rather abstract and rarified; not for the rest of us. The post 5 steps to using the spacing effect in your next training appeared first on Learning Pool.

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X Marks the Spot: What Lies Under the ‘X’ in LXP?

Learning Pool

And the Learning Pool whitepaper gives a detailed description of the many underlying forces, including changes in working patterns, employee attitudes, and expectations, technology and learning theory that have brought this way of thinking about learning to the fore. . Clearly the term has meaning for some.

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Imagining Workplaces of Tomorrow: Managing Minds

The Performance Improvement Blog

People start their workday with an attitude that can be described as fearless, looking forward to using their minds to contribute to the success and happiness of their organization. Leaders and managers use that feedback to improve the organization’s strategic planning process, and this new process is standardized in the organization.

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Imagining Workplaces of Tomorrow: Managing Minds

The Performance Improvement Blog

People start their workday with an attitude that can be described as fearless, looking forward to using their minds to contribute to the success and happiness of their organization. Leaders and managers use that feedback to improve the organization’s strategic planning process, and this new process is standardized in the organization.

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Personal Learning Networks: For Ongoing Learning in a Connected World

ID Reflections

Learning networks are based on the theory of Connectivism, or learning from diverse social webs. Connectivism, the theory underpinning how we learn and interact in the networked era, implies that learning relies on communicating ideas and having meaningful interactions.

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Clive Shepherd – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Learnnovators: You say “Keeping up-to-date is especially important when you consider that the learning profession has been saddled with more than its fair share of pop psychology, much of which has gone unchallenged for far too long”. What guidelines, resources or tools would you recommend for learning professionals to be able to do this?