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Review – Talent is Overrated (Colvin)

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Bill Wake

Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else, by Geoff Colvin. Portfolio, 2008. Where does talent come from? Nature or nurture? A study of music students found no difference in starting point, but that practice made the … Continue reading →

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Review – Instructional Design Strategies and Tactics

Posted on April 14, 2006 by Bill Wake

Instructional Design Strategies and Tactics, Cynthia B. Leshin, Joellyn Pollock, Charles M. Reigeluth. Educational Technology Publications, 1992.Certain instructional patterns are worth repeating. These authors use a very structured approach to instruction, complete with job aids to support it. As a … Continue reading →

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Review – Creative Training Techniques Handbook

Posted on September 14, 2005 by Bill Wake

Creative Training Techniques Handbook, Robert W. Pike, Human Resource Development Press, 2003.This is a wide-ranging book on training. It reads like a brain-dump, with lots of nuggets from an experienced trainer. (That’s both an advantage and a disadvantage.) I particularly … Continue reading →

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Review – Developing Technical Training

Posted on October 14, 2004 by Bill Wake

Developing Technical Training: A Structured Approach for the Development of Classroom and Computer-Based Instructional Materials, Ruth Colvin Clark. Addison Wesley, 1989.Clark provides a framework for thinking about content and performance. On one dimension is “Apply vs. Remember”; on the other … Continue reading →

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Review – Situated Learning

Posted on February 14, 2004 by Bill Wake

Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. Cambridge University Press, 1991.Learning is a social activity, not a pouring of knowledge from one person to another. The thesis of this book is that when people want to learn … Continue reading →

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Review – Digital Game-Based Learning

Posted on September 14, 2003 by Bill Wake

Digital Game-Based Learning, Marc Prensky, McGraw-Hill, 2001.  Prensky argues that the new generation of learners has a new way of learning from exposure to MTV and video games, but teaching hasn’t kept up. He describes aspects of games and how … Continue reading →

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Review – Training Games

Posted on December 14, 2002 by Bill Wake

Training Games: Everything You Need to Know About Using Games to Reinforce Learning, Susan El-Shamy. Stylus Publishing, 2001.Describes some theory indicating how games help learning, classifies games a few ways, and considers electronic games. Considers the mechanics of playing and … Continue reading →

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