I wrote last week about the 4 big shifts in learning in education which we could apply to workplace learning. The second of these ideas was around the student (or in a workplace setting, the employee, colleague, worker, etc) agency. The ownership of what, when, how and why to learn has been a key element… Read More Agency
I mentioned yesterday the 4 shifts to create deeper learning in education and their relevance to workplace. The first in the list was higher level thinking. From a work perspective, the gap between the critical thought we expect from people and how we support that in learning activity seems, in some cases, vast. Let’s take… Read More Higher Level Thinking
To encourage deeper learning in schools, Scott McLeod Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver proposed 4 big shifts required to make it happen If we look at this model as a measure of your workplace learning, how many of these shifts are also required? All 4 have validity in work… Read More Deeper learning
Like water, people tend to choose the path of least resistance. When completing a task that’s fine when you’re accomplished at the activity; you have the experience to manage the problems which may come up. If a task is new to you, it makes sense to learn the complete way to do something. That way… Read More Shortcuts
I’ve referenced the ComComPod previously. It’s a podcast where comedians speak with the host (another comedian) about their art and craft. A recent episode was a discussion with the late Jeremy Hardy. The host, Stuart Goldsmith, identified that Hardy was adept at linking ideas. The phrase Goldsmith used was: Idea choice over word choice. I… Read More Macroscopic
Lost and Desperate 