# Website > Website content from Website Total pages: 72 ## Pages and links - [Filming Q&A 9: Does it need to be scripted?](https://learnbase.com/qa-9-filming-talking-heads-fast-does-it-need-to-be-scripted/) - When we have a presenter who is not confident or skilled in public speaking situations then a script and an autocue / teleprompter is required. And to be honest they help get the job done fast even when the presenter is a skilled public speaker. When presenters write scripts they can tend to be a - [Connect](https://learnbase.com/contact/) - Contact Us Learnbase Training Technology Inc.Vancouver, Canada E: info@learnbase.com General Enquiries Book a Meeting Have Questions? Please fill in the form below and we will get back to you. { condition_hide :{ logic_data :[{ cfef_logic_field_id : first name , cfef_logic_field_is : == , cfef_logic_compare_value : saw , _id : dc453ef }], display_mode : , fire_action : All }} First Name Last Name Phone Subject Email Message Send Have a project in mind? Book a meeting with one of our Learning Str - [Video Lesson Maker Demo: Animation-Based](https://learnbase.com/demo-animation/) - Back to the Video Lesson Maker Overview This is an example of lesson format we made with BC Children s Hospital. It is used as a guide for youth recently certified under the BC Mental Health Act. The Video Lesson Maker is used as a way of delivery informational content. There are no self-reflections - [Open badges – giving is as good as receiving.](https://learnbase.com/open-badges-giving-is-as-good-as-receiving/) - One of the less mentioned but absolutely integral aspects of the Open Badges concept is not simply that it rewards learners, or rather ‘earners’ for their ‘non-formal’ learning endeavors, but that it rewards the ‘issuer’ that is the organization or business that creates the course of learning leading to the award of the badge. This - [Generic Page](https://learnbase.com/generic-page/) - [wp_custom_learnbase postid=17773] - [Making The Working Artist promo video for organizations](https://learnbase.com/making-the-working-artist-promo-video-for-organizations/) - Our client Crista Cloutier of The Working Artist has had great success with her course among a fast-growing cohort of artists learning how to reframe (pun intended) their art careers. Here s a video we made for her to help explain the programme to universities, art colleges and other art organizations - [Filming Q&A 5: Do we need a clapper board and everything?](https://learnbase.com/qa-5-filming-talking-heads-fast-do-we-need-a-clapper-board-and-everything/) - We need the sound of the clap (or rather the spike on the wave form) for syncing external sound capture with the video. We rarely, if ever, have needed to match the external audio with a ‘visual’ clap i.e. the clapper being clapped in front of the camera with the scene and take refs. If - [Learnbase Knowledge Base](https://learnbase.com/learnbase-knowledge-base/) - Learnbase Knowledge Base [betterdocs_search_form][betterdocs_category_grid] - [Case Study: Nurse Onboarding Education Program and Platform](https://learnbase.com/case-study-bcch/) - The Challenge BC Children’s Hospital Specialty Nursing Programs deliver essential on-the-job learning for newly qualified nurses. They had seen curriculum and learning platform work we had provided for other services and were interested in how we could support the overhaul of their programs. Having worked with teams across the BC Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) - [Filming Q&A 1: One or two cameras?](https://learnbase.com/qa-1-filming-talking-heads-fast-one-or-two-cameras/) - If we are filming a panel discussion, live workshop or some other event, we need two cameras to ensure nothing is lost when swapping out batteries, memory cards or in case someone walks in front of one of the cameras. But for controlled talking-head situations when we can control when to roll and when to - [Samples Gallery](https://learnbase.com/samples-gallery/) - Learnbase Samples Gallery Everything that we make blends deep experience in learning strategy with highly creative materials design, constantly evolving technical development and fresh approaches to engaging learners with the learning.As our solutions tend to be very integrated, our samples gallery sometimes shows the parts of the sum rather than the whole learner experience however - [Beyond Bloom’s with Fink’s Significant Learning Outcomes](https://learnbase.com/beyond-blooms-with-finks-significant-learning-outcomes/) - In the mid 20th Century, Benjamin Bloom and his team set out to boldly map the full landscape of human capability. The thing is, if you look at how his work is actually used in the wild today, you ll find a highly flattened, single-dimension version of his original vision. To Bloom and his team s credit, - [Learnbase Clients](https://learnbase.com/learnbase-clients/) - Clients and Programs We focus on working with organizations and projects creating positive social impact, working deeply and closely with the client teams