Last Thing First - Back-chaining

Usually the process of teaching people how to successfully complete long sequences of is to teach how to start the task sequence and then proceed right along to the end of the chain of events. Backward chaining however refers to breaking down the steps of a task and teaching them in reverse order. The biggest advantage from the learner’s point of view is that it offers immediate satisfaction. It  minimize anxiety and provide a sense of accomplishment. This feeling of success will increase confidence and keep us motivated to learn and complete the entire sequence of steps. 

The Power of Crossing Perspectives - Interdisciplinary Thinking

"The  ability to think about something familiar in an unfamiliar way is the strength of interdisciplinary thinking". Interdisciplinary collaboration and exploration has a very good effect over engaging people/worker/students. It also helps to develop knowledge, insights, better problem solving skills, Helps Advance Critical Thinking and Cognitive Development, self-confidence, self-efficacy, and a passion for what they do. And of course it increases productivity. How does it work and why?  Read more into this Roojoom.

Scrum in School -eduScrum

Working with eduScrum  in schools means using Scrum to help teams of students learn more effectively. You’ll see self-organized teams of student work in sprints to learn subjects and evolve the learning process.  Students work independently and take responsibility for their own effort and that of their team members. They get more fun in the subject, work quicker through the curriculum and get better results.  Results from the agile way of working are improved quality of education, higher grades and motivated students. Here is how they do it : 

Rally Software as an Agile Education Resource

Rally software is not only one of the best agile tools around it’s also a very good center for agile education and help resources. Rally Software, offers cloud computing-based solutions for managing Agile software development. The company’s offerings include Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) platform and products, Agile consulting services, courses through Agile University and training courses focused on Agile and Lean practices. In this RooJoom you’ll get to see a tip of the ice from the training offering of Rally software .

Agile Free Online Education Resources

Here you’ll find, a good selection of online free education resources on adopting agile practices extend from YouTube to websites, presentations and blogs.

Flipped Classroom

Flipped Classroom is currently the hottest topic in higher education teaching and learning. Universities are consumed with finding the best ways to turn traditional education upside down by using the shared time in the classroom in ways that are as active, dynamic, and engaging as possible, while leaving the reading and lecture watching for students to cover at home. So what is the best, most efficient way to introduce the flipped classroom?

Negotiating basic Tips and tricks - Visiting 9 resources

Not Just Online Education - Hands On Online Education

Online lectures by video are fine for conveying facts, formulas and concepts, and they are a true revolution. But by themselves they cannot help anyone learn how to put those ideas into practice. “We're in a place that we can begin to think about education in a whole new way.”

70-20-10 Rule of GTD - Studying versus Learning

This is an awesome rule to follow if you want to get things done (GTD).The 70-20-10 model suggests that lessons learned effectively are roughly 70% from tough jobs, 20% from people (mostly the boss), and 10% from courses and reading. It applies to learning, innovation , savings and marketing, conducting organizational change, content management many other fields. Just follow 70-20-10 model.