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Work as Improv Theater: Teaching the Right-Brained Learner.

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To start answering these questions, we have to acknowledge that formal learning, as we know it today, will not be effective in the future. Instead, we will need to put the workers themselves in charge of their own learning. This position is well-articulated in this post by Jay Cross at his Informal Learning Blog.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

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This movie should be required viewing for anyone in the learning industry – it demonstrates all the ingredients for effective learning. In her article* 10 Brainpowered Wonders in the King’s Speech , Dr. Ellen Weber nicely summarizes a few of the lessons this movie teaches us about learning. Properly d.

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Moving from Teacher to Facilitator | Social Learning Blog

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Even with the help of the newest technology tools to communicate and educate including social media, wikis, and Google, we still need to transform our ILT classrooms and training sessions into integrated blended learning environments. Learners as Teachers. Experience, truly, is the best teacher! Properly d. Properly d.

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The Impact of Social Learning: Will You Be The First? | Social.

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Social learning no longer has to take place in person. Social Learning theorist Albert Bandura maintains that: “Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. Properly d.

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The $2 Whiteboard Shows Power of Peer-to-Peer Learning | Social.

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He contrasts two teaching methods that involve different kinds of whiteboards: one that costs $2,000, and one that costs $2. That’s why this post from Frank Noschese is so great. The difference: peer-to-peer interaction. less big companies, for more than 20 years. Properly d. Properly d.

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Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of.

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This YouTube-based learning environment was founded in 2004 by former Boston hedge-fund manager Salman Khan, and today contains more than 2,200 lectures on more than 100 topics (mostly math related). View all posts by Jon → ← Re-evaluating Evaluation What Can March Madness Teach Us About Blended Learning? Properly d.

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My Learning Resolution For The Year (Hint: It's not “to be.

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So what did this teach me about learning? Nothing new, really, but it reinforced the idea that effective training can only be accomplished by doing , not being told. In effect, he was driving; I was just executing the commands. Properly d. Properly d.