reflection

10 Ways to Be a Better Learner: No. 5 – Set and Manage Goals

July 13, 2011

No rocket science here, folks. No snake oil. Just good ol’ common sense that, unfortunately, often fails the rigors of execution. So it goes with goals. As I have suggested before, if you really want to learn something, you need to set clear goals. More often than not, we have only a vague notion in [...]

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Collaborating to Learn with Popplet

February 25, 2011

I’ve decided to focus on note-taking for the next post in my “10 Ways to Be a Better Learner Series,” and in the process of digging into the topic more, I came across Popplet, a tool described in a Media Commons Project post as an “application for individually or collaboratively “curating,” or spatializing the relationships [...]

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10 Ways to Be a Better Learner: No. 1 – Growth Mindset

February 8, 2011

As we head into the second month of the year it’s a good time to reflect on what you have learned so far in 2011, and what you might do to become a better learner throughout the year. I’ve started jotting down some tips along those lines. Here’s the first:

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4 Steps Toward Achieving a Learning Goal

January 10, 2011

There are a number of books I return to time and again for inspiration. Among those in the non-fiction category, Made to Stick and Switch by Chip and Dan Heath are easily in my top 10, so I was thrilled to have the opportunity recently to participate in a Switch Bootcamp offered by Dan. It [...]

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What’s wrong with this statement?

November 30, 2010

Success leads to happiness. On the surface, this seems like a straightforward enough statement, one that’s not difficult to accept. But there are at least three problems with it. The first two may be obvious to you: Defining “success” is difficult Defining “happiness” is difficult. Because these concepts are difficult, there is – as far [...]

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