Something to crow about
Black and fond of carrion, crows never attracted much attention until scientists started testing their intelligence. Now we know how smart crows are, people have started to look a lot less special.
Tag: learning
Emotional education
People often react differently to the same things.
Gibbs recognised that if we ignore our feelings, they are likely to re-emerge disguised as intellectual arguments. Better by far to be honest and separate thought from emotion, to reflect on the origins of both, and hold both as valuable avenues of enquiry. Sadly, emotion has been viewed since the Enlightenment as an affliction affecting women: something to be kept out of the male world of scholarship. Things are changing now but old prejudices die hard.
Helping you learn how you learn best
The uniformity of instruction you probably received in school concealed the important truth that everyone learns differently and that you need to experiment, try new ways of working, and decide there and then whether they feel good or bad or if you are unsure. There are now many tools that can help you learn in new and creative ways and library staff can provide specific support for anyone who has difficulty engaging with text-based resources to learn more easily.
Thinking like a Designer
Learning development in a creative faculty A faculty-based learning developer (LD) must accommodate the full range of subjects and types of learners in their specific contexts. The ‘design thinking’ (DT) five basic stages of ‘empathise, define, ideate, prototype, test’ that …
Return of the Christmas apps
Last year we launched a popular series of posts promoting a variety of apps useful to support your learning and productivity. We have been looking at apps this year that are variously useful for study and life in general but for anyone new this …
From “Pokemon Go” to “Parasite Hunt”
If you are an avid collector of Pokemon, or indeed just have a passing familiarity with Pokemon Go, you may be interested in how the game concept has been used by a university in Thailand to teach children in rural communities about the …
Amazon voucher for your thoughts?
Have you ever wished someone had given you more support and advice on developing research and study skills? If so, this is your opportunity to shape the development of a new online learning package to do just that. We are …
2014-15: All served up on a commemorative plateful of learning…
A few months ago, you may remember me telling you about the regular training sessions we have for staff here in the Library. I reflected on a referencing session, and why it was important for us to both update our …
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Evidence based revision
I wrote an article around this time last year on how to get the most from your revision. While all revision helps boost your confidence, some strategies seem to work more effectively and more often than others. A few years ago, …
Journeys in visual learning
Had the pleasure of attending the launch of the East Midland’s WritingPAD Centre on 26th June. It was an opportunity to share experiences and practice in visual and kinaesthetic learning techniques with academics, librarians and learning developers. It involved visually …
