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"
Sep
21
Blended learning means making full use of the available resources, environment and people to help learners learn. It may or may not include using computer-based systems. Any good teacher or tutor uses a blended approach to their teaching. Any learner who… more »
Sep
16
Michael Feldstein, in responding to a comment on his review of a Sakai book, made a statement that I wish I could agree with wholeheartedly:
Teaching online is completely different. There is no stage. You have no captive audience. You have no ability… more »
Sep
05
A while back, I wrote about the importance of dialogue and feedback to ensure effective change.
Far too often I come across people asking for "learning modules" which are intended to change behaviours or develop skills or knowledge, yet many times are… more »
Aug
01
Taking responsibility for learning
Learning to learn, Learning & Skills Group Send feedback » 10508 viewsPost no. 2 in my further reflections on the Learning & Skills group conference.
Many organisations find that motivating their employees to take responsibility for their own learning is a limiting factor.
Motivation is the internal condition tha… more »
Jul
30
Learning & development and internal communications are (or should be) just different views of the same thing
Learning, Learning & Skills Group Send feedback » 5995 viewsIf you look at L&D and at internal communications, very often they have the same objective: to change the way employees behave or think.
Why are they seen as separate functions? Why are the intranet, internal magazine and poster campaigns run by i… more »
Jun
09
Learning & Skills group conference review
Learning, Presentations & Workshops 5 feedbacks » 9223 viewsThe Learning & Skills Group conference today was probably one of the best learning events I have ever been to.
It was very much an interactive event, with few "speakers" and lots of conversation.
Key thoughts that I came away with:
Learnin… more »
May
05
Designing a large scale learning programme - 1
Presentations & Workshops, Large scale programmes Send feedback » 9443 viewsWhen it comes to designing a large-scale learning programme, the processes you work through are probably not much different to building something just for your team. The difference is that you will need to be much more explicit in your thinking, rather t… more »
Feb
10
This was originally posted as a response to Clive Shepherd's post. So read that first, to set the context.
If you're not going to do that, then you need to know that Itiel Dror was speaking at the Learning Technologies conference. He demonstrated two… more »
Feb
09
How much of what we call training is actually just ticking boxes for someone else's report?
What would be the real impact if you called a halt to all training activity in your organisation? Would anyone notice?
When people come to you and say we ne… more »
Feb
02
Reflections on Learning Technologies 2009
Learning, Presentations & Workshops 1 feedback » 4189 viewsThis was my first Learning Technologies conference, and I was pleasantly surprised. In the past, I've found conferences unsatisfactory affairs - often promising more than they achieve. Gradually, though, they are starting to change. These days, the confe… more »
