Cheery Friday e-mails
Every Friday I send a “Cheery Friday” email chock full of insights about learning and changing to a million registered learners from the massive open online course (“MOOC”) Learning How to Learn. To receive these emails, just register for the course here (it’s free, and registration takes only a few seconds). “See” you on Friday!
Cheery Friday greetings from Learning How to Learn! May 6, 2016
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Dramatic changes in the textbook industry, and taking Learning How to Learn, helps an open-minded learner to retool his career Learning How to Learner Tom Willkens writes: “At twenty-eight years old, I felt trapped in my publishing career, both intellectually and professionally stagnant—and m …
More >Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Apr 29, 2016
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Recommended MOOC-of-the-week—Critical Perspectives on Management If you are interested in how to manage people well, you will want to read this insightful In-Depth Review on the MOOC Critical Perspective On Management by Learning How to Learn’s very own Senior Mentor Cristian Artoni. The more …
More >Cheery Tuesday greetings from Learning How to Learn! Apr 19, 2016
Cheery Tuesday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Taiwan MOOCs! It’s another early greeting for you all this week! This time, our message is early because Barb’s just arriving in Taiwan to help introduce an International Conference on MOOCs which runs on April 21 and 22nd. The Taiwanese government is visionary in their emphasis on the value …
More >Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Apr 15, 2016
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Handwriting is better than typing for note taking The Wall Street Journal recently published an excellent article, “Can Handwriting Make You Smarter,” summarizing recent research which shows that handwriting is much better than typing when you are taking notes. Also, we’re big fans of Harvard …
More >Cheery Wednesday greetings from Learning How to Learn! Apr 6, 2016
Cheery Wednesday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! We’re a little earlier than our usual cheery Friday greetings this week because Barb’s speaking this Friday (April 8th) to help launch the On Course Conference in Anaheim, California. Come join us if you’re in the area! (And meanwhile, happy Wednesday!) Gaining a competitive advantage We’d …
More >Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Apr 1, 2016
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Help our friend Nelson Dellis Kickstart his “Art of Memory” project Many of you have seen our previous videos from Nelson Dellis, the four time US Memory Champion. (Nelson is also a champion for research into Alzheimer’s, which led to the death of his grandmother and Barb’s father.) Nelson is …
More >▼ Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Mar 25, 2016
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Communities of Learners Jules Rowley has an excellent post titled “Communities of Learners” in the Learning How to Learn alumni forum. Take a look! Class Central on taking MOOCs for College Credit Class Central has just published an important article, “MOOCs for Credit.” It describes differen …
More >Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Mar 18, 2016
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Leadership conference with a difference – 25 May 2016 (Barb’s thrilled to be back in England!) There’s a wonderful upcoming leadership conference “Liberating Leaders,” on May 25, 2016 at Bedales School in the UK. The conference is for school leaders, aspiring leaders and sixth form pupils. It …
More >Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Mar 11, 2016
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Why don’t we ride zebras like horses? Chris Higgins in Mental Floss points us towards one of the most informative, funniest little videos we’ve seen in a long time: Why Don’t We Ride Zebras Like Horses? This video grows from one of our favorite books, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Huma …
More >Cheery Friday Greetings from Learning How to Learn! Mar 4, 2016
Cheery Friday greetings to our Learning How to Learners! Time to Go Surfing—or to Ride a Unicycle In the MOOC, we use the example of a surfing zombie to represent process versus product. That is, the idea of getting into the flow of your work. It turns out that the surfing zombie is a good metaphor for something else—the value of learning a new spo …
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