Learning to Learn: Becoming a Superlearner
We would all like to be able to learn better. Given an expanding universe of knowledge that doubles every decade, the ability to learn is critical to our success in life, if not our very survival. In the first of a series of articles, I will share what I have learned over a lifetime of […]
Adaptive Learning is Personalized
Back in my elementary youth, I remember using the SRA Reading Laboratory to improve my reading comprehension and vocabulary. The instructional system was based on a progressive reading curriculum that started at first grade and built all the way to college level texts. The key to the system, considered revolutionary for its time, was programmed […]
Unconscious Bias Training. Does It Work?
Unconscious Bias Training for Imbedded Stereotypes What is Unconscious Bias Training? After a much-publicized racial profiling incident that resulted in the arrest of two African-Americans at a Philadelphia Starbucks for the apparent ‘crime’ of asking to use the restroom without making a purchase, the company shut 8,000 of its U.S. stores for an afternoon of Unconscious […]
Home Medical DNA Testing
Home DNA testing allows individuals to gain valuable insight into their ancestry and inherited diseases. With a simple saliva sample, genetic testing based on the human genome can point to the risk of familial cancers, neurological disorders, allergies and other maladies caused by our genes. Thousands of Americans have already obtained such information, yet medical […]
The Original American Sin – Might Makes Right
Once again, Americans must confront another mass shooting at another school. Beyond the immediate outpouring of grief and sympathy, we conduct collective soul-searching about the motives and causes of these recurring tragedies. Inevitably, everyone retreats to familiar corners of the debate – is it the person or the weapon most at fault? Is it a […]
2017 Year in Review: Revenge of the Women
2017 started at one of the bleakest moments for American women since the birth of the modern feminist movement in the 1960s. Women faced the prospect of being governed for the next four years by an admitted sexual predator and a Republican Congress hellbent on taking away their health care. To make matters worse, White […]
What 23andMe Taught Me About Myself (and Humanity)
Like every other American, I have long wondered about my origins. Being a nation of immigrants presents challenges to tracing our roots. At some point, they stretch back to foreign soil, to places that most of us will never have the chance to visit. So, the ancestral trail can run cold quickly. Genetic Testing When […]
Interview with ATD Education Manager regarding Designing Learning Certificate Program
Here’s an interview I recently did with ATD’s Amanda Smith on their Designing Learning Certificate Program. Dr. Ford has been a Facilitator of this program since 2004. https://videos.td.org/detail/videos/learning-development-podcasts/video/5306860251001/the-nuts-and-bolts-of-atd-s-designing-learning-certificate-program?autoStart=true&_ga=1.204772633.869788652.1473717819
2016 Year in Review: The Divided States of America (DSA, DSA!)
The Big Picture Globalization is under attack. It is the revenge of the Nativists. Across the world, people voted for nationalistic populists who promised to save them by erecting walls and cutting off ties with the rest of the world. Transnational corporations who have benefited the most from the global economy are the new bogeymen. […]
The Future of Training?
A colleague of mine recently asked me to contribute my views on the future of training. I thought this was a tough assignment, since I have no magic crystal ball to predict the future of anything. But as I thought about the request, several themes kept rolling around my brain. The future of training will […]