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lifelong learning

10 Personal Favorites from the M2L Archives

January 5, 2010

[tweetmeme] Not too long ago I published the all-time top 10 posts on Mission to Learn based on the number of page views those posts have received. Getting a lot of page views is great – it means a lot of people are visiting the site – but the posts that are the most popular [...]

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3 Key Practices of the “Sophisticated” Learner

October 8, 2009

If you are partial to attending class wearing an Armani suit and a $400 haircut, this post may not be for you. At least, that is not the sort of sophistication I have in mind (though it’s fine with me if you want to look dapper while you are learning). Rather, when I use the [...]

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25 Free Online Resources and Web Apps for Lifelong Learners

June 18, 2009

[tweetmeme] The Internet has made the lifelong pursuit of knowledge easier for nearly everyone in the world. There are tons of websites dedicated to providing free courses, reference books, education apps, and other learning materials. Here are 25 stand-out sites that would be useful to almost any lifelong learner.
Clusty – This unique search engine sorts [...]

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5 Tips to Lean Towards Lifelong Learning

April 29, 2009

The following is a guest post from Katie Wilson.
It’s an understatement to say that the human brain is a complicated mass of neurons and connections that is hard to comprehend. What we can understand though is the concept of plasticity, the fact that the brain can be taught nearly anything with the right amount of [...]

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7 LinkedIn Tactics for Lifelong Learning

October 21, 2008

People tend to view LinkedIn mainly as a tool for finding jobs – whether “job” means actual employment or your next sale. Given the importance of continually building your personal knowledge base, I’d argue it can also play a very important role in your lifelong learning mix. Give the following LinkedIn tips a try as [...]

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