E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 19, 2012

One of the recurring themes on my blog is a call for Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to share their knowledge with the wider organisation. Tools are meant to be used. In my view, this isn’t just an expectation: it’s an obligation. In the modern workplace, this will involve social technology.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 12, 2013

It seems like every time you blink, another free tool becomes available to help you create online learning resources. Simply open an account and you are provided with the tools you need to structure your curriculum, upload your content, and publish your course to the world. I found it to be a simple yet powerful tool.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For example, some of them have been blogging and tweeting about the role of social media in driving the pro-democracy protests in Egypt. The fact that it does exist means the people have a universal communications tool at their disposal. I see I’m not alone ( here and here ) in being a little less inclined. Closer to home.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 19, 2012

One of the recurring themes on my blog is a call for Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to share their knowledge with the wider organisation. Tools are meant to be used. In my view, this isn’t just an expectation: it’s an obligation. In the modern workplace, this will involve social technology.

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Expertise Expert Attitudes Tutorial 105

E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

My last couple of blog posts have argued in favour of extracting value out of organisational capabilities. Capability powers performance, so the capability framework is a tool you can use to improve all four subparts of Performance in the 4+4 Part Employee Lifecycle. Performance. Performance Management.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 12, 2014

It’s something I remembered while writing my last blog post about user-generated content. In tool usage situations, he or she may distribute user surveys or conduct usability testing. That’s the view of some user-oriented design proponents.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

He articulates his position as such: “…a one-or-the-other choice between the two is a false choice between knowledge-dissemination technologies and community-building tools. An ILE is a space that centralises tools and resources that the learner can use to drive their own development. We can have both.&#. Amen to that.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Recently, I read a blog article about connectivism by Debora Gallo. These days we have many excellent tools to do just that, and the modern learner is using them. Recommend news feeds, podcasts, blogs and discussion forums. This got me thinking… I don’t know anything about connectivism!

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 16, 2009

No longer a novice, the learner has the tools to drive further learning in the context of their existing knowledge. News feeds, podcasts, blogs, wikis and discussion forums. Wikis act as non-linear knowledge banks to be mined as necessary. Search engines allow the learner to follow their own trails of inquiry.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

I also see a lot of potential for adaptive learning in personalising the learning experience – if we can work with the tools. Attend meetups and events, get active on social media, participate in #lrnchat, work out loud, scan the academic research, and read blogs – learn from those at the coal face.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 6, 2009

Over 5000 enthusiastic members chat online, comment on the blog, post messages, upload photos, and keep track of their calendar of events. Whether a company sanctions it or not, employees are going to use tools like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter – whether inside or outside of work hours. After all, they make scissors.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2009

His point is: if you aren’t interacting with other people through media such as mailing lists, blogs, Twitter, discussion forums etc, then you are not developing professionally and you will eventually stagnate. In fact, Stephen considers it so important, he elegantly expresses it as: “Interaction is breathing for the brain&#.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 24, 2009

However, that should change over time as their confidence and experience grows with using these tools. As staff familiarise themselves with blogs, wikis, RSS, YouTube and Twitter, and as more tech-savvy Gen-Y’s & Z’s join the organisation, the demand for self-paced, self-directed learning will accelerate.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, blogs, wikis and other social media have shifted the role of the learner from a mere recipient of content, to an active participant in the production of content. With so many e-learning tools and technologies available to us today, and with it all changing so rapidly, how can we keep a handle on it all?

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 7, 2010

The proliferation of so-called rapid authoring tools over the last few years has coincided with an explosion in the number of online courses developed in-house. Not to mention blogs, wikis, discussion forums and social bookmarks. You have more time, and new tools are coming out that are making these kinds of thing easier to do.

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