to fuse strategy across multiple projects, devise technological solutions and design creative learning assets. - [Explaining Learnbase’s Learning Focus Map](https://learnbase.com/explaining-learnbases-learning-focus-map/) - In our previous post, Introducing Learnbase s Learning Focus Map, we provided a brief background to the Learning Focus Map. In this post we ll walk you through The Focus Map in a slightly theoretical way. Focus Map Overview The Learning Focus Map is inspired by and borrows from an aspect of Integral Theory developed by - [Hypnotist in the classroom? The power of a teacher’s words.](https://learnbase.com/what-teachers-from-hypnotists/) - A couple of years back, we helped a hypnotherapy school take their course into an online format. What really struck me when we were making this course were two huge core understandings that are sadly lacking from both teacher training and learning design, and that should be absolutely intrinsic to educational practice. In this post - [Learndash Users: Is It Worth Upgrading To The New BuddyBoss Platform?](https://learnbase.com/social-learner-theme-to-buddyboss-platform/) - Learndash is the most popular Learning Management System for WordPress. It’s functionality for administering and organizing course material is outstanding. But getting it to look great and interact with a lot of other ingredients that you might want is definitely a learning curve. That’s where BuddyBoss s Social Learner theme came in. As a learning design - [Test for Video Lesson Maker](https://learnbase.com/test-for-video-lesson-maker/) - [wp_custom_learnbase postid=16664] - [Video Lesson Maker Demo: Presenter-Lead](https://learnbase.com/demo-presenter-led/) - Back to the Video Lesson Maker Overview This is a lesson example from the popular course Rolling with ADHD. It is aimed at helping parents learn more about to work best with ADHD in the family. We combined a presenter-lead approach followed by simple comic-like animations to reinforce the information at each phase . - [Valentines in the classroom: inclusive or intrusive?](https://learnbase.com/valentines-in-the-classroom-inclusive-or-intrusive/) - Prior to Valentines Day, one of our kid s teachers sent home this: I have spoken to the students and have stated that if you bring a Valentine for one student you must bring one for everyone. This ensures that this day of celebrating friendship and caring makes everyone feel included. I will send students home - [Weary of online learning ‘environments’? Who’s for dim sum?](https://learnbase.com/weary-of-online-learning-environments-whos-for-dim-sum/) - I’m growing weary of traversing online-learning environments. I’ve built them. I’ve used them. I’ve explored them. I’ve got lost in them. I’ve spent a lot of time wandering these environments, frequently spending way too much time finding my way to, through and back to the content and tasks when all the time I just want - [The beauty and absurdity of duolingo](https://learnbase.com/the-beauty-and-absurdity-of-duolingo/) - Fascinating talk by Luis von Ahn on TED. I had no idea about the scope of CAPTCHA, or rather RECAPTCHA, in helping to interpret text in printed sources too old for Optical Character Recognition to accurately decipher. So all the time wasted typing in those wobbly words presented to you when trying to authenticate something - [Avoid the confusion of generational cusps!](https://learnbase.com/avoid-the-confusion-of-generational-cusps/) - A little generational analysis goes a long way in managing teams of disparate ages. But the edges get kinda blurry. No two sources can quite seem to agree when the precise cut off dates are, which is only right given all the factors that can make one either at the heart or the toenails of - [Lifelong Learning Resource Supports Professionals Supporting Mental Health](https://learnbase.com/bcmhsus-concurrent-disorders-toolkit/) - The Challenge BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services approached us to build a web application to support lifelong learning for professionals of many levels working with mental health and substance use patients. BCMHSUS had already created the prototype in a PDF form. It enabled professionals to assess their current competencies pertaining to domains of - [Learnbase Health Showcase](https://learnbase.com/learnbase-health-showcase/) - Learnbase Health Showcase We have had the opportunity to support projects that focus on two key areas: empowering individual and organizational health literacy, and enhancing professional development for healthcare practitioners. We achieve this through dedicated platforms and engaging learning experiences. - [Nurturing Deep Ethical Awareness in ECE Professionals](https://learnbase.com/best-choices-the-ethical-journey/) - The Challenge When ECEBC received funding from the Ministry for Children and Family Development to review and update the ECEBC Code of Ethics and accompanying Best Choices program they asked us to help. The Code is the cornerstone of ethical practice and decision making within the early childhood education sector in BC and beyond, and - [Test FIQ](https://learnbase.com/test-fiq/) - FutureIQ Learning Book a Session Educating a Global Workforce for a Sustainable Future. Launch accredited programs rapidly—with Zero Financial Commitment and AI-Driven Rigor. Schedule a Strategic Implementation Session Map your custom curriculum and governance pathway at minimal risk. The Talent Gap is a Failure of Opportunity. We seek the visionary leaders who believe the - [Video Maker 2](https://learnbase.com/video-maker-2/) - [wp_custom_learnbase postid=16664] - [A Test Form](https://learnbase.com/a-test-form/) - Tab Title 1 Have Questions? 