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L2A Links for February 13th

Posted by Jeff Kelly on February 15, 2012

Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking | Psychology Today – A gaggle of great thoughts on the foundations of creativity.
Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is Wrong – Taking notes during class? Topic-focused study? A consistent learning environment? All are exactly opposite of the best strategies for learning.

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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 November 14, 2011

Collaborative eLearning and mLearning Creation – A collaborative SaaS solution for developing eLearning? I'm anxious to try it out!
eLearning Technology: Flash Dead for eLearning – This has HUGE implications for e-learning developers. I have been uncomfortable with Flash based on the fact that its closed design undermines SEO and network effects. Apples lack of support continues to concern me as learning goes mobile (and the world goes iPad). And now that Adobe is dropping Flash for HTML5 it is time for us all to re-think our e-learning development foundations.
Why we crave creativity but reject creative ideas – Some science to back up the resistance we all encounter when leading change or introducing new ideas.
Search Engines Change How Memory Works | Wired Science | Wired.com – Our brave new world's impact on the plasticity of the human mind continues.

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Posted by Jeff Kelly on December 15, 2009

Government 2.0: Five Predictions for 2010-12 – O’Reilly Radar – Mark Drapeau shares his predictions for trends in Government 2.0.
Portrait of a Multitasking Mind: Scientific American – My tirade agains multitasking continues: From the article: "New research by EyalOphir, Clifford Nass, and Anthony D. Wagner at Stanford University suggests that people who multitask suffer from a problem: weaker self-control ability."
How the iPhone Could Reboot Education | Gadget Lab | Wired.com – A private university in Texas completes the first year of a pilot program in which it hands out free iPhones and iPod Touch devices to its entire freshman class. The goal is to see if, and how, the iPhone can reinvent education.

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Posted by Jeff Kelly on June 4, 2008

Preparing Students to Succeed in the 21st Century – Liz Davis reiterates the importance that teachers get with the program if the US wants to compete effectively in the 21st century.
How to Unleash Your Creativity: Scientific American – In a discussion with Scientific American Mind executive editor Mariette DiChristina, three noted experts on creativity, each with a very different perspective and background, reveal powerful ways to unleash your creative self.

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Posted by Jeff Kelly on May 25, 2008

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity — HBS Working Knowledge – "…if creativity is integral to business, and to entrepreneurship in particular, how exactly does it occur? Where does this unicorn-like creature come from, and what exotic conditions will help it thrive in captivity?"
Study: Schools, businesses must adapt to ‘thumb generation’ – Now we are getting somewhere: "Classrooms need to adapt to serve students who are plugged in online as never before, and corporations will need to adjust to the 'thumb generation'…" Learning works differently now that just a few years ago.
Why Traditional Advertising Formats Fail On The Web – Publishing 2.0 – This article is a very good exposition on why traditional advertising on the Web does not work. But I couldn't help thinking this is why traditional learning does not work on the Web either. Learning on the Web must be different to succeed.

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