Acting out in Scenario Based Learning (SBL)

Posted by admin on Feb 22, 2011 in Experiential Learning, Innovative Learning Trends | 0 comments Interactive learning has long been thought to be more effective than just sitting in a classroom and listening to someone lecturing. We feel that when people are engaged and participating in learning activities that their rate of both learning and retention increases. Of course, adding an element of humor only adds to the exponential increase. Some of the latest trends that truly do make...
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How about Informal Learning?

Posted by admin on Feb 22, 2011 in Informal Learning, Innovative Learning Trends | 0 comments One of our favorite movies is a “A Few Good Men”. There is a part during the courtroom scenes towards the end where our lawyer Lt. Kafee is questioning a witness in a trail. He throws a set of military code books on the witness stand and asks the witness to find where it outlines how and when to go to the mess hall for lunch. The witness responds it’s not in the books. So Lt. Kafee cites...
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Social Learning as a Training Opportunity

Posted by admin on Feb 22, 2011 in Innovative Learning Trends, Social Learning | 0 comments Recently ASTD has put out a great book on social learning. For anyone interested in learning more about this we highly recommend you pick it up. Here is a sample to check out the first chapter The New Social Learning. It contains some huge learnings and understandings on how to use the tools out there to augment our social learning. The basic concept of social learning was initially introduced...
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The next step for Training: mLearning

Posted by admin on Feb 22, 2011 in Innovative Learning Trends, mLearning | 0 comments I spent the last few years in the Middle East and Africa and was amazed at the familiarity and usage of cell phones. Coming from the US where I thought we were ahead of the game in nearly every technological and educational arena, I realized that we were not even a close second. I recently saw a short clip on future of the cell phone and it was shocking. The Growth of Mobiles Penetration of the...
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