It turned out he was learning to become a London taxi driver; he was learning was they call, " the knowledge.". It takes between 2 and 4 years to learn the 320 routes (they call them runs) required to pass the tests. It took me a little while to work out what was happening. But my next sighting was far more informative. MORE >>

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 >>

If work is learning, and learning is the work, why do we need experts responsible for managing it? Do we need learning experts in the network era? Were people able to learn before there were hierarchies and experts? Would workers be able to learn today without learning experts? Learning PKMastery MORE >>

Book Reviews Books Life learning Creativity Deliberate Practice FIRST reading reflection thinkingI enjoy reading, so like many people I have set a goal for myself to read at least 50 books a year for the last couple of years. But well over half of the books I read last year are still bouncing around inside my head. MORE >>

Consider the following, a passage that I wrote comparing two different authors’ views on the effect and value of video games: To Prensky, video games are a passion that can lead to positive learning and skills…  For the Bruners, video games are an obsession that lead to destroyed lives. In fact, in many ways they are opposite. MORE >>