E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 14, 2017

I’ve lost count of the number of times an apparently unattractive session has turned out to be excellent, or it’s sparked a useful tangential idea. The fire hydrant of ideas is too much for the human brain to handle, so you need to distribute your cognition. If you don’t blog, I suggest you reconsider.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This time around, I’ve noticed that I – perhaps more directly than usual – presented my ideas in the form of proposals. In December I like to review each one with a view to identifying a common theme.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 16, 2012

Since then, she has joined Dachis Group where she and James Dellow write about social business on the Headshift blog. She extends her consulting wisdom via the Connect Thinking blog and helps other e-learning professionals via the E-Learning Academy. I keep up with his thoughts and ideas on his Virtual Lore blog.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2011

She authors the blog Wishful thinking in medical education , which she uses to advance thinking about the training of student doctors. Recently Anne Marie blogged Location and Learning (which I have reproduced here) and she asked me whether or not I consider her central idea an example of an Informal Learning Environment (ILE).

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 12, 2014

We share knowledge on Twitter, contribute to discussions on LinkedIn, read books, write blogs, comment on blogs, subscribe to industry magazines, share links to online articles, watch videos, and participate in MOOCs. We tinker with software, experiment with new ideas, attend conferences, and join local meetups.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 25, 2010

This was my favourite talk, and I will blog about it in more depth.). Kristin Alford called for ideas of the future to be linked to action via integrated stories. These ideas are well worth spreading! Tags: conference 1-liners ideas ted tedx tedxcanberra. Kevin Bales opened our eyes to modern slavery.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2013

Before I signed up, I had decided to do a mooc because I was blogging about them but had never experienced one for myself. Through the discussions in the course, participation in the social media groups, and comments on my blog posts, I connected with some incredibly smart people from all over the world.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 22, 2014

I had read a few blog posts by Dave Cormier (the godfather of the philosophy) and I follow the intrepid Soozie Bea (a card-carrying disciple), but unfortunately I missed Dave’s #rhizo14 mooc earlier in the year. Since I’ve been blogging about the semantics of education lately, I thought it high time to dig a little deeper.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 20, 2013

Or perhaps more accurately, the idea of MOOCs. Some people are head-over-heels in love with MOOCs. They believe the new paradigm will democratise – and even revolutionise – education. I happen to stand somewhere in the middle. I just don’t buy it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 30, 2010

In the meantime, I think we should all take a deep breath and remember that if we all bow to popular opinion, we’ll never evolve our ideas. Tags: collaboration netiquette blogging corporate citizenship csr writing corporate social responsibility ettiquette professionalism contrarian.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

My last couple of blog posts have argued in favour of extracting value out of organisational capabilities. Due to the nature of my role I have posited these arguments in terms of employee development. However, I further advocate the use of organisational capabilities across all parts of the employee lifecycle. Health & Wellbeing.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 13, 2009

It’s a good idea to provide them with the contact details of someone for troubleshooting, and to explain if it all goes belly up, it’s not a disaster: just let it go and you can work out something later. (You On the motivation side, it’s a good idea to explain to the participants up front why they should attend the class.

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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. In my view, this isn’t just an expectation: it’s an obligation. Organisations whose people embrace collaboration will prosper, while those who don’t will be left behind.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2013

Each learner can earn badges from all manner of verified issuers, collect them in their online “backpack”, and show them off by plugging them into their website or blog. But I have since realised this is a terrible idea. And you know what, it works.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

I also know someone whom I respect immensely and whom I consider a mentor; I seek his insight on matters that I’m thinking about, and I’ll bounce ideas off him to get his perspective. Post-uni, I read lots of blogs and keep an eye on the academic journals.