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We’ve also learned at our peril to - [Simplifying Spaces for Health Care Training](https://learnbase.com/77168-2/) - Background Originally, back in early 2024, Learnbase partnered with BC Children’s Hospital to further develop and deploy their post LMS online learning solution that Learnbase has deployed for a another Provincial Health Service Authority. Over the first year Learnbase worked closely with the BC Children s Specialty Nurse Education Program leader to adapt and produce the - [Stealth Learning for Mental Health Clinicians and Support Staff](https://learnbase.com/compass-mental-health-toolkits-stealth-learning-for-clinicians/) - The Challenge We had conducted an in-depth research and educational strategy project for Compass Mental Health, a new division within the BC Provincial Health Authority aimed at supporting all levels of clinician and non-clinician staff supporting child and youth mental health in different capacities. One thing was clear. The clinicians did not want more modules - [Filming Q&A 7: So… shall we just use the camera’s mic?](https://learnbase.com/qa-7-filming-talking-heads-fast-so-shall-we-just-use-the-cameras-mic/) - For educational contexts especially, the audio is probably more key than the video. Good editing software can disguise a multitude of sins but it can only go so far so it’s vital that the source is a good as possible. While we can remove a distant phone ring or siren in post-production, even the best - [Mapping Approaches on the Learnbase Learning Focus Map](https://learnbase.com/mapping-approaches-on-the-learnbase-focus-map/) - In our last two posts we introduced The Learnbase Learning Focus Map and then explored its axes and quadrants that we have based on Wilber’s Four-Quadrant model. Today, we look at how we can apply the Learnbase Learning Focus Map in a practical way to support project planning. If you didn’t catch the previous two - [Dealing with difficult customers](https://learnbase.com/dealing-with-difficult-customers/) - I just facilitated a short communication strategies course for working professionals for a business training firm. The second day was a dream with real discovery of attendees’ communicative bottlenecks, uncovering of Johari ‘blind spots’, and some real and actually quite thrilling transformation. The first day was blighted by an attendee who, well … , we - [Natural online learning is just natural learning](https://learnbase.com/natural-online-learning-is-just-natural-learning/) - Online Community Enthusiasts Vancouver Gathering June 14, 2012 I posed the question of what constitutes natural online learning to an open space session during a SCoPE event at SFU recently. What emerged to me was an over-arching and very simple commitment – that good practice is good practice. Good practice physical equates to good practice - [Providing Essential Mental Health Rights Information and Reassurance for Recently Certified Youth](https://learnbase.com/youth-mental-health-certification/) - The Challenge In 2019 we were approached by The Health Literacy Team, part of the BC Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). The aim of the Health Literacy Team is to enhance the physical and mental health and well-being of BC s children, youth, and families through health promotion and health literacy. The project lead explained - [Terms of Use](https://learnbase.com/terms-of-use/) - Terms Privacy Introduction. These Website Standard Terms And Conditions (these “Terms” or these “Website Standard Terms And Conditions”) contained herein on this webpage, shall govern your use of this website, including all pages within this website (collectively referred to herein below as this “Website”). These Terms apply in full force and effect - [A Permaculture of online learning](https://learnbase.com/a-permaculture-of-online-learning/) - I’ve been trying to identify a ‘natural’ approach to the design and facilitation of online learning. That is, how does learning most naturally take place in real world and how would this look within the emerging sophistication of the web? The stumbling block is that we have barely been able to answer this question pre-web - [Book a Meeting](https://learnbase.com/book-a-meeting/) - Tell us about your project! Knowing where to start can be confusing. Our Learning Strategists are here to