Tag Archives: accelerated learning

Brain Friendly tips for students

For a lot of us, the exam season is upon us;  for some it’s mocks, for others it’s the real thing. Whichever is your current situation, all over the land parents can be heard encouraging their loved ones as follows:
“Turn off that (delete as needed):

laptop
x-box
playstation
ipod
TV
mobile
Wii

… and DO SOME REVISION!”

So I thought I would share some [...]

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A different way of looking at the training cycle

While reading “The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes it Hard to be Happy”, Paul recognises the similarities between the
concept of the Quest Saga described by Michael Foley and the experience of learners in our training rooms. Beginning with the Wizard of Oz and ending with a child ‘drifting’ their push bike, discover an alternative 4-step learning process.

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The power of a good story

For ages now I have been planning to write some posts about the power of “story” but for a number of reasons (some of which I don’t yet understand myself) I have been unable.

SO, when I came across an article by Jill Chivers yesterday,  I thought I’d share it with you. It’s called “The Power [...]

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Top 10 activities for participant centered learning

Following on from my “top 10” (ways to split a group) post a couple of weeks ago I thought I would do another one.

So here, in no particular order, are my top 10 activities for un-facilitated learning:

Check list – each participant is provided with a tick list of activities they should have completed by the [...]

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One way to break through corporate inertia

A couple of postings ago Paul mentioned working with a very traditional organisation trying to promote the brain friendly message. Since then quite a few of you have asked what happened next. In this post, Paul explains the rest of the story and shares his experience of how brain friendly learning reduces the pressure on learners to read up on course materials to ensure training success.

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