As part of the Modern Learning Leader Programme, Stella Collins delivered a webinar on Adult Learning Theories. Stella opened with "androgogy vs pedagogy" asking why do they have to be "versus rather than and" and what the differences are. I stated in the webinar chat: I like pedagogy as there are so many different psychology and research... Continue Reading →
“65 percent of people are visual learners” is lazy journalism
Research and statistics to give credibility to your work is excellent practice. But not when it's poorly researched and based on... well not much! Whilst scanning Twitter this evening, I saw this interesting tweet and took a look at the article: https://twitter.com/hootsuite/status/1058822407748751361 Author Joanna Lu writes in the article, "you’ve likely heard before that 65... Continue Reading →
4 steps to dip your toe into the virtual classroom water (and not get it bitten off!)
Virtual classrooms are taking off all over the globe. Organisations on a daily basis are discovering the cost saving element to them, time and efficiency savings amongst staff, the global reach they have and connecting experts from offices on one side of the globe to people who need their knowledge on the other side. However... Continue Reading →
Podcast hosts get together
On Twitter there was some chatter about podcast hosts getting together in the UK for some kind of meetup. What shall we do? When? Where? Who? Comments below 😀
Embracing digital body language – Conference reaction
Conference details Jo was a keynote speaker at the E-Learning Fusion conference in Poland, she spoke about digital body language. The #ELFconf hashtag regarding her talk had some great responses! If you want to know more about what digital body language is, Jo wrote an epic blog post all about it, 'What is digital body... Continue Reading →
Modern learning leader programme reflctive practice
This was an "in the moment" reflective blog. Read more about the workshop here. Please note, I didn't re-read this, just published raw thoughts! It's after lunch and Sukh Pabial is giving us quit tim to reflect, which I'm making noises in with my typing. Sukh has provided this flip chart to help us think... Continue Reading →
History of the virtual classroom
As part of another project, I thought I'd document the history of the virtual classroom. It's not as easy a job as you might think, because the virtual classroom is often known as online learning, which then gets you thinking about the whole learning programme, including University degree's and MOOCs and the more traditional distance... Continue Reading →
Inside L&D MOOC – plans for supporting managers
I've participated in the Inside L&D: What Your Managers Really Need MOOC course by Good Practice and HT2 Labs. The very last activity in the Massive Open Online Course is to reflect on the programme and how to support managers. This is relevant to those on the course as well as those just interested in good L&D... Continue Reading →
Learning Live 2014 – links to last year
Learning Live is starting to rev it's engine ahead of it's September conference in London. Hosted by the Learning Performance Institute, it's a great conference to attend that's a little more intimate and, for some, conversational than the Learning Skills Group conferences. I'm sure I shall blog and tweet nearer the time, including the things that are currently... Continue Reading →