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E P I C T H I N K I N GIssue 45: August 2005This month: WHITE PAPER1. M-learning We forget things quickly. Repetition is therefore the most powerful of learning factors. And by spacing that repetition over time, you significantly minimise that forgetting. This may be the primary reason for considering m-learning. At last we have the means to deliver content, participation and regular reinforcement to learners whatever they want, wherever they are, whenever they want it. In this new and in-depth White Paper on m-learning, Donald Clark asks the following questions:
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white paper BOOK REVIEW2. Freakonomics Author: Stephen Levitt Publisher: William Morrow Reviewed by Donald Clark Steven Levitt, the wonderboy of US economics, has been described as 'the smartest man in America'. This book has been a publishing sensation in the US and Donald Clark, our Chairman, reviews the book with specific reference to some new, surprising, even shocking research in parenting and education. ARTICLE3. E-learning for defence Article by Lt. Sarah Buck, RAF In June 2004, the MOD awarded to British Telecom plc the Defence eLearning Delivery and Management Capability contract. The Capability has been launched under the banner of the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Defence Learning Portal (DLP) – Anyone Anywhere Anytime and is currently Europe’s largest eLearning programme. Management of the DLP is undertaken through the Defence Centre of Training Support (DCTS) at RAF Halton, near Aylesbury, with the Defence Corporate Business Applications IPT providing the procurement support services. HALL OF FAME4. Taxonomists This month we investigate several ’taxonomists’ in learning, people who have tried to create taxonomies of learning. Just three years before behaviourism was to receive its fatal blow from Noam Chomsky (1956), Bloom published his now famous taxonomy of learning. Few realise that this taxonomy is now 50 years old. There have been lots of taxonomies since then, many variations on existing categories. These are just a few from the dozens that have been devised. By and large the distinction between ‘knowing that’ and ‘knowing how’ has been around since Plato. That much is clear. Despite this distinction between knowledge and skills, the great bulk of education and training still focuses on knowledge. Next month we’ll look at the ‘Instructionalists’, Ebbinghaus, Gagne and Mager, three theorists who explained how these taxonomies could be effectively taught. JOBS!5. Job vacancies Epic is looking for interactive designers and senior designers. Have you got what it takes? Check out the latest vacancies BLENDED LEARNING COURSE - BOOK NOW6. Just 2 dates left in 2005 There are only two more Blended Learning workshops remaining in 2005. Learn how to develop an Effective Blended Learning Programme. This unique course from Epic, centres on a practical, hands-on workshop, gives a step-by-step methodology for designing effective blended programmes, and tools to help with the decision-making process. RETURN OF POSTIf you have: HOUSEKEEPINGFed up with your colleagues reading this newsletter over your shoulder? Tell them to get their own... To subscribe click here putting 'subscribe' in the subject field To unsubscribe click here putting 'unsubscribe' in the subject field Epic provides a full range of services and facilities from consultancy to delivery of e-learning and e-government solutions. Epicentre, part of Epic provides a dedicated testing and localisation service. To order our 12-page corporate
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