1 Minute Learner

Proximal zone of development

2012-01-11T15:44:00.000-05:00

Dear 1 MLers,
To find out what the proximal zone of development is: click here.
Happy learning,
Jim

Learning is recognizing patterns

2012-01-04T12:40:00.002-05:00

Dear 1 MLers
Learning is recognizing patterns and thanks to Dr Patz who learned how a harmful treatment pattern affected many premature babies with blindness.
Click here to watch.

Happy learning,
Jim

Being an Effluent Disturber

2011-10-11T11:49:00.000-04:00

Dear 1 ML,
Learn how being an "effluent disturber" helped my learning in the sewage treatment plant. Watch here
Happy learning.

Brainstorming

2011-09-28T07:36:00.000-04:00

Dear 1 Minute Learner,
Find out how a camping experience gives a new perspective on brain storming. Click here
Happy learning,
Jim

Just-in-case or Just-in-time Learning

2011-09-20T13:07:00.000-04:00

Dear 1 MLers,
See the difference between Just-in-case and Just-in-time learning and how it should affect the way we teach. Click here to begin.
Happy learning,
Jim

Learning is pattern recognition

2011-08-10T10:31:00.000-04:00

Dear 1MLers,
Our granddaughter, Iris, teaches us about pattern recognition in learning. Watch here

Happy learning,
Jim

Why is the Internet changing the way we learn?

2011-07-20T17:24:00.000-04:00

Dear 1MLers,
Why is the Internet changing the way we learn?
Click here to find out.
Happy learning,
Jim

Risky conversation in Learning

2011-05-24T16:21:00.002-04:00

Dear 1MLers
To Learn, we need to practice risky conversation.
Watch here to find out more.
Happy Learning!
Jim

Turn off your cell phone can help learning

2011-05-17T12:32:00.000-04:00

Dear 1Mlers,
I don’t know what you think about the use of cellphones and texting during meetings but I don’t think it always helps learning. Find out why. Click here.
(I share this with trepidation because I will surely now forget to turn off my phone.)
Jim

Priorities in Learning and Technology

2011-05-12T09:42:00.000-04:00

Dear 1 MLers,
See how the toilet has something to teach us about learning and technology. Click here.
Happy Learning
Jim

Learning How to Learn

2011-05-04T10:35:00.000-04:00

Dear 1 MLers
See a new variation on an old saying on Learning How to Learn. Click here.
Happy Learning,
Jim

Learner Agency

2011-04-26T10:07:00.000-04:00

Dear 1MLers,
After a couple of months break, I have another 1 Minute Learner to offer.
Click here. Happy Learning! Jim

Social Learning Fractals

2011-01-19T14:00:00.003-05:00

Dear 1MLers,
Find out what Social Learning Fractals are by clicking here.
Happy Learning,
Jim

Encyclopedias and the Internet

2011-01-05T12:18:00.000-05:00

Dear 1MLers,
40 years ago I had a brief glimpse of what the Web now offers broadly. Watch this.
Happy Learning.
Jim

Learning from water

2010-12-22T08:34:00.001-05:00

Dear 1MLers,
To see a powerful lesson about water we learned last Christmas in Sudan, watch this.
Happy Learning,
Jim

We try stuff

2010-12-08T12:59:00.000-05:00

Dear 1 MLers

What are 3 areas that must be kept in balance in adult learning? A mobile over Iris' crib shows us. Click here to watch.

Happy learning,
Jim

Learning fear

2010-12-01T13:07:00.001-05:00

Dear 1MLers,
To find out about learning fear click here.
Happy learning,
Jim

Learning that Coalesces

2010-11-25T12:18:00.000-05:00

Dear 1MLer,
Continuing on the theme of self-organizing learning, learning must coalesce. To see how the oyster can teach us something click here.

Happy learning,
Jim
PS Click here for an index for all the topics

Self Organizing Learning Acronym

2010-11-16T08:18:00.000-05:00

Dear 1MLers
My brother John came up with a great acronym for the values for self-organizing learning. (Click here.)

