Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 24, 2006

If you find yourself with a few hours to spend doing exactly what you fancy, then you may consider looking at this list of fascinating free websites and applications at listible.com : [link]. I know there are lots of other things you may fancy doing more than this, but let's just imagine these aren't available, alright?

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 22, 2006

A plea to IT user trainers in five thrilling instalments Welcome back again. For the benefit of those with limited random-access memory, let me just re-cap where we are so far in this series. I started by explaining how I thought that IT user training had evolved and was continuing to evolve over a number of phases. In phase 1 the priority was to help users to overcome their technophobia and to feel comfortable with their PC.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2006

For some reason it's taken me ages to catch on to the potential for finding and sharing photos on the web. It's probably because my graphic designer colleague David Kori has been indisposed for a couple of months while he prepares a new suite of learning materials for schools. In the meantime, I've been making up for the lack of his illustration skills by begging, stealing (don't tell anyone) and borrowing photos from a host of online sites.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

I was looking through some course materials from a few years back and found these ten rules of thumb for adult learning. They predate the debate on formal/informal learning, so relate mainly to the design of formal training interventions. Anyway, the issues that interest me are: (1) can they be validated by research? (2) do they still apply in practice?

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Community Collaboration Issue Research 40

Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2006

Patrick Dunn has created a an engaging and accessible site for learning designers called Networked Learning Design. As it says, it is: ".is about design thinking and creativity, applied to the practice of learning design. It's based on research into a wide range of design disciplines including architecture, product design, interior design, graphics and web design.

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