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In search of pioneering learning architects

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:32:00 +0000

I need your help.

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How we spend our time in the UK

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:15:00 +0000

The BBC news website describes a new Ofcom report which surveyed 1138 adults in the UK to determine how they spend their time, in particular the media they consume.

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How we spend our time in the UK

Weighing up the benefits of traditional book publishing

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:37:00 +0000

In an interview with MediaBistro , Seth Godin declares that he has given up on writing books. With 12 in the bag, he no longer thinks that the traditional publishing process is “worth the effort”

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Weighing up the benefits of traditional book publishing

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:37:00 +0000

In an interview with MediaBistro , Seth Godin declares that he has given up on writing books. With 12 in the bag, he no longer thinks that the traditional publishing process is “worth the effort”.

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Striking the right balance with learning content

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:36:00 +0000

I’ve had a number of discussions today about what really matters when it comes to the design of effective learning content. What has emerged, at least from my point of view, is a greater clarity about the considerations that drive decision making in both design and development.It seems there are three key factors all competing for attention, and that it’s very difficult to concentrate on them all: The first major consideration is the subject matter itself.

Why does everyone hate role plays?

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:43:00 +0000

In the past when I have heard groups express their dislike (if not complete hatred) of role plays, I have been sceptical that this opinion was in some way swayed by the bad experiences of the group in question – they had clearly in some past existence been badly bitten during or as a result of a role play exercise.

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Why does everyone hate role plays?

When YouTube really does have to be offline

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:37:00 +0000

FastestTube is a browser extension that currently works with Chrome, Firefox and Safari (IE version on the way). It sits in YouTube and allows you to download any video in a number of formats: This is a really useful facility.

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When YouTube really does have to be offline

Abstracts and Enterprise 2.0

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:32:00 +0000

I was recently given a copy of Andrew McAfee’s Enterprise 2.0 (Harvard Business Press, 2009) by Martin Baker from LM Matters . I sat down to skim read it on the train – the one hour trip from London to Brighton is usually enough

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So what actually is learning content?

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:29:00 +0000

Today I sat down, just as I did ten years ago, to write a set of checklists and standards for digital learning content as applied to the workplace. While this was, for me at least, a worthwhile and rewarding experience, and will hopefully be of value when released sometime soon to content developers and purchasers of off-the-shelf content, the process was enormously complicated by the changes that have taken place in the scope and application of digital learning content. Ten years ago, all we had, at least as far as workplace e-learning was concerned, was interactive tutorials, very closely resembling the computer-based training materials that we had previously experienced on CD-ROM and videodisc.

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So what actually is learning content?

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:29:00 +0000

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