Comments on: Memory, learning, and great-uncle Gillies

By: gillies macbain

gillies macbain — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:33:18 +0000

from : gillies macbain – cranagh castle – templemore – county tipperary – ireland.

gillies macbain was six feet four and a half inches tall. he was an inn-keeper and made his own whisky.

By: Learnlets » Do what you love, love what you do

Learnlets » Do what you love, love what you do — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:00:48 +0000

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By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:51:19 +0000

Viplav, Harold Jarche talks about the factory method of schooling — line the kids up in a knowledge assembly line, and stuff them full of facts.

That’s been the model for organizational training/learning for a long time. I recall a online course on JCL, back in the bad old days. This was mainframe CBT — all text, no colors, no graphics, teaching Job Control Language. Estimated completion time: 20 hours.

Managers wanted people to finish the course in 2.5 working days — in other words, plow straight through.

This makes about as much sense as trying to learn all the verb tenses in French in 2.5 days, and then being expected to use them on the job.

By: Viplav Baxi

Viplav Baxi — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:40:28 +0000

Interesting thoughts, Dave. I have seen some rather long courses and a lot of statistics saying people really don’t retain anything much after a few weeks of class. That is why some models that can impart understanding and basic facts followed by a system of guidance / mentoring and performance support can work well in certain areas such as bringing about behavioral changes over a longer term.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:56:46 +0000

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(“Your tongue can get you to Kiev” — You can learn things by asking.)