From a remarkably young age Franklin understood the importance of practice. But that drilled, repetitive practice of hitting the same shot over and over again. It was the perfect model to learn with to improve his writing. Again he made a comparison, made corrections and learned by doing. MORE >>

I had an interesting conversation the other day about whether there’s that much new going on in eLearning here in 2010. The general sentiment around the room was that many workplace learning organizations were focused on nuts-and-bolts training, and that there was little innovation. Effectiveness Informal Learning Reaction? MORE >>

recent Tweet on multiple intelligences started off a chain-reaction in my mind: I responded that many learning theories-in-use have become the hocus-pocus of the training industry. The theory has also been aligned with learning styles. Tags: Learning Occam’s Donkey: Mind Myth 7. – we owe it to our field. MORE >>

I’m involved in several discussions around how to use Wikis as part of learning solutions. So, of course, I went to eLearning Learning and I looked at Wiki , Collaborative Learning with Wikis , Wikis and eLearning 2.0 , Wikis Corporate eLearning , Social Learning with Wikis , Wiki Security and a few others. MORE >>

Let’s start with formal learning, or training. Remember, our goals are retention over time until the learning is needed, and transfer to all appropriate situations, not just ones that are seen in the learning experience. Consequently, the ‘massed practice’ of the learning *event* is a broken model! MORE >>