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Useful Links
- www.learning-leadership.co.ukLearning Leadership is a small team providing Blended Learning and Development and Change Management services to organisations across the UK.
- www.e-learningcentre.co.ukThe e-Learning Centre is a free information resource for learning and development professionals and academics and staff developers.
- www.elearningage.co.ukThe latest news views, features and case studies from the e-learning world.
- www.eden-online.org/eden.phpA network and meeting place for the open, distance and e-learning community in Europe.
- www.elearningguild.comThe eLearning Guild is a member-driven online information center and Community of Practice.
- www.e-learningguru.comE-Learning newsletters, research, tutorials, white papers, analysis, glossary and more.
- www.masie.comThe MASIE Center Learning Lab and Thinktank.
Articles
As specialists in our field, Aurion Learning staff and associates are frequent publishers of interesting, cutting edge articles and papers across the field of learning & development and interactive technologies.
To keep up-to-date with what's going on in the industry, you might want to browse through the following:
NLP Training and Learning
Description: Many trainers use Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to better understand learning styles and to develop a greater rapport with learners. If you want to be better at developing a rapport with others - and if you want to communicate with and influence others more effectively - the first step is to understand what is important to them.
Everyone has a different perception of reality. We all experience the world through our senses and then we filter information through our own generalisations, distortions and experiences to create our own beliefs, memories, thoughts, feelings, ideas and attitudes. We base our decisions and actions on these beliefs, even though they may not be wholly accurate. Because our perception is only an approximation of the real world, it is likely to be quite limited. As a result, our decisions and our behaviour can also be limited.
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Science Behind Brain Training
Description: "Neuroplasticity" refers to the physical changes that are continually taking place in your brain as you experience and adapt to the world around you. During every day of your life, neurons (see picture, right, of 3D rendering of a neuron) and the connections between them change to encode information. By influencing this plasticity with the right activities, it is possible to train your brain to function better.
Learning new things and challenging yourself frequently may promote more constructive neuroplasticity and interestingly, may also help prevent or off-set the negative effects of things like brain injury or aging.
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4 Steps to Accelerated Learning
Description: Most of us with classroom based teaching experience, are familiar with techniques such as mind or concept mapping, group-based learning and role-playing. These are all techniques that most good teachers already use to good effect in the classroom and are usually the tools of the trade when it comes to accelerated learning.
Along with being an effective teaching/learning technique, the need for accelerated learning is also a result of the demands of modern day living in the 21st century – fast pace and therefore even faster learning. But regardless of the driver, it is important to dig a little deeper into what accelerated learning actually means and more importantly to explore - is it just the latest 'pedagogical' buzz word, or can it be done?
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Emotional Learning
Description: Accelerated Learning (AL) continues to grow in popularity, endorsed by learning gurus and orthodox educationalists alike. But can it be used to good effect in e-learning or isi t shackled to the classroom?
An area that has been understimated by traditional designers of training is the emotional state of the learner, both during and preparing for learning. Yet as long ago as the 1960s, psychologist Georgi Lozanov demonstrated the critical link between a relaxed, positive and stress-free environment, and sucess in learning.
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