British researchers determine that for some tasks–like picking out a unique object in a field of many others–often the first place we look is where it is. In fact, higher visual processing can confound perception.
Why do we struggle with long-term problems like climate change and mounting public debt that need immediate solutions. A 10-year study says in part its our procrastinating ways…
In art, it is easier to imagine history without Hamlet than without Shakespeare. But in science, it is easier to make do without the discoverers, but not their discoveries.
If, as acknowledged in the practice of situated learning, the social and cultural context in which learners finds themselves are integral to the learning process, then three ideas emerge about the learning process.
Tips for text messaging, a way to communicate that is archivable, searchable, can never be misheard or cut off by bad reception, and gets to the point sans small talk and interrupting the current flow.
A learning organization is one that continually adapts and learns in order to respond to changes in the environment and to grow successfully.
The common definition for design patterns one that is potentially incomprehensible unless one is already familiar with patterns is that they are solutions to recurring problems that can be used repeatedly in many contexts (Alexander, Ishikawa, & Silverstein, 1977; Guidelines for E-LEN Centres, 2004). However, the solutions are intentionally incomplete. Within their structure, patterns combine [...]
In The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion, Ken Wilber finds common ground between scientific and religious world views.
Firefox Quick Search Keywords can be used to make bookmarks you can invoke with a keyword, and even pass a parameter to. Here I use them to bookmarks complex search queries that will benefit, well, learners.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary) is a lightweight XML-based format for distributing news headlines and other content on the Web.
XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a W3C standard for text document markup.
Visual modeling offers a means to build a systematic understanding of complex problems. Via Idiagram.
Given all what we don’t know, it is rather distressing that a web site’s information design can offer only four search modes: known-items, exploratory, don’t know what you need to know, and re-finding.
This proposed framework of reflecting, enquiring and creating bridges two dichotomies found in professional development: between learning and practice, and between work and learning.
The No. 1 reason Canadians report taking work-related training as adults is to perform more effectively in their current jobs, far ahead of earning more money or getting a better job.
Ottawa’s Beechwood cemetery is beautiful at all times of the year, and especially so on crisp Fall days when its winding roads through wooded groves feel very 19th century.
Archives are evidence of action.
