E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The title of my previous post, Let’s get rid of the instructional designers! , was a tongue-in-cheek reference to a radical view of instructional design. I think it would be safe to say that the vast majority of us in the L&D profession do not advocate the riddance of instructional designers.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 13, 2014

Learning Cafe Unconference. • More info: Learning Cafe. The Future of Learning Conference. Blended Learning Conference. • More info: Liquid Learning. iDesignX – Australian Instructional Design Conference. • More info: Liquid Learning. Learning@Work. EduTECH 2014.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The book is entitled E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 1 and my intent is to provoke deeper thinking across a range of themes in the modern workplace, including: • social media. • learning theory. • instructional design. • learning styles. • blended learning. • pedagogy.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 13, 2013

Learning Cafe Unconference. • More info: Learning Cafe. E-Learning Summit. iDesignX – Australian Instructional Design Conference. • More info: Liquid Learning. National Interactive Teaching and Learning Conference. . • When: 6-8 February 2013. • More info: Ark Group.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 31, 2014

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 15, 2014

compliance motivation corporate instructional design legislation meaning PCI regulation regulatory risk management Sussex Safer Roads training' To avoid the fine… right? I really wish I embedded this video into Take the law out of compliance training , but I didn’t. So here it is now.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 26, 2013

Her counter argument was that the pedagogical devices that I cited – readings, online discussion forums, social media groups and local meetups – are the same learning and teaching functionalities available in any LMS. She took umbrage to my assertion that MOOCs are pedagogically richer than “regular” online courses.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

I’m learning from her, she’s learning from me, and we’re both learning from the professor. Of course, peer-to-peer interaction isn’t a novel concept in e-learning. Which makes for a rich learning experience. So my suggestion is to face up to better instructional design.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 10, 2012

If you’ll be in my corner of the globe over the next 12 months, may I draw your attention to the following… Learning Cafe Unconference. • Theme: Near future of learning in Australia. • More info: Learning Cafe. Australian Instructional Design Conference. Blended Learning Conference.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 3, 2012

The “Next” button doesn’t have many friends in the e-learning community. Hell-bent on avoiding the “Next” button, many instructional designers will delinearise the content by creating a course homepage with a raft of topics represented by funky icons. This is constructivist design.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 29, 2012

This notion resonated with me when a fellow learning professional asked me what I do in my capacity as an E-Learning Manager. The thing is, the role of “E-Learning Manager” (ELM) is a grey one. • Instructional design. • Graphic design. • Training needs analysis.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 1, 2010

What is blended learning? Most of us, though, say that blended learning is a mix of modes of delivery. In this age of technological nirvana, I think it’s important to recognise the two different faces of blended learning: 1. The learner is expected to engage with all of them to gain the full learning experience.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 16, 2009

In the 1990s, constructivism heralded a new dawn in instructional design, turbo-charged by the rise of Web 2.0. In turn, teachers enthusiastically transformed themselves into facilitators , guiding and coaching the participants to inquire, explore, discover and even generate new learnings. Instructivism is dead. Why is this so?

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The book is entitled E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 1 and my intent is to provoke deeper thinking across a range of themes in the modern workplace, including: • social media. • learning theory. • instructional design. • learning styles. • blended learning. • pedagogy.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The 3 mindsets of m-learning. E-Learning = Innovation = Science. Let’s get rid of the instructional designers! The grassroots of learning. The relationship between learning and performance support. blogging e-learning education educational technology elearning learning thinking out loud TOL'

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 12, 2011

Given that smartphone sales are estimated to exceed PC sales by the end of this year, and mobile Internet users are expected to exceed desktop Internet users soon after, I have finally concluded that the time is ripe for mobile learning. I call them the 4 S’s of mobile design. Smartphones have a finite screen width.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 31, 2020

That means while in-person classes can resume, remote learning will remain the staple. For example, if we were charged with upskilling our colleagues across the business in Design Thinking, we might kick off by sharing Chris Nodder’s 1.5-minute So now is our moment of opportunity. There is no try. Next, I suggest we go practical.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

In the global game of Corporate Bingo, the term “adult learning principles&# must be one of the most abused. But what exactly are adult learning principles? Malcolm Knowles is widely regarded as the father of adult learning. Adults bring experience with them to the learning environment. The theory. The real world.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Last week I was invited by David Swaddle to be a panellist at the Sydney eLearning and Instructional Design meetup. When we worry about the status of their credentials or lose sleep over their completion rates, we’re perpetuating an out-dated paradigm of education based on formal learning. The 3 mindsets of m-learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

and The ILE and the FLE in harmony , I advocate the development of a virtual Informal Learning Environment (ILE) to work in tandem with the Formal Learning Environment (FLE) to support both the learning process and its administration. Informal learning. I believe in the power of informal learning. Formal learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 12, 2010

Academia is teeming with learning theories. It can be quite a challenge for the modern learning professional to identify an appropriate learning theory, draw practical ideas from it, and apply it to their daily work. Behaviourist learning theories focus on external responses elicited by stimuli. . Where do you start?