recommend next steps.First, please tell us a little bit about your organization and project to help us better prepare for the meeting. Then you ll see our schedule so you can book a time that works for you . - [Providing a Consolidated Social Learning Hub for BC Early Childhood Educator Development](https://learnbase.com/bc-early-years-development-hub/) - The Challenge When the BC government allotted significant funding to a number of the key organizations providing support, training and guidelines to within Early Childhood Education sector, the organizations had the foresight to create a single social training hub and they asked Learnbase to help. We were well versed in most of the technology pieces - [Indigenous Partnership Reclaims Outdoors for Early Childhood Education](https://learnbase.com/lot-learning-outside-together/) - The Challenge Early Child Education BC (ECEBC) and BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (BCACCS) were asked to produce a groundbreaking course to help Early Childhood Educators and Centre Managers to really reframe the outdoors as the central focus of early childhood education. They asked Learnbase to help strategize and produce the course. Our Solution - [Raising Awareness, Strengthening Mental Health Care for the ‘Missing Middle’](https://learnbase.com/raising-awareness-strengthening-mental-health-care-for-the-missing-middle/) - Background Young people aged 16–24 often fall into what’s known as the “missing middle” of mental health care: they are too unwell for community-based services, but not unwell enough for hospital or tertiary care. As a result, many end up in emergency departments, an environment not designed for their needs, and frequently leave without adequate - [10 simple suggestions for online instructional design](https://learnbase.com/10-simple-suggestions-for-online-instructional-design/) - Simply, I feel that online learning should be: community anchored peer assessed and peer negotiated expert assessed and expertise driven human as well as automated lateral as well as linear now as well as then brought to you, not you to it both map and terrain graceful, simple and beautifully connected beyond LMS There is - [It ain’t the length, it’s the lecture](https://learnbase.com/it-aint-the-length-its-the-lecture/) - Some research out of the University of Rochester recently suggests that optimal video length to ensure engagement is about 6 minutes. This is not a cognitive study, simply an observation of how long students can sit through a video on EdX without turning off or dropping out. Tell that news to any good classroom teacher - [Quicklist: Ten learning activities with Learnbase Video Workbooks](https://learnbase.com/quicklist-ten-learning-activities-learnbase-video-workbooks/) - Today our morning challenge was to give ourselves 5 minutes to come up with creative learner activities using the Learnbase Video Workbook these were the first 10 11 creative learning techniques that popped into our heads! Notice While watching role play simulation in the video, learners can check off items from check list of behaviours they notice. Pace - [Mapping Possibilities: Using Video](https://learnbase.com/mapping-possibilities-video/) - In the last post we explained how we use the Learnbase Learning Focus Map in our work with organizations to help teams identify bias, presumptions and gaps in meeting learner or even organizational objectives. To do that we must admit that we stereotyped the tasks and tools a little by plotting them at a very - [Test Connect](https://learnbase.com/test-connect/) - Have Questions? Please fill in the form below and we will get back to you. - [Do teachers act on the findings of educational research?](https://learnbase.com/do-teachers-act-on-the-findings-of-educational-research/) - Do teachers act on the findings of educational research? The divide between research and application was brought home to me recently in a 2 day meeting in which a discussion of the role of grammar played a large role. On the flight I lapped up parts two and three of Ellis, only to find that - [A Microcredential Case Study](https://learnbase.com/a-microcredential-case-study/) - Your browser does not support iframes. Download the PDF instead. - [Direct Learning Access for Public-Health Education](https://learnbase.com/sidestepping-the-lms-a-public-health-education-case-study/) - The task To make an online version of a successful Rolling with ADHD course for parents of children with ADHD, delivered by BC Children’s Hospital. The original ask was that the course would be delivered via a WordPress LMS. Target Audience Tired parents of demanding children! Basically we were competing with Netflix in the - [Streamlining ADHD Diagnosis and Support Across Canada](https://learnbase.com/the-canadian-adhd-resource-alliance-caddra/) - The Challenge The Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance (CADDRA) approached us with two separate requests: To build a secure, paperless system to solve the problem of how clinicians can send, receive