50 year old theory It’s over 50 years since Gagne, a closet behaviourist, published The Conditions of Learning (1965). In 1968 we got his article Learning Hierarchies , then Domains of Learning in 1972. Gagne’s theory has five categories of learning; Intellectual Skills, Cognitive strategies, Verbal information, Motor skills and Attitudes. MORE >>

I guess that we differ on the need for experts in a field. Dr. Nelson feels that experts are necessary, or “learning can become derailed or even stopped in its tracks.” He says that experts should proceed with humility, but that experts MORE >>

The paper showing the different brain developmental course for kids and teens is now available online free at the first link below. The data are really remarkable to see, and they explain a lot. Young brains don't have as much myelin as older brains, so like our Comcast cable, the longer the distances, the slower the signals. We'd love to see you. MORE >>

Chief Learning Officer, December 2006, Effectiveness by Jay Cross. A wiki is a group-editable Web site. Wikis are composed of Web pages you can write on, enabling fast and easy collaboration.” So says SocialText, a company that MORE >>

There's some interesting lists going around about what you should learn. Stephen Downes has created a list (in reply to Guy Kawasaki's list), and not surprisingly it's really good. was interested in how it compared to the list I MORE >>