Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Quite a lot actually. How the downturn affects the behaviour of Gen Y What it’s like to be a learner today The pros and cons of a linear progression through content as opposed to random access How necessity is once again proving to be the mother of invention That blogging is journalism That Twitter is only incidentally a learning tool That exercise boosts brain power Relationships matter when teaching human beings That organisations are really interested in social learning That there’s no such t

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Last week I posted on Exploring e-learning in all its forms , which Mark Bethelemy elaborated on in his post From formal courses to social learning. Mark referenced a number of alternative models which somehow led me to Diana Laurillard’s conversational framework. I was particularly taken by Diana’s five media forms (the descriptions are mine): Narrative media : explain, demonstrate, describe Interactive media : facilitate reflection, check understanding, encourage exploration, provide feedback

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Last week I had the pleasure to visit Lincoln for the first time to help facilitate a workshop for Lincolnshire County Council. Lisa McGonigle of Learning Pool took the opportunity to interview me on video and has now posted the video on her blog. In the 3-minute interview I manage to answer the following questions: What is your definition of a mature approach to the use of e-learning?

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 2, 2009

According to an article in this week's Economist, A World of Hits , the blockbuster hit is alive and well. In The Long Tail , Chris Anderson (formerly a reporter for the Economist) argued that the easy availability to media content afforded by the internet would shift purchasing power away from mass media and towards the previously hard-to-serve niches.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2009

This posting completes my re-cap of the responses I gave to the questions posed at last week’s Battle of the Bloggers at Online Educa 2009 : Question 6 is: With the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin wall, what walls would you most like to see broken down in learning? My response: There are some pretty major attitudinal walls to be broken down, particularly in the learning and development profession, where there is still a reluctance to contemplate any form of intervention that isn't

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 9, 2009

I continue my re-cap of the responses I gave to the questions posed at last week’s Battle of the Bloggers at Online Educa 2009 : Question 3 is: Is there a common language in the learning field? What can we agree on? My response: Sometimes I wish there was a little more agreement on some key learning terms. I'm a consultant in e-learning and blended learning, yet very few people would have a common understanding of what that meant.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2009

That’s it for Clive on Learning before Xmas 09. Far too much to do with loads of family coming to stay and then party for neighbours on Tuesday. I’ll leave you with this puzzle. Can you work out what you’re seeing in this Xmas picture? If you’re the first to reply with the correct answer, I’ll send you a free e-book. Happy holidays to all my readers!

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