Life Quote
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” - Albert Einstein
More quotes at http://conciselearning.com/studentsuccessquotes.html.
Education News
The Higher Education Monopoly is Crumbling As We Speak
The historic stability of higher education is remarkable. As former University of California President Clark Kerr once observed, the 85 human institutions that have survived in recognizable form for the last 500 years include the Catholic Church, a few Swiss cantons, the Parliaments of Iceland and the Isle of Man, and about 70 universities. The occasional small liberal arts school goes under, and many public universities are suffering budget cuts, but as a rule, colleges are forever. Until now. Read more.
More news at http://my.alltop.com/conciselearning.
Learning & Thinking
Do Students Really Have Different Learning Styles?
Learning styles—the notion that each student has a particular mode by which he or she learns best, whether it’s visual, auditory or some other sense—is enormously popular. It’s also been thoroughly debunked. Read more.
More on learning at http://www.scoop.it/t/lifelong-learning.
Skills of Success
National Survey: Enhancing Student Success and Retention throughout Undergraduate Education
The purpose of this survey was to investigate selected initiatives designed to improve the success and retention of undergraduate students at four year colleges and universities. The survey investigated the prevalence and characteristics of seven student success initiatives across the undergraduate years: summer bridge programs, pre-term orientation, academic/student success seminars, learning communities, early warning systems, service learning, and undergraduate research. Read more.
More on skills of success at http://conciselearning.com/successskills.html.
Visual Thinking & Mind Mapping
Using Mind Maps as a Teaching and Learning Tool to Promote Student Engagement
A recount by a teacher on mind mapping as a teaching and learning tool to foster critical thinking. It has helped to promote student engagement in the classroom. Read more.
Just released: Inspiration Maps for iPad and MindMeister on Google Drive.
More on visual mapping at http://conciselearning.com/visualmapping.html. More on mind mapping at http://conciselearning.com/mindmapping.html.
Technology & eLearning
Technology Use by Students in College [Infographic]
"60% of students say they wouldn’t attend a school without free WiFi," and other interesting tidbits. Read more.
More on technology at http://pear.ly/l2iX.
Recommended Reading
Imagine by Jonah Lehrer
Jonah Lehrer demonstrates that creativity is not a single gift possessed by the lucky few. It’s a variety of distinct thought processes that we can all learn to use more effectively. Read more.
More book recommendations at http://astore.amazon.com/conciselearning-20.
Featured Video
TED launches revamped education platform, TED-Ed, with customized learning tools
The new platform allows educators to customize TED-Ed videos with follow- up questions and assignments. This is the 2nd phase of its TED-Ed initiative, after announcing its TED-Ed YouTube channel in March. See video.
More videos at http://www.youtube.com/ConciseLearning.
Tweets You Can Use
Mind Map of consumer brands: http://j.mp/I3jKIG
The Biggest Myth in Time Management: http://j.mp/I4KIi7
Number of Android mind mapping apps growing: http://j.mp/I8ES52
The More You Sit, the Sooner You'll Die: http://j.mp/I7OVHH
Slader - Free Homework Help and Answers: http://j.mp/JkFyQ7
Biggerplate surpassed 30,000 members: http://Biggerplate.com
25 Ways To Use iPads In The Classroom: http://j.mp/HQpzNw
Food pyramid revisited with a mind map: http://j.mp/HT31a2
The homework trap and what to do about it: http://j.mp/Hk8Gpt
Train Your Brain to Focus: http://j.mp/IQKroC
How to Be a Better Test-Taker: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/education/edlife/how-to-be-a-better-test-taker.html
Why We Need to Teach Mindfulness in a Digital Age: http://to.pbs.org/HNFivC
Changing how we learn: 10 Disruptive Tools For Every Generation: http://tnw.co/Ha3vqk
22 Executives Share The Best Advice They Ever Received: http://read.bi/whzEw6
How to Train Your Brain and Boost Your Memory Like a USA Memory Champion: http://lifehac.kr/H3VhqX
Kids Fail Less When They Know Failure Is Part of Learning: http://abcn.ws/HMCzmb
More tweets at http://www.twitter.com/conciselearning.
Announcements & Updates
Congratulations to Scott M. in MN, USA, on winning this month's free copy of Concise Learning.
New mind map: Rapid eLearning Workshop.
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Ron's Toon
Flowers in bloom.
More toons at http://www.toonaday.com.
About Me
I'm a student success coach, author, mind mapper, and lifelong learner. Let's connect via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest, and e-mail.
Happy and successful May!
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