This is an interesting subject. As I research more, I will post the resources and add some commentary.
First, a few observations about Learning itself, from How People Learn:
- Learning occurs in context
- Learning is active
- Learning is social
- Learning is reflective
A really great report about Talent crisis by Deloitte has a excerpt from Lexis-Nexis on how people learn most effectively:
- 67% When working together with a colleague on a task
- 22% When doing own research
- 10% When a colleague explains something personally
- 2% Through a manual or textbook
This brings up interesting possibilities on setting up Learning Collaboratories:
- We need to see it with a few mentors whom people can go to
- We need change the ratio of class room based training to project based training, where people actually produce something
- We need to design projects in such a way that people are forced to do their own research
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