Categories: "Learning" or "Assessment" or "Connectivism" or "OCC2007" or "Designing Online Courses" or "Evaluation" or "FOE2007" or "Large scale programmes" or "Learning Ecosystem" or "Learning Objects" or "Learning to learn"
Jan
26
As a learning professional I get a lot of material written by companies that want me to buy or recommend their products. I wish, though, there was a little bit more reality in the descriptions and a lot less hype and FUD.
As an example, here's an exce… more »
Dec
05
Well - it's complicated, but basically I help people use websites to learn. This is what I did this week:
Monday
I finished setting up a website to help us run lots of tests. Only people who pass the tests can use a new computer programme that will… more »
Nov
28
The Networked Learner and Trainer
Connectivism, Connected Learning Environment 1 feedback » 3951 viewsConnectivism, a learning theory put forward by George Siemens, has been around for a few years now. Basically, it takes the view that learning is a process of making and breaking connections. Those connections can be internal (inside your brain), with ot… more »
Nov
05
A few week's back I attended a course on Account and Customer Relationship Management. As said previously, this was the first formal training course I'd been on for five years. The announcement about the course arrived at a time when I needed some specif… more »
Nov
02
Much as I dislike questionnaires without a research-backing, sometimes they can be useful - just to get you started thinking.
My work takes me into lots of different organisations, and my research & reading has led me to look at a number of differ… more »
Sep
25
Next week I shall be attending my first formal "course" as a learner for over five years!
Normally I spurn such courses, but this one (on Account and Customer Relationship Management) comes at a time when I need some concentrated input & guidance.… more »
Aug
19
As well as trying to organise my toolkit, I've also been taking a look back over some of the articles I've written that have played a key part in developing my thinking.
I'm bringing these back into the light of day via a separate page on this site: K… more »
Aug
08
Often a potential client will specify that they want their elearning to be "SCORM compliant". When asked why they want this, and to what level of compliance, they often find it difficult to answer.
What is SCORM?
SCORM stands for Shareable Content… more »
Aug
06
I've long been an advocate for separating content from courses, but Cathy Moore's comment on yesterday's post has stimulated me to be a bit more explicit about this.
Let's put ourselves in the position of the learner (always a good idea for a designe… more »
Aug
05
Learning Designers: required reading for your clients
Designing Online Courses 5 feedbacks » 1983 views... that assumes your clients are asking you to create some learning materials.
I know I've said in the past that Content is (not) King any more, and it's the platform that's the important thing. But we still need to provide centrally generated suppor… more »