Perhaps you would like to try to make an acronym. Just send me an email and I will announce the winners. What values do we need to promote so that learning happens without us having to force, control, programme or manipulate?

Happy learning,
Jim

Self organizing learning

2010-11-11T14:37:00.003-05:00

Dear 1 MLers
Look at Suguta Mitre’s idea of self-organizing learning.
Click here
To learn more, google "hole in the wall computers".
What would happen if we were really empowered in self-organizing learning?
Happy learning,
Jim

The Post Conference Elevator Speech

2010-10-27T11:34:00.002-04:00

Dear 1 MLers,
A post-conference elevator speech can be a significant opportunity for change but it needs a job aid. Find out more.
Happy learning,
Jim

Connections and Application Worksheet for Learning

2010-10-20T09:37:00.000-04:00

Dear 1ML,
Here is a handy tool to help transfer learning into action from The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning by Calhoun Wick, Roy Pollock and Andrew Jefferson. Watch here
Happy learning.
Jim

"Best Before" Learning

2010-10-13T15:00:00.000-04:00

Does Learning have a Best Before date?
Watch here
Happy Learning.
Jim

Outgrowing our definition of learning

2010-09-22T12:17:00.001-04:00

Dear 1MLers,
Can we outgrow our definition of learning? Click here
Happy learning,
Jim

Elder learning

2010-09-16T08:30:00.000-04:00

Dear 1MLers
Discover the secret of elder learning. Enter here.
Happy Learning.
Jim

Owning your learning

2010-09-09T14:52:00.001-04:00

Dear 1 MLers,
Watch this to see how easy it is to OWN your learning.
Happy learning.
Jim

Learning Scripts

2010-09-01T15:00:00.001-04:00

Dear 1MLers
Learning scripts are the hidden motivators (or demotivators) that affect our learning. Find out why by clicking here
What are your scripts? Think of 3 you would like to be known for and pass on to your kids.
Happy Learning,
Jim

Possibility Learning

2010-08-26T10:38:00.000-04:00

Dear 1 MLers
Find out what is Possibility Learning by clicking here
Happy Learning!
Jim

Slow Learning II

2010-08-05T13:10:00.001-04:00

Dear 1 MLer,
We are continuing with 13 suggestions for slow learning. (Warning, this post is a little slower being 1 minute 20 seconds in length. I promise not to make a habit of it.)
Happy Learning!
Jim

Slow Learning

2010-07-20T11:55:00.000-04:00

Dear 1ML-ers,
Can there be an advantage to slowing learning down? Fast is not always the best. Click here to find out why.
Happy learning!
Jim

Early childhood nutrition and learning

2010-07-14T10:50:00.000-04:00

An astounding World Bank study discusses a crucial relationship between infant nutrition and later earning potential over a lifetime. If people are to learn well then earn well they must eat well as infants. To find out why click here
Better eating leads to better (l)earning.
Jim

Learner Agility

2010-06-30T12:08:00.002-04:00

Dear 1MLers
Are you learner agile? Find out by clicking here.
Jim

Learning Intelligence

2010-06-23T16:07:00.002-04:00

What is learning intelligence. Join me on the exploration by clicking here.

Learn or die!

2010-06-16T13:36:00.000-04:00

Dear 1MLer
Find out if I am being overly dramatic on my assessment of learning by watching this
Thanks!
Jim

The girl who couldn't spell

2010-06-10T09:25:00.000-04:00

Dear 1MLers
I heard a true story this past week about the girl who couldn't spell and the amzaing thing her mother did to help. Click here to find out.
Happy learning.
Jim

The 10 Minute Rule

2010-06-04T09:00:00.000-04:00

Dear 1MLers,
The 10 minute rule is important to keep people learning. Find out why by clicking here.

I am using a new microphone which should provide more consistent audio. If you would like to vote on a significant improvement in the sound click here to take a 1 question survey.

