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We need ELF-ish standards to make English a truly functional and inclusive Lingua Franca

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Who owns English? Whose standards? English is the most commonly spoken international language at over 1.1 billion speakers. It has been estimated that of all the English speakers of the world, non-native speakers (NNS) outnumber native speakers (NS) by more than 4 to 1. This means that English is being used more by NNS than […]

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Bridging the gap between training and education Part 2: Task-based approach to training with principles from the science of learning

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What EDU-tainment can be There is another option to commercially constrained training sessions. Training programs can still focus on edutainment but also on using the principles from the science of learning for skill learning and motivating. The next few paragraphs will describe the following image about how learning principles can be applied to training program

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Bridging the gap between training and education Part 1: Why are skills not being learned in training?

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Typically, “training” makes people think of practice, skill development and know-how, while “education” brings to mind theory, knowledge and values (Rickman, 2004). Another difference involves measurable objectives and assessment. And yet another involves how captive the learners are and their motivation. Many training programs focus on demonstrated and participant structured practice. Often, the training is

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The Science of Learning, or probability stacking

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There has been much research into the science of learning. In fact, the Learning Sciences is a field dedicated to the study of learning. It is ironic that few schools and teachers design education and curricula with the principles from the science of learning. Sadly, even if teachers themselves know how to engineer quality and

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The attention economy in academia – Social media strategies for the Open Science age of information

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For over two decades, advances in ICT have created a flood of information that has disrupted the traditional business marketplace and plunged it into the new attention economy where companies struggle to catch and maintain customer attention. A parallel shift can be seen for scientists in a new research attention economy. Researchers face unprecedented competition

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Social media for academic purposes (SMAP): What is it and why is it important?

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We live in an age of information with research being published in volumes and at speeds never before seen. Unfortunately, with so many new scholarly publishing venues and databases, there is no one database that can access all research. For professional researchers, this is a problem: we all want to increase our research visibility and

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OKRs in Educational Training & Business Managing: The art, science, and future of enhancing learning performance

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Teachers and managers share not only similar goals and tasks, but also similar failures.   In a recent consultation meeting of my training organization and a vice president in a large multinational firm who was giving us recommendations about preparing our students for the 2020s workforce, I had an epiphany. For the first time in my

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English, Chinese and the history of Science & Technical writing

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Different languages express meanings differently. Culturally and linguistically, English and Chinese are different. However, the international language of science and research is English, non-native science writers can benefit from understanding the historical origins of English science writing.     Some people describe English as a writer-responsible language, while Chinese is a reader-responsible language. For both grammar and

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