All forms of learning are supposed to help train the brain, but some work better than others. I have always liked looking at a test (or accepting a challenge), seeing what I don't know, and then filling in the gaps. I think starting classes with structured ways of challenge people's knowledge, and then guiding them through the knowledge, would prove powerful in many learning … [Read more...] about Retrieval testing may help train the brain
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Connecting to Uncertainty
I was taken to task in today's Internet Evolution blog posting about the future of paid content (Paid Content: Fresh Efforts, More Questions,) and told that all this scenario stuff probably didn't serve me well as analyst. Quite to the contrary. I think the best analysts are those that admit what they don't know and actively wrestle with the range of possible outcomes. Picking … [Read more...] about Connecting to Uncertainty
