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From SCRATCH No 1 Neuroscience

Martin Couzins and I have started a regular podcast called From Scratch Aim for all of them to be between 3 and 5 minutes. Check it out below. Let me know what you think. listen to ‘From Scratch #1 Neuroscience’ on Audioboo
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Social and Informal Learning : Pt 3 of the Four Greatest Challenges Series

There is a very funny scene in the Molière’s play: Le Bourgeoise Gentilhomme. In it, the eponymous hero, Mr.Jourdain, is conned by a cash strapped hanger on, Dourante, who convinces the snobbish, rather stupid, central character that he can improve his chances of moving up the social scale. At one point he attempts to teach
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Post by Elliott Masie on Internal “Google Ads” for Expertise

Great little post by Elliott Masie looking at how the logic of Google contextual ads could be used internally to suggest experts in an organisation whom you could contact to get advice or solve problems at the moment of need. 1. Internal “Google Ads” with Expertise: We are quite accustomed to having Google or Bing
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Four Greatest Challenges Facing Learning Leaders in this Decade: No 2, CLO as Facilitator or Enabler

These four articles were published in Learning Technologies Magazine October 2013 to January 2014. I am republishing on my blog in reverse order. So this is actually no 2 in the reprint and no 3 as originally printed. Hope it is useful. Each article is based on a Chapter of my book: “the Learning Challenge”
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What Every Learning Professional Should Know About Neuroscience

Part of the series: Four Greatest Challenges Facing Learning Leaders in this Decade: In medicine, the 20th century was the century of the body. Such were the discoveries in conventional medicine that life expectancy increased by several years every decade the last century. This was a remarkable achievement by anyone’s standards. The 21st-century, however, will
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In Tribute the the National Extension College

Next month is the 50th Anniversary of the National Extension College. In other words it pre-dates the Open University and stands as a pioneer of open learning: courses open to all, taken by distance education via materials written by experts and posted to the learner. It pre-dates CBT, resource based learning and any number of
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Reply to Ger Driesen: Should Learning be Uncomfortable

Ger thanks for the post and apologies for the interminable time it has taken for this reply. Things mull over in my head and then explode onto the page. I have tried hard to add something to an already rich debate. The advantage of the early responder is that the field is quite open! One
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Our Beloved Email

This infographic via ScoopIt shows that email still has traction and impact. Largely marketing information but the generic stuff is interesting. Why is Thursday peak email day for example? Long Live the Email! infographic
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Ken Robinson: A Breath of Fresh Learning Air

This is worth 15 minutes of your time. Ken’s latest TED talk; How to Escape education’s Death Valley.
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Rewiring Corporate Learning 2: How to Decide Where to Begin

How do you decide where to begin? The answer is: gather information. Talk to staff at as senior level as it is possible to get access. Take the information that you receive and reflect it back. Clarify what they mean, and try to get some emerging in targets. Once you latched onto something that will
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