E P I C T H I N K I N G
Issue 47: November 2005
This month:
1. Feature: Consultant's Corner
2. Show reports: Learning 2005, WOLCE 2005
3a. Book review: Learning Rants, Raves and
Reflections
3b. Book review: The Tipping Point
4. Case study: DfT Accident
Investigation Branches
5. Hall of Fame:
Experientialists
6. Jobs: See the latest Epic positions
7. Blended Learning workshops: New date for 2006
CONSULTANT'S CORNER
1. Steve Barden spoke at the recent WOLCE conference on the subject
of 'Developing a culture for learning' and encouraged that an epidemic
was needed to transform learning culture.
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SHOW REPORT
Learning 2005
Elliot succeeds, despite himself
2a. Review by Donald Clark, Epic
Billed as the un-conference, Elliot Masie was clear, ‘telling
ain’t training’. Elliot assured us there would be fewer
talks from the podium, fewer presentations and less PowerPoint.
Apart from Elliot that is! He then talked at us for three solid
days. Correction – he proceeded to talk down to us.
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review
WOLCE 2005
2b. Review by Steve Barden, Epic
Epic joined over 100 other exhibitors and some 150 delegates at
the annual WOLCE exhibition and conference. Although the conference
had a heavy UK focus, it brought an international panel and there
were a number of noteworthy speakers.
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BOOK REVIEW
3a. Learning Rants, Raves and Reflections
Edited by Elliot Masie
Publisher: Pfeiffer (2005)
Review by Donald Clark, Epic
Elliot Masie's new book is a selection of rants, raves and reflections
on learning and e-learning. Donald Clark reviews the book with either
a rant, rave or reflection for each essay.
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review
BOOK REVIEW
3b. The Tipping Point
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Published: 2001
Review by Donald Clark, Epic
In this review of Malcolm Gladwell's hugely influential
'The Tipping Point', Donald Clark looks at the relevance of his
work to learning. Gladwell was a keynote speaker at this year's
Learning 2005 conference
in Florida, and his 'tipping point' theory has real relevance in
terms of early learning on TV, optimal community sizes (relevant
for collaborative learning) and the amazing case of learning through
beauty parlors.
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rest of the review
CASE STUDY
4. Following the decision in 2004 to establish
a Rail Accident Investigation Branch, Epic was commissioned
to develop a website for all the Department of Transport’s
accident investigation branches – Rail, Air and
Marine.
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the rest of the case study
HALL OF
FAME
5. Experientialists
By Donald Clark, Epic
Donald Clark looks at Kolb, his successors,
and Roger Schank to show how experiential learning has been
largely ignored but has come of age in e-learning. We all
know that we learn lots by doing. Yet, despite being central
to learning theory, learning by doing is largely sidelined
in traditional education and training. This theory has become
even more important with the advent of e-learning simulations,
where experiential techniques telescope time and experience,
allowing us to do things that are dangerous or even impossible
in real life.
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