Rob Hubbard

JUNE 7, 2016

by Tess Robinson, Director, LAS. Although primarily focussed on economic decisions, this way of thinking has interesting implications for learning design. Behavioural economics, as the name suggests, is all about behaviour and behaviour change – the Holy Grail for learning designers. People like to conform and cluster together.

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Cognitive Simulations Design Guide 40

Rob Hubbard

DECEMBER 10, 2015

by Tess Robinson, Director, LAS. So how can you convince your organisation that investing digital learning is a good thing? Embed the learning in your wider organisational strategy. Learning should not take place in a silo, it should be clearly linked to the organisation’s success.

Digital 40

Digital Social Networks eLearning Consultant eLearning Strategy 40

Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Director, L earningAge Solutions). So goal-based learning sounds great but what can you use it for? And how can technology augment this way of learning? Learning shouldn’t stop when a learner leaves the classroom. This is true integration of learning and work, reducing the need for time away from the workplace.

Compliance Training 93

Compliance Training Blended Learning Performance Support Compliance 93

Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 8, 2013

By Tess Robinson, Director, LearningAge Solutions. Technology now affords so many more options to learn new skills without being physically present, but how can we ensure that participants are kept engaged and motivated when they’re not sat in front of us? The learning outcomes and their benefits need to be stated at the outset.

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Distance Learning Wiki Collaboration Learning 67

Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 13, 2016

By Tess Robinson, Director, LAS. A few weeks ago I attended a fabulous workshop by Sally Spinks from Ideo. If you haven’t heard of them before, they are a design consultancy headquartered in California but with offices throughout the world. We have a bit of an organisational crush on them if we’re honest.

Digital 40

Digital Lesson Design Low Cost 40

Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 14, 2015

by Tess Robinson, Director LAS. Curiosity often gets overlooked in organisational learning but it is being talked about more and more. But why is curiosity so important in learning? They asked participants to rate how curious they were to learn the answers to more than 100 trivia questions. This is why….

Scanning 40

Scanning Brain Study Research 40

Rob Hubbard

JUNE 23, 2017

by Tess Robinson, Director, LAS. Being immersed in the digital learning world, it’s easy to forget that there are an awful lot of people out there who are just exploring using technology for learning for the first time and boy can it be overwhelming… what author-tool, LMS, LRS, design methodology do I use? Small membership fee.

Compliance Training 65

Compliance Training Resources Tips Association LMS 65

Rob Hubbard

DECEMBER 12, 2012

by Tess Robinson, Director, LearningAge Solutions. Sometimes the very best learning innovations are quite simple and subtle or are just improvements or diversions from existing ideas. Think about what kind of learning you’d like to see, be it products, theories or something completely different. Where is the gap?

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Innovation Tips Diversity Training ASTD 102

Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 27, 2017

by Tess Robinson, Director, LAS. So many good intentions and a stack of really, really compelling evidence on the benefits of implementing learning innovation just don’t seem to be enough fo r many organisations to secure the support and funding needed to propel them forwards. This is where professional networks come in.

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Agile eLearning Consultant Performance Support Network 40

Rob Hubbard

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

by Tess Robinson, Director, LearningAge Solutions. ‘I This was one of my friends, a nurse, on Facebook last week, venting her anger against learning technologies. It does, however, have some important advantages in that it can deliver learning at the learners own pace and allows them to learn on-demand in small chunks.

Virtual Classroom 94

Virtual Classroom Social Networks Corporate eLearning Simulations 94

Rob Hubbard

MAY 24, 2013

by Tess Robinson, Director, LearningAge Solutions. So what’s the role of learning technologies in all of this? This is a really pivotal time for learning. For me it conjures up images of acrobats and contortionists. So why isn’t everyone doing it? Probably the biggest barrier to this brave new world is trust.

Agile 61

Agile Business IBM Predictions 61

Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 12, 2015

by Tess Robinson, Director, LAS. These days it’s widely accepted that learners don’t really learn much from just sitting passively in front of a screen. We’re fans of giving the learner autonomy over their learning through an active learning experience. – will help you narrow down the best approach.

Interactive 40

Interactive Compliance Training eLearning Lecture 40

Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

As well as being a songwriter and musician, he is now also a writer, film director, choreographer, product designer, visual artist and more. As learning designers we can learn a lot from this approach. We should instead see ourselves as learning experience designers. David Byrne is a bit of a hero of mine.

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Courseware Director Alternatives Instructional Design 56

Rob Hubbard

JUNE 23, 2017

By Rob Hubbard, LAS Director. What applications do I see for this technology for learning in development? I took a trip down to London recently for AR VR (Augmented Reality Virtual Reality) World. It was a small affair with geeks rather than sales people manning most of the stands.

Virtual World 40

Virtual World Scuttle Augmented Reality Sound 40

Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 28, 2016

by Tess Robinson, Director, LAS. The award was given partly because of all the voluntary work he has done to support the elearning industry but also because he’s seen as somewhat of a thought-leader in digital learning. Share stuff, learn from others, bounce ideas off people. Ask the right questions and ask lots of them.

eLearning 40

eLearning Skype Director vendor 40

Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Guest post from my LearningAge Co-Director, Tess Robinson. Onboarding may take up to 6 months and consist of a number of face-to-face and online interactions, learning opportunities and feedback. The information in these modules can also be modified easily, ensuring that the learning is always up-to-date.

Blended Learning 58

Blended Learning Blended Wiki Information Overload 58

Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 21, 2010

The highlights for me were the talks by Lance Weiler – award winning writer/director and the man behind the Workbook Project website, Tommy Pallotta producer of A Scanner Darkly and Mike Monello who worked on the Blair Witch Project, arguably the birth of transmedia. I’ve added the learning design equivalent in italics below.

Case Study 49

Case Study Instructional Design Guidelines Courseware 49

Rob Hubbard

APRIL 3, 2014

by Tess Robinson, Director, LearningAge Solutions. Increasingly, however, gamification is creeping into the mainstream and particularly into learning. Giving feedback – giving learners a sense of progression and achievement and, of course, the opportunity to learn from failure. A bit like learning spellings at school.

Games 45

Games Simulations Gamification Virtual World 45

Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Mostly I helped with the lighting rig and hung out with the crew learning what I could. There wasn’t a single ego on set and it was fascinating to see the way the Director, Director of Photography and Art Director worked together to get the shots they needed.

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Camera Photography Director Budget 49