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L2A Links for January 31st

Posted by Jeff Kelly on January 31, 2012

The Agile Learning Train is Leaving the Station | Unmanagement –
Human Resource Executive Online – Spending Up For Learning, Development – Organizations are shifting money and commitment back to their learning and development plans — as ways to build skills and retain talent. The format of such training continues to evolve, and employees are increasingly taking ownership of the process.

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Posted by Jeff Kelly on January 21, 2012

How To Generate A Good Idea –
The Surprising Benefits of Solitude – I'm looking forward to the book by Cain that Andrew refers to. It reflects my hypothesis that great ideas germinate in solitude and then are nurtured to fruition by input from a group of interested, engaged individuals.

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Posted by Jeff Kelly on January 17, 2012

How to Improve Learning Outcomes With Performance Support | Social Learning Blog – Good to hear that someone is still beating the EPSS drum. I've long been an advocate, but it seems it lost much of its thunder once the Google/YouTube second brain came along.
Highly cost effective video-based learning –
Stop creating, selling, and buying garbage! –
Forget Cramming: Molecular Pathways May Reveal the Best Learning Strategies – A computer has modeled the most efficient form of learning, that is, if you're a sea slug running from a lobsters. Scientists hope it might eventually work for a human studying for a calculus mid-term.

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