Introducing new ‘job’ labels, a standard representation of skills for a job description. Job labels define requirements for prior experience and the first-year application of skills. Like learning labels, jobs labels are an ideal format to make basis of comparison decisions and quickly understand a set to requirements. Job labels formalize the skills section on… Continue Reading
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There is functionality to create a job description within the learning labels system. This is not meant to replace, but rather supplement or augment this well-established format. Many of the standard sections / fields are included, along with a skills section that is designed to get the required information to calculate Skill Points ®.
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Skills Culture SM is a growth mindset to learning, first introduced in 2016. The mindset is based on getting learners and practitioners to rally around learning and practicing skills properly. Perhaps the central ethos of the concept is: “Every experience is an opportunity to apply skills”. The mindset fits well with a suite of applications:… Continue Reading
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I am fortunate to have had two tremendous mentors in my life. My experiences had such a powerful, lasting impact on me, I feel compelled to share my stories and promote mentorships. I created this graphic without doing any research or reading articles on mentoring, this was based on purely personal reflection of my experiences.… Continue Reading
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I hear the remark: “So these Skills Labels, they are like nutritional labels but for learning (education)”. As I made clear the inspiration did not start with a nutritional label. Though later it had some influence. A nutritional label is a highly effective standard display, it: reads well – understandable to children to adults, informs,… Continue Reading
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When I was a teenager and had free time, I satisfied my desire to learn my own way. I read old dusty ’80s encyclopedias and National Geographic magazines lying around from my older brother’s subscription. Teenagers learn differently: practicing or drilling sports, playing video (and now online) games, etc. Give students their time to learn… Continue Reading
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Academia is talking about personalized and deeper learning, something I have advocated with the Skills Based Approach methodology and application for its inception in 2013. The methodology is focused entirely on an individual. The application is meant to be handled by the student or young professional to manage their learning tasks. Skills Label represents learning… Continue Reading
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