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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. In my view, this isn’t just an expectation: it’s an obligation. Organisations whose people embrace collaboration will prosper, while those who don’t will be left behind.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 18, 2009

Twitter is traditionally described as a “micro blog&# that allows account holders to post short, sharp messages (or “tweets&# ) of up to 140 characters each. I commented recently on Tony Karrer’s blog … If Twitter users want to be insular, narcissistic and boring, they certainly can be. And of course it is.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Recently, I read a blog article about connectivism by Debora Gallo. In this context, the idea of connectivism re-defines what it means to “learn&#. That’s the idea, anyway.). 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

JULY 26, 2017

The driving force was an idea to support managers through the various people-related matters to which they needed to attend. Development is complex in its own right; indeed this blog is almost entirely devoted to it. In a previous role I had cause to draw up an employee lifecycle.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

It warms my heart to see my colleagues asking and answering questions, sharing web articles, crowdsourcing ideas, gathering feedback, praising team mates, comparing notes on where to buy the best coffee, and even whining a little. Not off the charts like at Deloitte , yet very much alive and growing.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

People familiar with my blog will know that I’m not a member of the anti-LMS brigade. This idea has taken the education world by storm, and some LMSs such as UpsideLMS have already integrated the API into their proprietary architecture. It’s mine, sitting in the sky, keeping all my training records accessible.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 20, 2013

Or perhaps more accurately, the idea of MOOCs. Some people are head-over-heels in love with MOOCs. They believe the new paradigm will democratise – and even revolutionise – education. I happen to stand somewhere in the middle. I just don’t buy it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 19, 2010

I have been blogging for some time now, and I can honestly say that it’s been a growth journey. I started blogging primarily for myself – essentially to organise and articulate the thoughts in my own head. Recently, a few people have been asking me for blogging advice, mainly around getting started. Guiding principles.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

I was also thinking about publishing a selection of my blog musings under the title E‑Learning Provocateur: Volume 1. That’s a good idea, but because I’m familiar with graphic design, I created my own cover with Corel’s astonishingly cheap PaintShop Pro. What You See Is What You Get.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

It warms my heart to see my colleagues asking and answering questions, sharing web articles, crowdsourcing ideas, gathering feedback, praising team mates, comparing notes on where to buy the best coffee, and even whining a little. Not off the charts like at Deloitte , yet very much alive and growing.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

People familiar with my blog will know that I’m not a member of the anti-LMS brigade. This idea has taken the education world by storm, and some LMSs such as UpsideLMS have already integrated the API into their proprietary architecture. It’s mine, sitting in the sky, keeping all my training records accessible.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

I was also thinking about publishing a selection of my blog musings under the title E‑Learning Provocateur: Volume 1. That’s a good idea, but because I’m familiar with graphic design, I created my own cover with Corel’s astonishingly cheap PaintShop Pro. What You See Is What You Get.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 16, 2009

Sure, the gradient reflects a wonderful growth of ideas, but I think it’s a trap to conclude that the latter pedagogies supersede the former. News feeds, podcasts, blogs, wikis and discussion forums. The real world. My view is informed by observation. Social and professional networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

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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. Imagine your colleagues sharing ideas, helping each other out, making each other aware of useful resources, asking questions, exploring, contributing, discussing. 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

APRIL 3, 2009

Ken’s central theme is that being able to think faster and better can help us unlock ideas and improve our productivity. The idea isn’t necessarily to achieve a full gamut of answers, but to get the party started quickly.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Our role was to share our perspectives of e-learning in the industry sector with the conference delegates, hopefully sharing some knowledge, experiences and ideas that can cross over into vocational education. However, I’m sure we can learn plenty from each other and share some great ideas. Emerging issues. Challenges.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 28, 2012

The idea of the Human Brochure was to invite 250 social media-savvy people to Canberra; feed them; shelter them; and cart them around to several major tourist attractions. Yep, our very own Amsterdam. But like most places where people haven’t actually been, its reputation is about 20 years out of date.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 20, 2009

I consider these results important because, not only do they support the idea of pictures enhancing learning, but they also suggest that an infographic can achieve similar learning outcomes whether or not it is accompanied by a relatively large amount of text. In contrast, a concise infographic provides only the important information.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 18, 2011

I really like the idea of targeting my messages to just friends, or just family, or just whomever. If I want more, I’ll read your blog. Much has been said of the “circles&# feature in Google+ , and rightly so. It makes sense. It’s Google’s trump card against the likes of Facebook and Twitter. Slap in the face.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Man… I was percolating a blog post that predicted Gowalla would merge with Foursquare , when Ben Parr chimes in with this: Gowalla Turns the Tables, Integrates With Foursquare. It’s the quick and the dead on the interwebs! Why would I suggest Gowalla merge with Foursquare? Facebook Places.

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