Cultural context for learning

2010-05-19T08:28:00.000-04:00

Dear 1 MLers
To find out why cultural context is so important in learning design,click here I would love some comments on cross cultural situations illustrating this.
Have a great day!
Jim

Learner peer pressure

2010-05-13T11:35:00.000-04:00

Dear 1MLers,
How much does peer pressure affect your learning? To find out about learner peer pressure, watch this
What do you think?
Jim

Learning must capture our attention

2010-05-05T07:36:00.003-04:00

Dear 1Mlers
To find out how learning must capture our attention, click here.
Happy adventures,
Jim

Stubby lessons creates space for better things

2010-04-27T09:36:00.000-04:00

Dear 1 MLers,
Stubby lessons create space for better things. Click here.
Jim

1 ML 57 Stubby Tools

2010-04-21T09:47:00.002-04:00

Learn about stubby tools in learning
Keeping it short,
Jim

1ML Learning Scenarios

2010-04-13T13:53:00.000-04:00

Dear 1MLers,
I am playing with branched e-learning scenarios, a tool that should help bring learning into real life situations. Click here.
Jim

VARK Learning Styles

2010-04-07T10:27:00.001-04:00

Dear 1MLer's, Do you know your learning style and how to optimize your learning strategy. The VARK test can help. Click here to learn more.
Happy learning,
Jim

Fast, cheap and excellent in learning

2010-03-24T10:23:00.001-04:00

Dear 1Mlers
Fast, cheap and excellent. We want it all. To find out why this is not the case in learning, click here
You can find a link to post a comment at the end of the presentation.
Jim

Timing and learning

2010-03-03T08:19:00.000-05:00

Dear 1 MLer,
Timing in learning is very important especially if we want capture interest so people want to learn. Find out by clicking here
Jim

Getting inside your learner's head

2010-02-03T10:13:00.000-05:00

This 1 ML continues on the theme of the Sticky Message.
You will note that the video now has 2 tabs in the top right corner to share it by email, and an attachments tab that referes to previous 1ML videos and other resources.
Jim

Sticky Messages

2010-01-26T15:04:00.000-05:00

Sticky messages are essential to learning. To find out click here.

Jim

The Learner Compendium

2010-01-13T14:57:00.001-05:00

Dear 1 MLers,
Here is my compendium as I have reviewed the 50 1 minute presentations and tried to put them into some kind of order. As I watched the finished product I thought of how learning is all around us. You can watch this in segments and pick up where you have left off.

I would like to move on from my 1 minute observations on learning to a few short presentations on learning that will be sent out in the near future.

Thank you so much for your interest and encouragement in this project.
Jim

The 50th 1 Minute Learner

2010-01-11T08:00:00.000-05:00

Learners do not have to be told everything. This is the final 1 ML I will publish before releasing a compendium of lessons learned from this experience. Click here and please respond with your comments.

Learning is a journey

2010-01-11T07:54:00.000-05:00

To listen to the deeply inspirational story by Guiliana Sinclaire about what she learned from her Dad's death, click here

Coaching involves Listening

2010-01-11T07:51:00.004-05:00

Click here to find out how coaching involves listening.

Learning is not controllable

2009-12-01T11:20:00.000-05:00

Learning is not controllable. Find out why by clicking here

We learn by asking questions

2009-11-20T09:27:00.002-05:00

Dear 1MLers,
We learn by asking questions. Click here to watch.
Jim

Learners are not fungible

2009-11-03T07:57:00.000-05:00

Learners are not fungible What? Find out here.
Jim
PS Thanks to Gord Jones for the idea!

Learning is curved

2009-10-27T08:50:00.000-04:00

Irv Augustine shares an inspiriting photo on learning. Watch it here
Jim

Learning is not the Tree's Knees

2009-10-21T08:15:00.000-04:00

Some teaching is like the “tree’s knees”. But there is a better way to learn. Click here

Thinking that you know it already

2009-10-15T16:09:00.000-04:00

Thinking that you know it already can lead to some embarrassing learning.Click here to find out.

