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"
Aug
19
A corporate learning ecosystem
Connected Learning Environment, Learning Ecosystem Send feedback » 5649 viewsSome more thinking on the place of learning management systems within a corporate learning ecosystem.The slides below start from the point of view of the learner, and their motivations for learning. We must understand what will drive learners to our… more »
Jul
16
A question was asked today on the Learning & Skills Group forum about whether elearning has different accessibility and usability standards to normal web design.My answer is an emphatic "No!" - at least it shouldn't have.The problem is, we (t… more »
Jul
12
Can you change an organisation from the inside?
Learning, Change Management, Education reform, Politics 5 feedbacks » 3051 viewsLot's of things are coming together for me at the moment. This post is an attempt to try to mash them together and see what comes out...1) I'm reading the Cluetrain Manifesto. If there was ever a book that says what I've been thinking - this is it:… more »
Jul
06
I don't normally write directly about the company I work for (Capita Learning & Development). I value my independence too much for that.
But, there are times when we put out stuff that's worth talking about. Today's a case in point.
We've just… more »
Jul
01
Just to be clear, this isn't going to be a list of functionalities. Instead, it's a set of ideals that I would look for from a vendor.
Demonstrable knowledge
Any vendor in this space cannot just dish out software. They need to understand learning, how… more »
Jun
28
Jane Hart is collating her annual list of the tools people use to support learning and development.
Here's my contribution. In descending order of importance:
Google search. Need I say more? It's fast. I know how to get the best out of it. It's my s… more »
Jun
16
Conferences, presentations, streaming video and conversation
Learning, Learning & Skills Group 2 feedbacks » 4402 viewsThis post is in response to Clive Shepherd's thoughts on "Video Streaming brings events to a much wider audience" Clive, Live video streaming from conferences makes the assumption that conferences are all about delivering content. I really don't un… more »
Jun
09
Getting the message across
Knowledge Management, Networks, Social Networks, Learning Ecosystem 1 feedback » 1432 viewsUntil fairly recently, organisations have relied on a hierarchical approach to communication. The message cascades down through the layers until it hits the bottom. We know that this message usually gets diluted, so we come up with strategies to help, li… more »
Jun
07
Often, when I'm asked to cost up elearning design and development, the concept of an "hour of instruction" comes up.It's a term I've never been comfortable with. You'd never ask a writer to create an hour's worth of reading. You'd give them a word li… more »
May
21
If you really came here looking for shortcuts to help your children or your employees learn better, more quickly and more cheaply, then I'm afraid you're going to be sorely disappointed.Learning takes time and it takes effort - on the part of the "te… more »
