“Ignorance is curable. Refusing to learn is not.” — E. Michale Helms
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This was one of those weeks when I had to remind myself to just keep breathing. Trying to wrap a lot of things up on a project at work and have you ever had a recurring conversation with your spouse that seems unsolvable? That! So I am a little extra grateful for the arrival of Friday and all the good great things I’m surrounded by. I hope you’re surrounded by the lots of great things too. Thanks for reading!
What I’m Listening to: I’m checking out something a little different as I work today. Kiwanuka was recommended by my good friend Karl Richter from Elearning Blends.
Last week’s most clicked item:
Don’t Learn More, Learn Smarter. A Quick Guide to Agile Learning
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Creating A Climate That Grows Self-directed Learners
Mark Britz has always been a personal favorite and when you watch this I think you’ll see why. I always appreciate his insights on Organizational Social Design and in this session he talks with Ray Jimenez about Creating A Climate That Grows Self-directed Learners
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/se-selfdirectedlearners
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In Real Life: The Other Lesson L&D Can Learn From Marketing
JD Dillon shares another take on how much L&D and marketing really have in common. See what he has to say about how we can learn from marketing to get better at measurement.
https://learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/in-real-life-the-other-lesson-l-d-can-learn-from-marketing
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How Fast Should You Be When Learning?
Scott Young considers a different meaning for speed: how quickly should you try to do things in order to improve performance. A lot of learning involves having a mental representation of what the ideal performance ought to be. Are you failing to reach the Ideal or do you not know what the ideal is?
How Fast Should You Be When Learning?
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Microsoft Threatens To Change the LXP Market: EdCast and Others Respond
Have you heard of Microsoft Cortex yet? It is a beta with the potential to make an impact on corporate learning and knowledge management. It indexes all the documents and interactions happening in a company and shows you trending topics, people most affiliated as experts, and documents most relevant to a topic. On another Microsoft related note, LinkedIn has announced that they are building a Learning Experience Platform.
Microsoft Threatens To Change the LXP Market: EdCast and Others Respond
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Spaced Learning: Why It’s So Good & How to Get Started
The spacing effect is one of the oldest and best-documented phenomena in the history of learning and memory research. Research has repeatedly shown that using these techniques can increase the retention of new knowledge and skills. You can see a copy of my slides and the related resources from my Elearning Guild session that was part of their online “Make Learning Stick” conference this week.
mike-taylor.org/spaced-learning
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A few other things just because I can.
Tools & Resources
- [webinar] A short webinar with Will Thalheimer on PowerPoint tricks—specifically those aligned with his Presentation Science Workshop.
- [podcasts] Collection of learning podcasts
- [course] Learn how to Track Any HTML5 Content with Custom SCORM
- [course] Presentation Science by Will Thalheimer
- [powerpoint] Set Alarms for PowerPoint Sessions with EasyTimer
- [powerpoint] You can now enter hex color values directly in PowerPoint
- urspace.io is a portfolio builder
No Code? No Problem! Quick & Easy Approach to Automation & Creating L&D Apps
What if you could turn your ideas into real projects and build tools for automating work without needing to know how to code? Until recently, the only people who could build things on the internet were a few ambitious people who spent months learning to code before publishing even the most basic website. Today, anyoneContinue reading “No Code? No Problem! Quick & Easy Approach to Automation & Creating L&D Apps”
Spaced Learning: Why It Is So Good & How to Get Started
The spacing effect is one of the oldest and best-documented phenomena in the history of learning and memory research. Research has repeatedly shown that using these techniques can increase the retention of new knowledge and skills. By basing your own learning designs off of these principles you can increase what your audience will remember. However,Continue reading “Spaced Learning: Why It Is So Good & How to Get Started”
Learning Technology Trends and How to Start Applying Them Today
If you’re like most people who work with technology, you appreciate having an understanding of what trends are bubbling up to the top so you can stay ahead of the game and make informed decisions. You’ll also value having an efficient way to keep up with the scores of new tools that are emerging everyContinue reading “Learning Technology Trends and How to Start Applying Them Today”
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Conferences & Learning Events
- Ger Driessen recaps Learning Technologies
- Check out the upcoming conference schedule
- L&D webinars and professional development events calendar by Kari Knisely (@KariKnisely)
Call for Speakers:
- DevLearn is now accepting speaking proposals through March 6
- TechLearn Conference 2020 in Austin | Call for Presenters (Deadline is March 2) https://buff.ly/2OdNxZx
- LearningTechDay in Belgium is looking for some good speakers. Could that be you?
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