Ian Gibbs
3 Examples of Learning Clubs
If you’re not familiar with Learning Clubs, the concept can seem a bit nebulous. In an attempt to rectify this, here are 3 examples that...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 21, 2022
- 2 min
8 Tips For Starting A Learning Club
I wouldn’t say that all companies should have a learning club. But I would say that everyone should be a member of one. A learning club...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 18, 2022
- 3 min
7 Benefits of Learning Clubs
You know there are things you could do better. But there never seems to be the opportunity, the motivation or the pressure to do...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 17, 2022
- 2 min
Why Organisational Learning Doesn’t Work For Everyone
Organisational Learning is the process of creating, retaining, and transferring knowledge within an organisation so that the organisation...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min
Which Is The Odd One Out?
Which of the following activities is the odd one out? Tell Learn Ask Show I’m sure you’re creative enough to think up a perfectly good...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 15, 2022
- 3 min
3 Ways To Improve Attitudes to Training
I have 9 year-old twins. They are definitely not identical. One is introvert, the other extrovert. One likes chocolate and broccoli, the...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 14, 2022
- 2 min
3 Ways to Avoid The Emperor’s Training Day
We learn by doing something new... and then practising it, often. There’s a lot more detail that can be added, but essentially if we want...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 11, 2022
- 4 min
Why You Need A Personal Learning Strategy (Part 4 of 4)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The journey of a thousand miles might begin with a single step, but when does it end? All Formal Learning Programs...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 10, 2022
- 4 min
Why You Need A Personal Learning Strategy (Part 3 of 4)
In Part 1 we looked at why it’s important to be able to continue learning on your own using a PLS - especially as you rise in your...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 9, 2022
- 3 min
Why You Need A Personal Learning Strategy (Part 2 of 4)
(This blog is a continuation of Part 1) In Part 2, we look at the first half of what makes up a PLS. There are four parts to a Personal...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min
Why You Need A Personal Learning Strategy (Part 1 of 4)
At the end of last year, I decided to launch my own podcast: The Learnability Show. The only problem was I had no idea how to do it. I...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 7, 2022
- 3 min
Do You Know These 5 'Handy' Mnemonics?
Q: What do the days in a month, a screw’s thread, the nine-times table, an electric motor and learning techniques all have in common? A:...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 4, 2022
- 3 min
Kicking The Educational Hornets Nest
I’m upset. I know what I’m about to write is going to annoy some people and I’m sorry, but something has to be said. I am in the process...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 3, 2022
- 4 min
3 Things I Wish I Had Known Before I Started University
I had a tough time at university. Although I diligently attend all my lectures, although I copied down everything the lecturer wrote and...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 2, 2022
- 2 min
Why Learning is counterintuitive
If you give a class of students (let’s call them Class A) a chapter to study for three days in a row, by the end of Day 3, their attitude...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 1, 2022
- 3 min
Why I’m passionate about PLS
I wasn’t the ‘brightest’ of kids at school. I was good at Art. I could keep my head above water with Maths and Science. But everything...
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Ian Gibbs
- May 23, 2021
- 1 min
Book: Changing Our Minds
This is what I'm reading at the moment and I thoroughly recommend it. It's hot off the press and includes the author's homeschooling...
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Ian Gibbs
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
Are You Reading in the Shallow End?
😲 If someone thought they could learn to swim just by reading a book, they would be in for an unpleasant surprise when they jumped in...
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Ian Gibbs
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
Acknowledging your limits
Roger had an old Mark 1 Ford Escort. He considered it a classic. His wife, Lisa, considered it a wreck. It was always having problems....
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