News report originally published in Training Journal February 2014 The Learning Technologies Conference and free Exhibition is widely regarded as the best Learning and Development event in the UK. Something to emerge from last year’s January event was a free evening session from LearnPatch. Building on that success this ‘fringe event’ was repeated for 2014. Last... Continue Reading →
Outstanding MOOC! Just about to start…
The How to Create an Outstanding MOOC course from Curatr started this week, and I'm about to dive into it for the first time myself. Before I do, I thought I'd share some of the little insight I already have and some of the thoughts that I hope this online course might help me answer or... Continue Reading →
MOOC participation – annoying or learning?
I'm working through the free Curatr Digital Curation mini MOOC (Massive Online Open Course), put together by Sam Burrough and Martin Couzins. I've been busy with work, as have most others I'm sure, and got to the content later than the goody-two-shoes-geeky-teacher's-pet that I would normally like. I was looking at it on my iPad, whilst relaxing on the sofa... Continue Reading →
Digital Curation MOOC – not even started yet…
I've enrolled in the free Curatr Digital Curation mini MOOC (Massive Online Open Course), put together by well known experts (though I think they would hate me saying that!) Sam Burrough and Martin Couzins. I've enrolled for a few reasons: I've wanted to do a MOOC for ages, not set aside the time/energy and this one came... Continue Reading →
L&D Connect – Unconference November 2013
I was very excited to attend the L&D Connect Unconference this week (L&D Connect Twitter page). Partly the reason I was so pleased and grateful is that Sukh had invited me when there were some spare tickets - being freelance means very little budget for anything more than travel. A few people had attended in... Continue Reading →