Brandon Hall @F4H2014
Did you know simulations are the most effective way people learn? What else do we now know from our massive and multi-layered studies of how people really learn? In this presentation given at the Franchise for Humanity, Stanford University, California on Feb 21, 2014, Brandon shares current learning about how we learn.
In many learning environments, the wise person teaching from the front of the room is not that much different from 2,000 yrs ago, when you went and found someone wise to learn from if you needed to know something.
We are now poised at the start of a new era on how to teach and how to learn. Sixth, seventh and eighth graders making powerpoint presentations, rather than the old book report. Team learning. Flipped classrooms. And the 70/20/10 rule.
Of note: Brandon points out that even if only 10% of MOOC students complete the course, that can still be a whopping 16,000 people that master new content at a very high level....not a bad addition to the knowledge pool for humanity.
Brandon reiterates a theme shared by Sandy Bates: that corporations will be central to social innovation. Corporations know what works with people. They spend a lot of money on it, they find out what is producing results.
On the other side of the spectrum, what can we do, individually?
The difference is having:
– resources
– committed people: this is where the individual comes in.