By jtcobb on Jun 4, 2008 in Personal Learning | 3 Comments
How strong is your capacity to learn? Can you leap complex concepts with a single bound? Master a new language faster than a speeding locomotive? Roll your eyes at hyperbole without even blinking? Perhaps you are a super learner.
“Secrets of the Super-Learners” is an article from a 1991 Harvard Magazine supplement that I seem […]
By jtcobb on Apr 20, 2008 in Personal Learning | 2 Comments
Knowledge is one of the most valuable assets each of us possesses in this increasingly “flat” world, and so much of our knowledge is acquired through our day-to-day learning experiences at our jobs. Yet how often do you ask yourself the simple question “What have I learned at work?”
I know I don’t ask it often […]
By jtcobb on Apr 3, 2008 in Personal Learning | 3 Comments
As part of the continuing mission to learn, I stopped by the University of Pennsylvania’s 60-Second Lecture Series to partake of some knowledge. Here you will find videos of faculty members from the School of Arts & Sciences attempting to tackle a topic in roughly 60 seconds. I learned some good things from watching, […]