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An ESL Student’s wish list — The FUTURE of Learning

Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning: (Photo credit: http://bit.ly/21nIfaF) Often the quietest person in the business is the customer and in the world of ESL – particularly if you are teaching Asian students, this could be your student. And yet when they apply to come to your school they are the most excited person…

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Research indicates that characteristics we are born with have more influence on our personality and development than any experience we may have in our life. Which do you consider to be the major influence? — pteielts

Study points out that the people born with certain inherent traits have an astounding effect on their personality and growth, in comparison with experience and knowledge they gain during their lifetime. In my opinion, the qualities which a person inherits at the time of birth do affect the building of a personality, but gaining experience […]

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New Technology for learning is like new technology for driving   —

I was recently driving a rental car full of advanced features that car companies hail will help me get from point A to point B safely. But in fact, I felt the car company labeled me an inattentive, high-risk driver in need of a crutch to protect me and those around me. These features actually made […]

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Online courses need to be strangely familiar for instructor buy-in —

This information may be strangely familiar to you, but it might be able to help you develop online courses or help others develop their online courses. In the book Who Can You Trust (2017), the author Rachel Botsman dedicates a chapter to the phenomenon of the “strangely familiar” to sell products, services, and ideas. As […]

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The BIGGEST problem with having a GOAL — The FUTURE of Learning

Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning: (Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2sdk1Iy) The biggest problem with having a goal is that once you reach it you really wonder …so now what? We work hard, study hard, take risks and constantly learn more to help us reach our goals. We’ve all been through it. Working hard to reach…

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How Exams CORRUPT learning — The FUTURE of Learning

Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning: (Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2mB8AXy) If you have ever been in a situation in a country where you are stuck and you need something badly, and you know it will be difficult to get, so you consider the ‘corrupt way’ you will understand the concept of corruption. Meaning you consider…

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CONNECTEDNESS changes everything in learning — The FUTURE of Learning

Photo by Clint Adair on Unsplash I always have a laugh when people get concerned that they are not reaching the audience they want when trying to teach something. They often say – “I got a lot of likes but they were all from Bangladesh’, as if they are a non-market of people who don’t want anything and […]

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The BIGGEST problem with having a GOAL — The FUTURE of Learning

Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning: (Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2sdk1Iy) The biggest problem with having a goal is that once you reach it you really wonder …so now what? We work hard, study hard, take risks and constantly learn more to help us reach our goals. We’ve all been through it. Working hard to reach…

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