and rapidly analyze and diagnose patients with ADHD (and associated conditions like anxiety) To build education around the CADDRA recommended steps for diagnosing - [How reliable are multiple intelligence ‘quick’ tests?](https://learnbase.com/how-reliable-are-multiple-intelligence-quick-tests/) - Note: This text is from a larger dissertation. Labeling of figures retains original system. One of the legacies of prevalent learning styles theories on Multiple Intelligences Theory is the assumption that a student’s MI profile can be uncovered by the use of a quick test or checklist. The central challenge of applying MI theory to - [Making Theory Personal](https://learnbase.com/making-theory-personal/) - Ever stumbled upon a concept or a theory that just clicks? That sudden rush of understanding, where everything falls into place? I ve experienced this magical moment twice in my professional life, and it s been nothing short of transformative, not just for my career but for how I view the world. One such moment was at - [Launching RIPPL: BC’s Base for Pediactric Care Knowledge.](https://learnbase.com/launching-rippl-bcs-base-for-pediactric-care-knowledge/) - We’ve been hard at work with Child Health BC and BC Children’s Hospital on a HUGE project. RIPPL (Resources for Interdisciplinary Pediatric Practice and Learning) is BC’s new base for foundational pediatric care knowledge. Designed to help nurses, physicians and allied health: Self-assess foundational pediatric knowledge against provincial pediatric competencies Identify and explore helpful curated - [Taking Impactful ADHD Support for Parents from 30 to 5000 Learners a year.](https://learnbase.com/learnbase-case-study-bc-childrens-hospital-outreach-course-rolling-with-adhd/) - Client: BC Children’s Hospital / Provincial Health Services Authority (BC) Product: Rolling with ADHD, an eight-module course for parents of children with ADHD. Highlight: Unique course delivery using Learnbase Video Lesson Makers to avoid requirement for LMS for target learners. Results: Ability to expand learners reached from 30 to 5000+ annually. Rolling with ADHD was - [Mapping Tasks, Tools and Technologies](https://learnbase.com/mapping-tasks-tools-and-technologies/) - So far we ve discussed more theoretical aspects of the Learnbase Learning Focus Map, part of our adaptation and application of Integral Theory to adult learning design. In this post we ll bring it sharply into focus with a look at how specific tools, tasks and technologies map onto specific quadrants. Let s quickly revisit the four quadrants - [Filming Q&A 3: How do you keep track of the production?](https://learnbase.com/qa-3-filming-talking-heads-fast-how-do-you-keep-track-of-the-production/) - The Learning Designer / Director should keep brief detailed notes so that whoever needs to edit the all the pieces of the final video together has a clear idea of exactly what material to use. We use a table with the following headings: Video File | Audio File | Scene | Take | Quality | - [Calendar](https://learnbase.com/calendar/) - Thank you for the information! Please choose a meeting time that works for you: - [Supporting Community Legal Education in Ontario](https://learnbase.com/community-legal-education-ontario/) - Great project just wrapping up: a learning platform and course design project lead by legal education specialist Michelle Cader at CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario) and OLA (Ontario Library Association) working closely with our partners The Alina Group in Toronto. We used our Learnbase Video Workbook plugin within the WordPress LMS Learndash in the Social Learner Theme - [Artists’ Careers Transformed by Rethinking the Business of Art](https://learnbase.com/case-study-standing-out-from-the-crowd-with-unique-intuitive-and-eye-catching-online-courses/) - Client: Crista Cloutier’s The Working Artist program. Product: Multiple courses and full-stack WordPress course and business platform. Highlight: The real and measurable impact that the course has had in transforming the practice and lives of so many artists around the world. Winning awards. Results: Providing a significant source of income for the client over the - [Filming Q&A 4: Will splicing together too many clips look bad?](https://learnbase.com/qa-4-filming-talking-heads-fast-will-slicing-together-too-many-clips-look-bad/) - Ok. Promise you won’t admit this to your filmmaker buddies. For most online educational videos, if we film in 1080 definition we have a degree of wiggle room to ‘zoom’ in a little when editing stage when needed. That is if we need to splice a paragraph-worth of speech from one take with a paragraph - [Discourse analysis in the classroom?](https://learnbase.com/discourse-analysis-in-the-classroom/) - Discourse analysis in the classroom? I think that, at best, discourse analysis in class will be fragmentary and inconsistent because this field cannot be/ is not adequately covered in realistic teacher education, and at present it is under-represented in teachable materials