Learn as we go

2009-10-08T15:23:00.003-04:00

There are learning lessons all around us that permit us to "learn as we go".

Jim

When technology is unnecessary

2009-10-01T07:32:00.002-04:00

Dear 1MLers
How do we decide when technology in learning is unnecessary?
Click here to find out.
Jim

PS Please send me suggestions with photos on what helps you learn, and if we can use it, we will donate $50 to support an educational project in the Philippines. You must have permission to use the photo.

Learning is not convenient

2009-09-22T10:24:00.003-04:00

Dear 1MLers

Learning is not always convenient. Fnd out why and what to do about it.
Click here

Thanks for your feedback and SUGGESTIONS! For every photo and idea we use, we will donate $50 to support an education project in the Philippines.

Jim

Learning can save your life

2009-09-04T11:16:00.003-04:00

Dear 1 MLers,
To see how 1 minute's worth of learning could save a life:
Click here.

Learning is not stationary

2009-08-25T18:16:00.001-04:00

Watch the 1 ML here

Post comment by selecting the comments button

Learning as innovation.

2009-07-20T17:46:00.002-04:00

When we accept innovation as a learning skill, the sky is the limit on what we can learn. Watch this
Jim

Learning is a conversation with history

2009-07-14T09:23:00.001-04:00

Watch Emily in Sudan demonstrate learning as a conversation with history.
Happy learning,
Jim

Learning is risky

2009-07-04T21:56:00.002-04:00

Watch an example of a real risk taken in learning and the enormous difference it has made seen from the perspective of 80 years later.
Jim

Anything but boring!

2009-06-23T14:38:00.002-04:00

Learning needs to be anything but boring.This 1ml links to an amazing way to present statistics but watch this presentation first
Jim

Find the story, to help people learn

2009-06-08T14:16:00.000-04:00

To help people learn, find the story.

Swing Harmonics in learning

2009-06-01T09:43:00.002-04:00

Click here to continue the discussion on harmonics in coaching and learning.

How do you capture the right sequence of push/step back/ wait....?

Jim

Learning dissonance

2009-03-24T14:23:00.003-04:00

We looked at learner harmonics and how a coach finds the natural frequencies to make a learner vibrate. The opposite of this is called learning dissonance: the activity that dampens the natural qualities of a learner.

Click on the 'comments button' and tell us what kills learning for you. Please feel free to rant. We can learn to avoid those things that destroy learner harmonics.
Jim

Learner Harmonics

2009-03-19T12:04:00.001-04:00

What can a wine glass teach us about learner harmonics and coaching? Find out by clicking here.

Learning is Life long

2009-03-13T15:37:00.001-04:00

Watch this to be inspired by life long learning? Where are you holding back?
Jim

Learning by Surprise

2009-03-07T11:12:00.001-05:00

We can learn by surprise. Watch and listen how this happened.

Learning is a sense of wonder

2009-02-23T14:41:00.002-05:00

IN this 1 Minute learner, see how our sons Tim and Dan inspire with their sense of wonder in learning.
Click here.
May we live utterly amazed,
Jim

A one-chicken learner

2009-01-30T15:11:00.004-05:00

Are you a one chicken learner? Find out by clicking here
Please respond if you relate or if you have a thought.
Jim

Learning is experimental

2008-12-23T13:56:00.002-05:00

Ben continues to teach us about learning. Watch him as he practices an age-old experiment in discovery.

Learning is messy

2008-12-11T11:14:00.001-05:00

Watch what young Ben Milne can teach us about learning
Click here

Learning means taking risks

2008-11-28T15:34:00.001-05:00

Watch this 1 minute learner on taking risks

Learning is being curious

2008-11-18T14:43:00.002-05:00

Click here to watch the next 1 Minute Learner fresh from Sudan. Photo coutesy of Emily Klaas

I am curious to know what you think?
Jim

A double opportunity

2008-10-01T08:49:00.004-04:00

There is a double oportunity to learn from everything in life. Watch the 1 Minute presentation here

Coaching steps to help learning

2008-09-11T16:31:00.001-04:00

Follow our white water canoeing exploits to see how our coach helped us learn. Click here

What you have done that you have found effective in coaching others?