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Learning theory & instructional design. • Taxonomy of Learning Theories. • Theory-informed instructional design tips. • The two faces of blended learning. Informal learning. • How to revamp your learning model. • Open Learning Network vs ILE.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2021

We may alternately use pedagogy to mean the general approach to teaching and learning. In this broader sense it’s an umbrella term that may also cover andragogy – the teaching of adults – and heutagogy – self-determined learning. Thus it aligns to the learning nature of andragogy.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 4, 2015

The L&D community may be divided into two camps: (1) Those for whom the mere mention of learning styles makes their blood boil; and (2) Those who are inexplicably unaware of the hullabaloo and are thus oblivious to the aforementioned boiling of blood. And I fear it may be an unintended casualty of the war on learning styles.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 3, 2012

The “Next” button doesn’t have many friends in the e-learning community. Hell-bent on avoiding the “Next” button, many instructional designers will delinearise the content by creating a course homepage with a raft of topics represented by funky icons. This is constructivist design.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 3, 2019

Over the course of my career, I’ve witnessed a slow but steady shift away from formal learning to informal learning. The informal first philosophy balances the pendulum by empowering the employee to self-direct their learning in accordance with their personal needs.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 1, 2015

I say “gratitude” because it was one of the pre-reads for last night’s Sydney eLearning and Instructional Design Meetup. The ones that I would recommend to my fellow learning pro’s. On Two Metaphors for Learning and the Dangers of Choosing Just One. Educational Researcher , 27(2), pp. Siemens, G.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 10, 2014

E-Learning at an airline is challenging because a relatively high proportion of the workforce does not have ready access to a computer. It makes the learning experience engaging, relevant and authentic. But I put to you that if the quality of your production is good enough to see and hear, then it’s good enough to learn from.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 13, 2013

Learning Cafe Unconference. • More info: Learning Cafe. E-Learning Summit. iDesignX – Australian Instructional Design Conference. • More info: Liquid Learning. Enterprise Learning Innovation Summit. • More info: Liquid Learning. . • When: 6-8 February 2013.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 25, 2011

From a learning practitioner’s point of view, it raises issues of pedagogy, instructional design, and perhaps even epistemology. I have really enjoyed following the recent argy bargy between Larry Sanger and Steve Wheeler. Having said that, I think it all boils down to the novice-expert principle.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 10, 2012

Learning Cafe Unconference. • Theme: Near future of learning in Australia. • More info: Learning Cafe. Australian Instructional Design Conference. • Theme: Designing instructionally sound and engaging learning. Blended Learning Conference. • More info: Liquid Learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In 70:20:10 for trainers I advocated the use of the 70:20:10 model by L&D professionals as a lens through which to view their instructional design. Similarly, we shouldn’t mandate that our target audience aligns its learning activity according to these proportions. Both of these approaches miss the point. It just is.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 15, 2010

I advocated the development of Informal Learning Environments (ILEs). A Formal Learning Environment (FLE) which manages that learning. The ILE will contain self-paced, self-directed, unmeasured learning resources such as readings, video clips, podcasts and discussion forums.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 22, 2014

To explore the practicalities of user-generated content, the Learning Cafe sponsored a webinar entitled Learner Generated Learning Content – Possibilities, mechanics and chaos? Kit, the Learning Consultant insisted the videos should be loaded on the LMS so that the time spent and results could be tracked.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

But this post isn’t about the sociability of our continental cousins; it’s about e-learning – so I cornered CJ on the pretence of catching up for coffee and asked her the following questions: • Should comedy be used in education? (0:17). CJ goes one step further by being hilarious. Lest we ridicule ourselves.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 10, 2010

Today I had the honour of collecting a Best Blended Learning Solution Award (Gold Level) at the 2010 LearnX Asia Pacific Conference. The blended learning solution in question is “IQ&# , an intranet-based portal that I developed for my colleagues at my workplace. It’s our first port of call for learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 11, 2016

Learning & Development Professional has been running a poll on the following question: Is the 70:20:10 model still relevant today? After all, plenty of research can be cited to support the efficacy of on-the-job learning, social learning and formal training. And I’m shocked by the results.

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