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Hamlet Mind Map Tutor

Posted by Faizel Mohidin on Jan 16, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Hamlet Mind Map Tutor
http://www.usingmindmaps.com/hamlet-mind-map-tutor.html

If you are learning Hamlet, then know that you are learning what is probably the best play ever written.
Hamlet is the most famous of Shakespeare’s plays and also his longest. Every famous actor throughout the ages wanted to play Hamlet and some did it better than others, even though they all thought they did him justice.

Hamlet is a complex character and needs an accomplished actor. Most actors that played him were too old. Hamlet was about 29-30 years old, but most actors are much older before they are accomplished enough to play Hamlet. There are even many cases where his mother is played by a younger actress than the prince himself!

Being such a complex play, it may serve you well to have a look at our approach to learning Hamlet.

In this fast paced world, there has been a change in learning behaviour. Shakespeare’s plays are more difficult than ever for learners to grasp, as it takes a lot of time and effort, and fewer people are reading long and difficult pieces.

Lots of Study Guides and study material have therefore evolved to help learners. We found that most of them were still boring, linear notes.

We therefore decided to team up with an associate, Barbara Wellbeloved, to put together a set of Interactive Mind Map Tutors to help you learn Shakespeare’s plays faster and easier.

Technology has made it easier than ever for you to get access to this kind of material quickly and affordably.

The power of Mind Map Software also makes it easier to put you at the centre of the learning process.

So, if you are a student of Shakespeare, or simply love his classical works, then get hold of our Hamlet Mind Map Tutor today and start interactively exploring and learning the play with whole brain learning methods.

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Is Informal Learning the solution?

Posted by Faizel Mohidin on Jan 13, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Harold Jarche » Informal learning, the 95% solution
http://www.jarche.com/2012/01/informal-learning-the-95-solution/

Informal learning is not better than formal training; there is just a whole lot more of it. It’s 95% of workplace learning, according to the research behind this graphic, by Gary Wise.
Since the latter half of the 20th century, we have gone through a period where training departments have been directed to control organizational learning. It was part of the Taylorist, industrial model that also compartmentalized work and ensured that only managers were allowed to make decisions. In this context, only training professionals were allowed to talk about learning. But formal training, usually in the guise of courses, is like a hammer that sees all problems as nails. Unfortunately, these nails only account for 5% of organizational learning.

This article states that informal learning counts for 95% of workplace learning. I don’t know whether it is as high as that, but I know that most of my learning in the last 20 years has been informal. In fact I felt that it is so important that I put together a learning management program (http://www.usingmindmaps.com/learning-management-program.html) that can enable you to learn faster and more effectively.

Having a system, even for your informal learning, can ensure that you have a competitive advantage. As Arie de Geus said: ‘Your ability to learn faster than your competitors may be your only sustainable competitive advantage.’

I also suggest that you put together a Mind Map Learning Portal (http://www.usingmindmaps.com/mind-map-learning-portal.html) of all your learning resources for quick access to important and relevant information and knowledge sources. With Mind Map Software, you are able to make it interactive and access anything that you need at the click of a button (or the tap of a finger on your iPad).

Whatever route you take, ensure that you embark on a journey of lifelong learning today.

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Create a Mind Map Learning Portal for each of your favourite subjects

Posted by Faizel Mohidin on Jan 11, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

The Mind Map Learning Portal

Learning Portals are more prevalent in bigger organisations, where Internet Technology is used to provide employees with a central place to manage all the knowledge they need to perform their duties.

While Learning Portals are normally websites and are mainly used by larger organisations, I feel that you could put together a Mind Map Learning Portal to keep all the resources for a particular subject in one interactive Mind Map.

I have provided a Free Template for you on our website to download and use with Xmind, which is free OpenSource Software. You can add hyperlinks to websites, videos, files, etc. and access them with the click of a button.

I also use this framework when researching a new topic.

What other uses can you think of?

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