Jim

We learn by failure and trying again

2008-08-28T16:46:00.003-04:00

Sorry for the delay. Here is the latest blog on: We learn by failure and trying again

Please comment on how you view failure and retrying as part of the learning process...

Jim

Learning is helped by a coach

2008-08-09T16:09:00.001-04:00

See how robins again teach us lessons on learning. Open this link

How has coaching been helpful in your learning?
Jim

Learning is Optional

2008-07-31T15:27:00.002-04:00

Watch the 1 Minute Learner blog on Learning is optional.

Where do you think you could use ideas from "Learning is optional"

Jim

Learning is incremental

2008-07-24T10:08:00.002-04:00

Watch the audio blog here
Please comment on how you have been able to break something down into steps.
Jim

Learning is Plural

2008-07-14T16:13:00.005-04:00

2 mexican señoritas remind me that there is something about learning that is plural. Watch the blog

In what ways do others help you learn? Is it really plural?

Jim

The learning style fit

2008-07-07T15:09:00.003-04:00

How does your learning style fit with the programme.
To hear my rant click here

Comment on the blog and have your rant.
Jim

Learning requires going slowly

2008-07-01T09:48:00.003-04:00

Here is the latest 1 Minute Learner:
Learning requires going slowly:
http://www.devedinternational.net/1ml/1ml-012/player.html

Have you found that 'slowing down' helpful to your learning or are you a fast learner?

Jim

Learn where you are planted

2008-06-22T12:00:00.005-04:00

To watch "Learn where you are planted" click the following link:
http://www.devedinternational.net/1ml/1ml-011/player.html

What do you find attractive in a learner, that makes you WANT to learn?

Jim

Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

2008-06-16T08:57:00.006-04:00

Is Learning Age Dependent?

The 1 minute blog
http://www.devedinternational.net/1ml/1ml-010/player.html .

What keeps you learning as you grow older? Is it more difficult? and why or why not?

Jim

Open to Learn

2008-06-09T20:30:00.001-04:00

"Open enough to learn"
Click here to start

What are the qualities that make a learner ‘open’?

I hope the new list serve is working OK.
Jim

Learning can be difficult!

2008-05-27T06:32:00.001-04:00

Watch the blog here

What helps you persevere through difficult learning situations?

Jim

From Jug to Mug: What adult learning is not!

2008-05-20T16:27:00.003-04:00

Watch the next 1 minute learner

What does being treated like a mug do to your learning motivation?

Incubation leads to illumination

2008-05-08T15:08:00.003-04:00

Learn from the robins on how incubation produces results. Watch the 1 Minute Learner

How have you noticed your mind continuing to work on a project if you leave time for incubation?

Leave a comment with your ideas.

Learning is Learner Centred

2008-05-05T08:21:00.001-04:00

Learning is learner-centred. Watch an important lesson learned from a dad.

In adult education, can we be too learner centred? What is the role of the teacher?
Jim

We learn by experience

2008-04-29T09:40:00.001-04:00

We learn by experience. An example from the Noire River Que.

What makes experiential learning more meaningful for you?

We learn by imitation

2008-04-23T09:58:00.002-04:00

Here is the next installment We learn by imitation

Where have you observed the biggest impact from learning by imitation?

Jim

To Learn is to Live

2008-04-23T09:16:00.001-04:00

The 1 Minute Learner will explore thoughts about how we learn, what works and what doesn't. My objective is to take an idea and try to capture something that makes one think and hopefully come back with an even better idea. I promise that my rant will take no more than a minute.

Here is the first one: To Learn is to Live

(PS I have moved the posts over from the other platform, that is why it looks like it is all posted by me. Hopefully this one should work better.)