What do we call non-academic skills
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
More and more people in education agree on the importance of learning stuff other than academics. But no one agrees on what to call that “stuff”, says a great article from NPR. What do we call non-academic skills? You know, the ones we all intuitively know are critical but are hard to nail […]
Tags: education, npr, soft skills, training & development
Is it the end of knowing? Here’s 13 Google Search Tricks That Make Life A Whole Lot Easier
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
While listening to a recent TED talk via NPR on Unstoppable Learning (do yourself a favour & listen, it’s terrific) Sugatra Mitra talks about how we may be heading into the age of not needing to ‘know’ things. He recommends we use what he calls S.O.L.E.’s (self-organized learning environments) to surf & learn. It’s got […]
Tags: google, npr, sugatra mitra, TED, unstoppable learning