Category: Creativity & Innovation
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Sunday Learning
What did you learn this week? It’s truly a pitiful week if you haven’t learnt something. Life is far too complex and interesting not to have been exposed to something new, creative, interesting or intriguing. If you had slow week of learning then watch the video below. Time to update your knowledge of atomic particles.…
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My Voucher System for Australia
I wrote a post the other day on the stupidity of the future voucher system and it is only fair that I put up an alternative rather than just being a whinger. Here is my plan and importantly this removes the education cash bonus and probably other schemes that I am not aware of. 1.…
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Who wants a voucher?
Please read this article. I am constantly amazed by the way we replicate concepts in education that don’t have a good track record. It wouldn’t be a problem if you tried to change some aspect of the approach to overcome the short comings of what is often a new approach but when you just perpetuate…
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The wonders of the internet today
This is a huge presentation. It would be great if it had been recorded on something like slideshare but still worth looking at. It does get very technical (stay in there for the middle section) but it is a good reminder of just how pervasive the internet has become. It could spark some ideas &…
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Gamification
I don’t expect that everyone, all the time, follows some of the comments on this blog so if you missed it Nygell Topp, a regular reader, attached a video which does a good job of defining gamification. So if you want to learn a little more about the hot topic out there in training watch…
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Games and Training
Games have always been apart of training. Generally though, from my experience they are short and to the point and quickly summarised so we can move on to the next chunk of content. I have played with longer concept games but they do take up considerable time to design and the outcome ca be variable…
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Killing Creativity
I’ll admit straight away that I haven’t read Jonah Lehrer’s new book, Imagine: How creativity works but it is on the list. I have listened to him talk on a few podcasts and the book sounds like a great read and it does refer to how education and training affects creativity. Check out this video…
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Innovation Video
If you read this blog regularly you know I am big on innovation and creativity. Here is another useful video on how to think like an innovator. Let me know what you think.
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Being Creative
A short video on one person’s view of how to be creative. Interesting. You want to write better programs? Then keep writing. Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.
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Solving Problems
Problem solving is a big part of effective learning. I try to utilise a problem solving approach to just about everything I train people in so that they not only understand what we have covered but they can use the new knowledge and skills and manipulate it to achieve some goal. Effective problem solving is…