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It is never too late to seek further education, although as we get older, it can be more difficult to find the time to do so.  Work, family and social commitments often leave people wondering where their time has gone, and make the idea of adding studying to the list particularly unappealing. One effective way [...]

The world of education and training can sometimes fall victim to fads, with new approaches to learning often turning out to be little more than a flash in the pan.  According to e-learning market research, however, this is not the case with one of the biggest changes ever to sweep across both teaching and learning.  [...]

The eyes are said to be the windows to the soul, but something similar – and perhaps even more profound – can be said about the written word, which can serve as a gateway to the collected knowledge of the human race.  Just as the soul may be ultimately unknowable, the vast amount of existing [...]

Is your brain right, or left brain hemisphere dominated?  The answer to this simple question is believed to have some influence over whether an individual has a logical or creative way of thinking, and why that is.  The idea of two hemispheres that function somewhat independently to each other was brought to popular attention by [...]

There are many benefits associated with an effective workplace e-learning system. In 2008, businesses in the UK were found to be investing £37 billion a year in staff training to continue developing and improving the skill levels of their people.  It is clear that all businesses should be investing in this area, but what are [...]

According to the University of Utah, the average college student reads at a rate of up to 350 words per minute.  Whilst this may have been an adequate reading speed in high school, it may make university-level studies problematic.  College classes often require students to complete vast amounts of reading in relatively short spans of [...]

Physical fitness is a common theme of daily life in the modern world.  Children are taught related skills in school, and in the adult world, a variety of media information serves as a continual reminder of the importance of a body that is physically fit.  In contrast, there is very little understanding of brain fitness, [...]

The most dangerous thing a professional can ever think is that they know it all. This attitude immediately leads to complacency, which gives rivals the opportunity to catch up. All successful business people have a hunger for learning that keeps their knowledge levels evolving and improving at all times. The only way to do this [...]

The mind is a fascinating organ. Regularly described as the most complex thing in the known universe, its true capabilities are still being studied and debated by scientists across the world. Almost everyone would like to be able to improve how effective his or her memory is. Consistently remembering dates, facts and names would be [...]

Henry Ford once made a remarkable statement. He said, “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” Never before in the history of mankind has this truth been more valid than it is today. The [...]

In today’s fast-paced world we are expected to keep abreast of all the latest developments in our particular field of specialisation, all the time. With the advent of the internet and all the new information sources that accompany it, this can often lead to information overload – we simply cannot cope with the sheer amount [...]

Information overload is a significant problem in the modern world.  Back in 2003, the University of California determined that the total amount of information available in the world doubles every 36 months.  If this is proved to be true then in less than a decade, information has increased 64 fold.  Needless to say, in the [...]

  When we go to school, college and university or attend training courses or business seminars, we are consciously engaging in learning. We know that because someone is being paid to teach, and we are concentrating hard, reading the handouts, following online instructions or passively listening. This process more or less serves, up to a [...]

Is Mind Mapping a serious business tool? Anthony Landale reports on a technique that is easy to use across a range of business requirements, challenges and tasks.

The nature of perception itself depends on one’s view of the world. Some people believe in a theory known as strong direct realism, which holds that our perceptions are generally accurate. The broad representative theory, in contrast, teaches that what we see and hear in the physical world is only understood through a filter consisting [...]

This philosophical question has been debated by some of the world’s greatest thinkers. Jean Paul Sartre, for example, argued that an individual’s personal development could be limited by other people as they act in ways that interfere with a learner’s ability to absorb and retain information. This scenario, however, only suggests that humans may fail [...]

Manage your information overload by learning how to speed read. Here Clive Lewis introduces us to the first principles of a technology that all business professionals cannot be without! You are on your way to a key client meeting or presentation. You picked up a huge file of papers just before you left home and [...]

Now available in e-book formats – the book by Clive Lewis and Anthony Landale that promises to introduce you to a practical reading strategy that will help you become an Extraordinary Reader and eliminate information overload for good. Everyday information gets in the way – phone calls and emails, pod casts and blogs, letters and [...]

Despite the current trend in education to treat learners as a homogenous group, there are in fact several different ways in which the human brain processes information. The leading models and theories about thinking illustrate this diversity.

We learn new things every day – at home and at work. Have you ever wondered if you are maximising the way you think and learn? Most of us think that our ability to learn, read quickly, be creative, and solve problems is fixed. We learned these skills years ago but realise that the qualifications, strengths and skills with which we entered employment [...]