or accessible methodology. As a practical example I would like to examine some materials - [Strategizing Health Literacy with Integral Learning and Development](https://learnbase.com/health-literacy-research-and-strategy/) - The Challenge BC Children’s Hospital Health Promotion and Health Literacy Department commissioned Learnbase to produce a research-based education strategy. Research findings were acquired through the systematic gathering of both qualitative and quantitative data. Findings were used to generate insight and recommendations. The general goal of the research is to support the department’s vision to: become - [Video-led lessons bring interactive video to online learning](https://learnbase.com/video-learning/) - What is Video-led Learning? Video-led learning is our core approach that places video at the heart of the flow of lesson stages, not just a piece of subject matter content within a lesson stage. Online learning incorporating video-led lessons: how is this different to conventional video? The video has both the facilitator’s voice and the - [Filming Q&A 8: How do we frame the head?](https://learnbase.com/qa-8-filming-talking-heads-fast-how-do-we-frame-the-head/) - This is key. For talking head situations, we make sure the top of the presenter’s head is very close to the top of the frame. Bigger hair can also be ‘cropped’ outside the frame. The tendency to frame the head vertically central can make the presenter look like they are too short to fit into - [What happens when you use interactive video learning in your online courses?](https://learnbase.com/five-things-that-happen-when-you-use-interactive-video-learning-in-your-online-courses/) - Interactive video sounds complex, but with some simple tools and a small shift in approach it will significantly impact your learning design. You can start planning and thinking like a teacher again not a technician in a virtual landscape. So here, I’m not discussing how to do interactive video, but what starts to happen - [Digital Learning Strategy Custom Learning Platforms | Learnbase](https://learnbase.com) - Digital Learning Strategy Custom Learning Platforms | Learnbase {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://learnbase.com/#person","name":"Learnbase","sameAs":["https://www.linkedin.com/company/learnbase-training-technology/"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://learnbase.com/#website","url":"https://learnbase.com","name":"Learnbase","publisher":{"@id":"https://learnbase.com/#person"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction"," - [Towards a litmus test for when to issue an open badge](https://learnbase.com/towards-a-litmus-test-for-when-to-issue-an-open-badge/) - Please note: This is an abridged version of a previous blog, focussing here purely on the issue of finding a litmus test for open badges. In discussions around the development of an approach to Open Badges the same worries and examples of poor practice that trivialize the value of a badge come up again and - [Filming Q&A 2: Just how small a crew can you get away with?](https://learnbase.com/qa-2-filming-talking-heads-fast-just-how-small-a-crew-can-you-get-away-with/) - Once everything is set up, during the shoot, you’ll need to be juggling at least the following: 1. Camera 2. Sound 3. Autocue 4. Makeup 5. Keeping notes 6. The presenter 7. The script 8. The delivery While we had more people in the early days we generally just have a crew of two once - [Effective Strategies to Support Teachers with ADHD Learners](https://learnbase.com/supporting-teachers-with-their-adhd-learners/) - And so….this started out as a project with BC Children’s Hospital to produce a video series of eight ten-minute videos providing school teachers with information about how to optimize their classes for ADHD students. The project blossomed into something VERY different from the original expectations. Research indicated that the teachers wanted highly practical strategies that - [Using Open Badges to Add Meaning to Descriptor-Based Assessments](https://learnbase.com/using-open-badges-to-give-focus-and-meaning-to-descriptor-based-assessment/) - One thing that excites me about the Open Badges movement is how is can help to remedy, rather than merely challenge, the paucity of descriptor-based assessment that has been the norm these last twenty years. To ensure this, we need to insist that badges, especially in this early phase, escape becoming merely descriptor-based in themselves . - [Introducing Learnbase’s Learning Focus Map](https://learnbase.com/integral-learning-focus-map/) - Central to our approach in almost every aspect of what we do at Learnbase is the Learning Focus Map. It’s proven to be an essential tool in supporting collaborative conversations around analyzing and planning learning design as well as product development approaches, tools and tasks. Learnbase s Learning Focus Map builds directly on philosopher Ken Wilber s --- Generated by [LovedByAI](https://lovedby.ai) Generated on: 2026-07-12 Total URLs processed: 72