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Learning and development lessons from Spiderman - Part 3, Values

Spiderman keeps his identity secret in order to protect those he cares about, he learns how to develop his newly found superpowers and he meters out justice with a certain discipline. Spiderman has values.

This is the third and final blog about my reflections on the recent conference I attended, Brave New Learning, in Amsterdam. Here, I explore values and how two young women used peer led projects and community engagement to make a real difference through education.

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Learning and development lessons from Spiderman - Part 2, Balance

Spiderman learned that with great power comes great responsibility and that he had to achieve a balance between these two competing issues. This blog looks at ways we can achieve more balance in adult education.

I recently attended the conference Brave New Learning in Amsterdam. This is the second blog reflecting on it and explores two brilliant forms of accessible, adult education and whether online education is really for everyone.

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