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Smile sheets (i.e., learner response forms, student reaction forms) are perhaps the most widely used tool in the learning industry for gathering feedback and attempting to assess the effectiveness of a learning event. The problem is, there is almost no correlation between smile sheets and learning results. The good news is that if we are …
Lecture-driven approaches to teaching and learning have come under a lot of criticism in recent years but that doesn’t mean they can’t be effective. Dr. Monisha Pasupathi, a psychology professor at the University of Utah and presenter for The Great Courses’ How We Learn, is an expert in how people of all ages learn and process …
As leaders in the business of education, we are all looking for ways to raise the quality of what’s possible in a classroom situation. However, it can be quite difficult trying to figure out how to maximize that critical—and costly—face-to-face time. Flipped classrooms, a pedagogical model where content and learning tasks are assigned to learners …
The science of learning is a recent hot topic in the education world and the research tells us that a “stand and deliver” approach to teaching simply isn’t effective in most instances. This week’s guest on the Leading Learning podcast was perhaps ahead of his time, writing about this issue well over a decade ago …
Reflection is perhaps one of the most important practices we can engage in as learners but most of us aren’t taking the time to do it. It is also a key element that distinguishes the best learners and leaders—so why aren’t more of us doing it? In this special 25th episode of the Leading Learning …
In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa interviews Peter C. Brown, co-author of Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning. Make It Stick is an Emphatically Recommended Reading™ for the Leading Learning Symposium. We think it is one of the best books available to explain research about how people learn with implications for how we can …
The role that certification and credentialing will play in education has become increasingly critical as the need for lifelong learning has grown and trust in traditional higher education degrees has eroded. Clay Shirky recently posited that certification is the “million-dollar question” and Adrienne Segundo, our guest in this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, asserts that the …
This episode of the Leading Learning Podcast features an interview with Josh Goldman, Vice President of Learning for the Ohio Society of CPAs. Ohio is among a group of CPA societies that has begun experimenting with microlearning, or nanonlearning, formats for delivery or continuing professional education (CPE), and Josh is someone who has always strived to …
The way I define social learning here is quite broad and it is adapted somewhat from an article in Ecology and Society. Here are its three major points: Social learning occurs through social interactions and processes between actors within a social network Social learning facilitates change in the individuals involved Social learning potentially becomes situated within …
I found the following video through Stephen Downes, who found it on Tim Kastelle’s excellent blog. In it, David Gauntlett does a very nice job of weaving together distinct but related perspectives on how social connections and tools engender engagement and creativity. As Gauntlett puts it, “Making is connecting because you have to connect things …
