by Learning Pool on December 3, 2009
I’m often challenged by teachers and trainers to provide a list of scientific theories which can be used to change current practice, so here goes. (Note that I had real trouble whittling it down to just ten.)
1. Spaced practice
This is perhaps the most significant fact we know about learning, yet it is almost completely ignored by the [...]
by Learning Pool on June 19, 2009
I went to a great workshop run by InvestNI yesterday on Protecting Your IP for Creative and Digital media services.
I got there just as the chair was clearing his throat to start so I had to duck into the nearest seat I could find. And then realised there was a bloody great pillar between me and the [...]
by learningpool on April 28, 2009
Public Sector Learning
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What’s it all about?
Learning Pool’s first ever annual conference will benefit smart organisations who want to find out how to use new media to create efficiencies and service improvements.
Having a well trained and motivated workforce is the key for the [...]
by learningpool on April 24, 2009
E-learning has rarely, if ever, been called a weapon of mass collaboration but if the cap fits wear it.
Donald Clark, board member of UFI LearnDirect and blogger extraordinaire, cites Audit Commission statistics that show that local authority spending on training per annum is over £500m and two thirds of this spend is duplicated.
Shocking statistics in [...]