learning science
Are courses obsolete?
The most criticised container in education is also the most durable. Here is what we learned from health workers participating in The Geneva Learning Foundation’s courses about why that is so difficult to change. The obituary that keeps being written In 2013, Sebastian Thrun looked at the completion rates for the massive open online courses…
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Why does cascade training fail?
Cascade training remains widely used in global health. Cascade training can look great on paper: an expert trains a small group who, in turn, train others, thereby theoretically scaling the knowledge across an organization. It attempts to combine the advantages of expert coaching and peer learning by passing knowledge down a hierarchy. However, despite its…
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How do we shift our capacity to embrace a volatile, complex world?
This week, the Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) is Devex’s “Presenting Partner”. We are proud to be sharing with Devex’s 170,000 NewsWire subscribers the remarkable progress and the results, outcomes, and impact we have achieved since the pandemic hit. Discover how we connect people, organizations, and communities to achieve collective impact better and faster… Get in…
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