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Dale’s Cone of Learning figures debunked

By Paul | Published: March 3, 2010
Edgar Dale was a US educationist and professor of educations at Ohio State University. In 1946 he developed his most famous model, the cone of learning.Since then it has been quoted frequently, far and wide as the definitive evidence for how we retain information when delivered in various styles and mediums and has informed how to design training courses in specific ways. This is unfortunate, because the figures we associate with the model are meaningless. In this post, Paul explains why and encourages to be careful when sharing 'facts' with others.
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Watching the Brain Learn

By Paul | Published: February 21, 2010
Following a link a few months ago I found this facinating article written by R.Douglas Fields on Scientific American website called "Watching the brain learn" It seems that only half of the brain is "grey matter" The rest is made up of  relatively un-researched white matter which, as this article says, appears to be extremely influential [...]
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10 fantastic quotes about UNlearning

By Paul | Published: January 17, 2010
Over Christmas I spent some time trawling the interweb for interesting blogs, thoughts and ideas and I came across these. I really love the idea of unlearning that which isn't useful any more or is unsupported or is no longer relevent in todays world. Ally and I have already posted some "debunking" posts and I guess these [...]
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Podcast: Interview with Stella Collins Pt2

By Ally | Published: December 20, 2009
In this second part of our interview with Stella Collins, director and consultant at Stellar Learning and co-founder of Brain in Business, Stella and Ally discuss Stella's influences, how pirates got her into training and ways to enliven 'dry' subject matter. Click the green ‘play’ icon to listen now: In Part One of our interview, Stella and [...]
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Is recall understanding or remembering?

By Paul | Published: December 17, 2009
While reading some interesting blogs the other day a thought gently emerged in my foggy brain which then led to a question. Is brain friendly learning, and pehaps more importantly recall,  about understanding or remembering? It’s subtle but I believe it strikes at the core of what brain friendly learning is all about. After pondering this question for [...]
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