IT Meets Brain-Friendly Learning
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Structured Walkthroughs…In its most useful form, it involves walking, in steps, through any programme and imagining you are the variable, asking yourself “what's happening now?†and “how can we improve it?†… By simply chunking this idea sideways you could use such a technique in course design or to critique a course…Walk through your course design as a participant, a trainer, and a client. In a Kaizen Blitz or Kaizen Workout we often get people to “become†a document moving around the system, in order to reduce process cycle-time and minimise unnecessary paper handling.
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IT Meets Brain-Friendly Learning
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July 3, 2007 at 1:58 pm
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The Seven Deadly Sins… (training topic)
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Training has come a long way in recent years. Gone are the days when an instructor stood at the overhead projector, and droned on for hours on end. These days it's much more likely that participants take part in activities that involve them moving around a training room which is full of colour and life. The air is fresh and there's a buzz of activity. There is lots of laughter, music is sometimes playing, and people are interacting and collaborating.
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May 7, 2007 at 6:01 am
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Questions for Eric Jensen
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This TrainingZone thought-leader piece is part of a discussion between two pioneers in the field of brain-friendly or brain-based learning - Eric Jensen and Kimberley Hare of Kaizen Training.
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May 4, 2007 at 5:55 am
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IT Meets Brain-Friendly Learning
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For all you afficionados of brain-friendly learning - some IT training can be the very antithesis - “chalk and talkâ€, or Death by PowerPoint, and endless drills (aka “dentistryâ€)
However, there is a technique used by software companies that is an excellent training device in a wide range of settings called Structured Walkthroughs.
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April 19, 2007 at 4:53 am
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