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Learning fails in bad systems

August 28, 2017 Cameron D. Norman 1101 Views behaviour change, case study, continuing medical education, evaluation, healthcare, knowledge integration, knowledge management, knowledge transfer, learning, organizational design, organizational learning, organizational performance, organizational psychology, organizations, praxis, strategy, system design, systems, systems thinking

Enormous energy is spent on developing strategies to accomplish things with comparatively little paid to the systems that they are

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The Job Market Metric In Education

December 30, 2012December 30, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 788 Views complex systems, complexity, contemplative inquiry, continuing medical education, design thinking, developmental evaluation, disruption, education, educational design, evaluation, foresight, jobs, journalism, learning, learning organization, mindfulness, path dependence, professional education, resilience, teaching, university

Post-secondary and continuing education is continuing to be rationalized in ways that are transforming the very foundation of the enterprise.

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Designing Education for Learning

January 8, 2011January 8, 2011 Cameron D. Norman 644 Views Bruce Mau, complexity, continuing medical education, creativity, design thinking, education, educational design, feedback, innovation, learning, systems thinking, teaching

Higher education strives to prepare learners to meet the scientific and technical demands of a changing world, yet does so in a manner that seems antithetical to change. What gives? I explore this in a little further with insights from complexity science.