The Future of Learning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Future Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Future Context: Section Editorial

      • Vicki Culpin

      Pages 3-5

   3. Learning to Lead in Uncertain Times through Storytelling and Improvisation

      • Ellen Pruyne, Dave Bond

      Pages 6-16

   4. The Shifting Landscape of Global Challenges in the 21st Century, What This Means for What Businesses Want From Tomorrow’s Leaders, and the Implications for Management Learning

      • Matthew Gitsham

      Pages 17-32

   5. The Future of HE: What Will the Sector Look Like in 25 Years Time and What Does This Mean for Executive Education?

      • Eddie Blass, Anne Jasman, Steve Shelley

      Pages 33-45

3. Future Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. Future Learning: Section Editorial

      • Shirine Voller

      Pages 49-52

   3. When the Classroom is No Longer a Room

      • Ronan Gruenbaum

      Pages 53-71

   4. Virtual Action Learning: A New Genre for Powerful Learning

      • Ghislaine Caulat

      Pages 72-87

   5. Virtual Action Learning – A New Frontier?

      • Mollie Dickenson, Mike Pedle, John Burgoyne

      Pages 88-105

   6. Generation Y and Learning: A Changing World

      • Carina Paine Schofield, Sue Honoré

      Pages 106-123

4. Future Learner

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. Future Learner: Section Editorial

      • Eddie Blass

      Pages 127-130

   3. Re-cognising Learning and Teaching: Opening the Space of Possibility

      • Chris Breen

      Pages 131-149

   4. Place-making: The Executive’s Role in Aligning Learning with Work

      • Tom Short, Susan Coggan

      Pages 150-164

   5. ‘An informed slowness’ – Curiosity as an Enabler of Learning in the Attention Economy

      • Elaine Rumboll, Dave Duarte

      Pages 165-177

   6. Concluding Thoughts

      • Shirine Voller, Eddie Blass, Vicki Culpin

      Pages 178-178

5. Back Matter

   Pages 179-184

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Based on research-informed 'future-scoping' and emerging practice in the field of executive education this bookis split into three parts: Future Context, Future Learning and Future Learners. With a short editorial introducing each part, it will appeal to anyone working in the field of adult and higher education and training.

• Generation Y
• innovation
• management

• Ashridge Business School, England

  Shirine Voller, Vicki Culpin

• University of Hertfordshire, England

  Eddie Blass

SHIRINE VOLLER holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, UK, and is in the process of completing a Masters by Research at Cranfield University. She has worked in primary education, organisation consulting and grant management and is currently Research Manager at Ashridge Business School.
 
EDDIE BLASS started her academic career lecturing in HRM after a period of time training in industry. She completed her Doctorate at Durham on 'The Future University' and combines her research interests in adult learning, HE and leadership development in her current job role at the University of Hertfordshire in the School of Education.
 
VICKI CULPIN studied Psychology at Manchester University, UK, followed by an MPhil and PhD in Psychology from Lancaster University and an MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology from Leicester University. She spent nine years working in academia before moving to Ashridge Business School where she is currently Research Director.

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