Jeff Cobb

Learning in the Ruins

Philosophically Speaking
/ By Jeff Cobb

I am recently back from Greece, so forgive me for being a bit philosophical. On the way to Greece, I passed through Rome. There, I saw what is left of the Palatine Hill along with countless other artifacts

Research says …

Never totally trust this phrase. Who did the research? How much experience did they have, and what biases – from cognitive to selection to sampling to publication – may have been involved? Who

Most People Won’t. (But You Will, Right?)

Learning Habits
/ By Jeff Cobb

There are people who think of life as a sort of competition, and learning as a path to maximizing performance, getting an edge, and winning whatever prize they imagine is waiting for them. I’ve always

6 Disciplines of the True Learning Mindset

Learning Habits
/ By Jeff Cobb

In recent months I have been working hard on developing a keynote speech focused on what I see as six disciplines of a true learning mindset. So, I thought I would briefly share those disciplines here,

10 Bias Patterns That Impact Your Life and Learning

Learning Habits
/ By Jeff Cobb

I’ve written about bias on a number of occasions – here , for example, and here – and I continue to believe it is one of the most significant barriers to learning that human beings

50 Ways We Learn

I am, undoubtedly, under the influence of having seen Paul Simon in concert recently, but I have also been contemplating the really limited view most of us seem to hold of what “counts” as

The ever tightening link between sleep, learning, and memory

It’s been a while since my last post on sleep and learning. During that time, evidence suggesting the critical connection between sleep, learning, and memory has continued to accumulate. For a poor

A 3-Step Review and Reflection Process

Learning Habits
/ By Jeff Cobb

In addition to the brief periods of reflection I engage in on a daily and weekly basis, I try my best to take some significant time at least a couple times of year to look back over the previous months

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