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Friday Finds — Learning Outloud, Science of Happiness, 85% Rule for Learning
“When one looks at the scientific evidence about how the brain learns and at the design of our education system, one is forced to conclude that the system actively retards education.” Daisy Christodoulou Happy Friday! This is Mike, your diligent curator, and this is another carefully curated set of the best things to read, watchContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds — Learning Outloud, Science of Happiness, 85% Rule for Learning”
Friday Finds — Adaptive Learning, Learning Transfer, Cognitive Load
“Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.”Buddha Happy Friday! With some rain outs and rescheduling my daughter is starting a streak of 10 straight days of softball games. If you’re looking for me I’ll be on the ball fields. It is reallyContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds — Adaptive Learning, Learning Transfer, Cognitive Load”
Friday Find Finds — Retrieval Practice, Emotion & Learning, Microlearning Research
“If you want to be smart tomorrow, be curious today” Happy Friday! We’re just about melting here this week. We got up to nearly 100F and it felt like it. Ohio isn’t a dry heat like Arizona and other places. It is humid and almost oppressive. Days like this make me appreciate the luxury of airContinueContinue reading “Friday Find Finds — Retrieval Practice, Emotion & Learning, Microlearning Research”
“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”Charles Darwin Happy Friday! Thanks for reading. What I’m Listening to: I think I may have shared Dayglow before, but they’re so good I’ve got them on again today and they’re worth checking out ifContinueContinue reading
Friday Find Finds — Reduce PowerPoint Overload, Merging Modalities, Designing for Cognitive Bias
Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books, have good sentences in your ears. Be by yourself as often as you can. Walk. Take the phone off the hook. Work regular hours.” Jane Kenyon Schools out. Schools out. Teachers let the monkeysContinueContinue reading “Friday Find Finds — Reduce PowerPoint Overload, Merging Modalities, Designing for Cognitive Bias”
Friday Find Finds — Return on Attention, RSS, Content Curation 101
Happy Friday! Well, we had a good run while it lasted. My son tested positive for COVID this week and we’re all looking over our shoulders to see if anyone else is going to be next. Fingers crossed. He’s doing fine and not at all minding spending a few days in his room along with hisContinueContinue reading “Friday Find Finds — Return on Attention, RSS, Content Curation 101”
Friday Find Finds — Skills Reports, Async Training Program & Brain Sensory Signals
“Your job is to collect good ideas. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.” Austin Kleon Happy Friday! I’m excited that I’ll be doing not one, but two full-day workshops this fall at DevLearn. I’ll be teaming up with Bianca Baumann to bring back our “Using theContinueContinue reading “Friday Find Finds — Skills Reports, Async Training Program & Brain Sensory Signals”
Friday Finds — Learning Transfer, Working Memory, Portfolio Tips
The luckier you are the nicer you should be and the nicer you are the luckier you’ll be . Morgan Housel Happy Friday! We’ve been getting a bit more practice looking for silver linings lately than we would like. It reminds me that you can always learn from any situation and to focus on the things youContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds — Learning Transfer, Working Memory, Portfolio Tips”
Friday Finds: The Best Of Learning, Design & Technology | May 6, 2022
Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Richard Feynman Happy Friday! I’m still trying to process the absolute insanity of the latest news here in the U.S. It makes absolutely ZERO sense to me. This sentence from Ron Brownstein seemsContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds: The Best Of Learning, Design & Technology | May 6, 2022”
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