All posts by Jeff Cobb
10 Educational Gift Ideas for the Lifelong Learners in Your Life
Whether for a holiday or a birthday, most of us have to come up with gifts to give at multiple times throughout the year. As you might guess, my bias is to give gifts with some educational value to them.
Continue readingFor creative problem solving, bust these 6 perceptual blocks
Often one of the main barriers to solving a problem is an inability to see the problem in a way that is likely to spark solutions. A source I return to again and again to help me with creative problem
Continue readingHow to Journal – and Journaling Ideas – for Learning and Health
Many of us know someone who journals. Maybe we pride ourselves on our own journaling habits. And I’ll bet if you read enough biographies, you’ll find everyone from artists to scientists to executives
Continue readingHow to Use the Method of Loci – The 2500-Year-Old Memory Hack
If you are a dedicated lifelong learner, then not being able to remember things – particularly things you’ve put a lot of effort into learning – can be really frustrating. So often, though, the
Continue readingFinding the Time to Learn
Issue 12 – October 2021 “Had we but world enough and time,” the poet Andrew Marvel famously wrote centuries ago. His mind wasn’t on learning per se, but his phrasing is easily transferable
Continue reading11 Best Online Collaboration Tools for Productivity and Learning
Did you know that several research studies have found a clear connection between collaborative learning and improved student performance? On top of that, the vast majority of our learning – whether
Continue readingLarge Scale Learning and Change
Issue 11 – April 2021 This is an issue of the Mission to Learn newsletter. You can subscribe here. Most of my writing at Mission to Learn is focused on the individual learner – understanding
Continue readingStopping As A Sign of Learning
Issue 10 – March 2021 Often the clearest evidence that we have learned – or at least that we are on the path of learning – is that we stop. Stop doing the things that damage our health. Stop
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