Tip #308: Lifelong Learning with TED
“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” William A. Ward So, what is TED? The answer is drawn directly from the TED website.
“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” William A. Ward So, what is TED? The answer is drawn directly from the TED website.
We have spent the past two months looking at examples of the positive and negative impact that elementary and high school teachers can have on
This week’s Tip looks at what happens when a poor rural school has difficulty finding competent teachers. Individuals who are subject matter experts but lack
This week’s Tip looks at the second example of teachers who do not understand or care about how students learn or what they need to
When I first thought about lifelong learning, I planned to focus on learning that continues after high school and/or higher education is completed. But a
Last week, we added four more items to our checklist for preparing to conduct a workshop in a hotel. Those items related to mailing materials
Last week, we discussed the fact that Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experience has been misinterpreted to suggest a direct correlation between learner interactivity and learning
Why do SMEs immediately latch on to lecture as their instructional method of choice? Well, first of all, lecture is still the predominant method in
For this week’s Tip, I draw from “The Cognitive Load of PowerPoint: Q&A with Richard E. Mayer,” by Cliff Atkinson. Richard Mayer refers to his
Two weeks ago, Nancy from Hennepin County, Minnesota wrote in response to my less than complimentary description of the classroom style room arrangement: “Hi, Deborah–me
Some trainers prefer the U shape room arrangement, where the top of the U is the front of the room. Pros: All participants can see
There are many different room arrangements for training. A very well-known and familiar arrangement is classroom style, in which there are parallel rows of tables
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