Learning Technologies is a huge free exhibition and paid-for conference in London every year. I've been going for more years than I care to remember and it gets better every year. You can see the conference programme here. You can see all of the tweets on #LT18UK. The back channel is a great way to... Continue Reading →
Learning technologies – what do managers really think?
In November 2017 GoodPractice launched their third piece of research about what managers think and do. This piece of research specifically focused on the perceptions about technology from those managers, that their organisations provide them with for learning. This post has some comments and links to resources for a one stop shop on the research. Audio interview... Continue Reading →
#LTMOOC16 Technology to enhance
For the Beyond The Next Button MOOC from Curatr we are asked to research some technology and share about it. This is good as, to be honest, without being MADE to do it, I would have read some stuff and moved on. I wouldn't have truly got involved. Periscope I enjoyed reading about Periscope, for... Continue Reading →
Live online learning, friend or foe? At CLC Member’s Seminar – March 2016
I was invited to the Charity Learning Consortium's March Member's Seminar and facilitated a session about live online learning, or virtual classroom's. I titled the session "friend or foe" as there can be so much challenge, negativity, mindset or attitude issues when looking towards something new, especially when that involves technology. I haven't got any... Continue Reading →
Live online learning – article links
I've written some articles about live online facilitation recently and thought I'd share with you, either for your own reference or perhaps might help with colleagues, managers and clients: From the Corporate Learning Consortium, what is live online learning: http://www.elearningconsortium.com/what-is-live-online-learning/ From Training Journal, how to facilitate a group you can't see: https://www.trainingjournal.com/articles/feature/group-you-cannot-see From Learning... Continue Reading →
Live Event Tweeting
Blog originally published in Training Journal February 2014 For some L&D individuals Twitter is a waste of time. For others it’s a great way to develop a professional profile and keep in touch with a personal learning network. In the last few years I’ve gone from one end of this journey to enjoying the other. One of... Continue Reading →
Developing Leaders for the 21st Century – TJ Event
News report originally published in Training Journal December 2012 “Coming along to a training programme no longer cuts it” said Larry Reynolds, Managing Partner of 21st Century Leader, about Developing Leaders for the 21st Century; the last L&D 2020 event of this year. Reynolds walked a the group through six principles of a Leadership Development programme... Continue Reading →
Learning to Learn in the 21st Century – TJ event
News report originally published in Training Journal May 2012 Celine Jacques, Principle Psychologist at CAPP, gave an overview of using positive psychology to understand what makes an “ordinary being flourish and succeed in normal life”. Jacques spoke of “flow”, being so engrossed in an activity that there is a loss of time and self-consciousness, and how a... Continue Reading →
Leadership in the 21st Century
News report originally published in Training Journal March 2012 Innovative risk-taking “feels like breaking the rules”, said David Archer yesterday at Training Journal’s Leadership in the 21st Century event in London. One of the key topics discussed by a variety of attendees and speakers was the future skill set for Learning and Development, which highlighted:... Continue Reading →