What’s It Take to Be an Effective Free Range Learner?
Are you a free range learner? If you are reading this post, then chances are pretty high that you are. You probably like to read. You are probably constantly consuming content from a variety of devices
Continue readingA Bad Start to Lifelong Learning?
Is our desire to be engaged, effective lifelong learners beaten down, if not killed outright by the time we leave high school? That may be too bleak a conclusion to draw, but the findings of a recent Gallup
Continue readingFree Download of 10 Ways to Be a Better Learner
This was a limited time offer. The free Kindle download is no longer available. You can, however, get a free PDF version of the book by subscribing to Mission to Learn in any of the subscription boxes
Continue readingHow will you teach yourself to fly?
I wrote this a while back on December 17, the anniversary of the Wright Brother’s first flight. I have a particular affection for that event for a number of reasons. It took place at Kitty Hawk,
Continue reading10 Educational Gift Ideas for the Lifelong Learners in Your Life
With the holidays approaching I’m guessing there are a few readers out there like me looking for gifts with some educational value to them. While there are plenty of options out there for kids, you may
Continue readingHow We Learn – A Conversation with Monisha Pasupathi
Dr. Monisha Pasupathi, a psychology professor at the University of Utah and star of the Teaching Company course How We Learn, was one of the people I interviewed as part of writing Leading the Learning
Continue readingHow to Become a Reflection Ninja: After Action Reviews
Back in the heyday of buzz about “the learning organization” as a concept, David Garvin wrote about the Army’s practice of After Action Reviews (AARs). The practice is deceptively simple,
Continue readingFound Wisdom #2 – Cow Leash
A shot from travels in Thailand long ago. Perhaps just the thing for the aspiring backyard rancher. – Jeff P.S. – This is part of my Found Wisdom series. If you come across “found wisdom”
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