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Dec
12
First published on the East Midlands Learning Technologists blog.
There’s a lot of debate around at the moment about MOOC’s (Massive Online Open Courses) in all their variants. In particular, there’s the question about how they can continue with no… more »
Oct
23
First posted on Xyleme's "Dawn of Learning" blog. Reposted with some slight changes.
It seems that, for years, people have been writing obituaries for the corporate Learning Management System (LMS). Just do a quick search for “LMS is dead” and you’ll… more »
Sep
20
Jane Hard ( @C4LPT ) is compiling the 6th annual list of Top 100 tools for learning.
Here's my current set (based on what I'm using at the moment):
Flipboard - one of the best mobile apps I've seen for consuming and filtering content.
Jing… more »
Aug
16
I'm a firm believer in the open source movement, whether it's for software and any other sort of creative endeavour. Through the generousity of many people working together towards a shared vision some great achievements have been made. Just look at… more »
Aug
02
How easy is it for your organisation to scale its activities up (or down)?
As you add new customers, what will be the impact on you? Does each new customer come with a massive overhead, or can you add them in with little additional effort?
You nee… more »
Apr
27
Doing a quick comparison of modern SAAS applications such as Google Docs and Salesforce with your typical corporate, browser-based application reveals some key indicators about whether you may need to update:
Does your application only work in one… more »
Mar
30
To minimise support calls and maximise usage, we must focus on designing around the user.
That's true whether you're a learning intervention designer (including online, print and face-to-face), or whether you're a learning systems designer.
A great… more »
Mar
27
Short answer: No, but the way we use it might be.
Long answer:
First of all, let's just remind ourselves what SCORM is, and what it's for...
SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) is a collection of ideas that describes how to put "Co… more »
Mar
20
Show me inexpensive learning interventions that work
Learning, Technology, ROI 2 feedbacks » 1651 viewsAlongside the eLearning Network's Campaign for Effective Elearning, I propose that we also need to be highlighting any learning interventions that really work.
And by "work", I don't mean ones that necessarily use state-of-the-art technologies and high… more »
Feb
05
When you take exams, you're told to carefully read every question, and particularly the rubric at the beginning of the exam, which explains how the exam is going to work.
Even then, people don't read the questions properly.
When you're working on a… more »
