Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

I hate to say it, after so many years of trying to reverse the trend, but it seems that far too many people (finance directors excepted) really dislike e-learning. First let me be clear, I am using a narrow definition of e-learning here. People don't dislike all e-learning.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 28, 2009

The debate addresses the following questions: Has e-learning come of age to replace classroom learning? The debate addresses the following questions: Has e-learning come of age to replace classroom learning? Is the best approach a blended one? What technologies can help?

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 2, 2008

I wasn't too familiar with Assima, even though they've been around for 24 years, but as seems to be the case with many e-learning specialists, they seem to be doing rather nicely thank you - 150+ employees, a £15m ($30m) turnover and 40% year on year growth. Very few e-learning companies are credible in classroom delivery and vice versa.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Well, because I couldn't have synchronous e-learning myths #2 and #3 but no #1. Clearly I was out of touch, because the various speakers showed how imaginatively the technology could be used and how synchronous e-learning could stand alone, not as a poor imitation of the face-to-face classroom, but as a valuable medium in its own right.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 22, 2009

Cegos commissioned an independent study among 2,355 employees and 485 HR directors/training managers from companies employing more than 500 staff in the UK, France, Germany and Spain. Face-to-face learning is more popular among HR, with 42% of respondents wanting to see more classroom learning compared to 38% of employees."

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 20, 2005

With the recent announcement by Apple of the launch of the video iPOD , once again video is in the spotlight as a tool for learning. Now seems as good a time as any to reflect on the curious relationship between video, computer technology and learning. More than most of us have today. Many of the obstacles have been removed.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 17, 2010

The Learning Pool Public Sector Learning Conference 2010, held last week in London, was an impressively-organised event that seems to have met with an enthusiastic response from the 150 or so paying attendees. According to Learning Pool Director Mary McKenna, this was the result of only a few days campaigning on Twitter.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Steve spent 15 years as a creative director for top ad agencies and his book is aimed at primarily at those doing similar jobs, but I found his ideas rang very loud bells in relation to e-learning development. Indeed, you could probably claim guru status." " Tags: reviews creativity.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

In his posting All of the Above - how to cheat Multiple Choice Questions , Donald Clark provides the following quote from a talk given by Professor Dylan Wiliam, Deputy Director of the Institute of Education, gave at the ALT conference in 2007: “The variability at teacher level is about four times the variability at school level.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

Considering how little involvement I've had with video over the past 15 years or so, you might be surprised to learn that I used to manage a video facility at American Express in the early 80s and was a director of a corporate video production company for a while - (nothing less than £1000/min).

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 6, 2010

In post ID, Why Managers Mater , I shared the results of an evaluation study carried out by KnowledgePool, in which 10,000 employees and their managers were asked to assess the degree to which they had been able to apply what they had learned on a course completed three months earlier and the impact this had had on their performance.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Earlier in the week, in Blended Learning's a Balanced Meal , I posted my views on what an effective blended solution might look like, and used the metaphor of a balanced meal, i.e. one that contains an appropriate mix of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and so on. It's healthy and it's nutritious.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 13, 2008

The subtitle of the book, 'Enriching the practice of teaching by exploring the biology of learning,' pretty well sums it up - this is neuroscience for teachers, written by a Professor of Biology and Director of the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education at Case Western Reserve University. It will decide on its own.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 30, 2011

Throughout my book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of great learning architects in action. Peter Butler was for six years Learning Director at British Telecom, a major international telecommunications company with 160,000 employees and contractors, about 1/3 of which are based outside the UK.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

What a great opportunity to take a moment and reflect on the changes that I have witnessed in the field of corporate learning and development - my main focus over these ten years - from a largely UK perspective. Some changes in the field of learning and development generally: The term 'learning and development' has replaced 'training'.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Throughout my book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of great learning architects in action. Julie felt that the lecture approach to delivering learning within the NHS was no longer practical or effective. For Julie, their commitment was vital: “All trainers do is communicate.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Last week I explained why video trumps e-learning , at least in certain situations. At that time, a shoot always required a director and a three-person crew (camera, sound and lights). So have we really got to the point at which just about anyone can produce a watchable learning video for next to nothing? Far from it.

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