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Towards a “Maturity Model” for Learning Businesses

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Jeff’s book Leading the Learning Revolution is a reflective masterpiece that touches those of us who have been in educational technology since the pre-dot-com days. Not only that: it provides a pathway to creating successful adult learning businesses. Increasingly we do this through online education.

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Knowledge, practice and community

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You may recall that I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The previous post highlighted issues around the situated learning theory of Jean Lave. Argyris Double Loop Learning 3. Bruner Scaffolding Theory 5.

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From novice to expert

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This is number 24 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The last post highlighted issues around the andragogy theory of Malcolm Knowles. Argyris Double Loop Learning 3.

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Making the future of education

Learning with e's

Many would agree that a lot needs to be done to bring education up to date. Some advocate the flipped learning approach and to a certain extent, the transfer of content delivery from the classroom to the home (or elsewhere) makes a lot of sense. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. Unported License.

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Learning as dialogue

Learning with e's

Many of the earlier learning theories place the learner in splendid isolation. From the neo-behaviourist theories of Thorndike, Watson and Skinner, we were led to believe that learners respond to stimuli and make associations between the two, and that these links represent learning. Unported License.

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Our mutual friends

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This is number 28 in my series on learning theories. I''m gradually working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. My most recent post explored Jack Merizow''s Transformative Learning theory. Unported License.

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Going the extra mile

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This is number 26 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The theory Just about everyone working in education and training has heard of Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs.

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