Data, big data, analytics, and visualization are significant trends in education. We need to pay attention. There is much to be alarmed about with analytics, including the mechanization of teaching, learning, and assessment. Additionally, the data and analytics that are easy to collect and conduct risk becoming a simple veneer over the complexities of learning and cognition. Or, as Gardner Campbell states : “Current NGLC/NCLB paradigms create great risk of analytics-generated edu-hell.” ” Analytics also hold promise for providing increased quality of learning for individuals. MORE >>

Jane Hart just alerted me to this post on Blackboard Blog, 5 Myths About Informal Learning. My comment is awaiting moderation, so I’ll repost it here: Right on. ve found that optimists view these five things as benefits where pessimists see only red flags. m in the optimist camp. Here’s my take: “It’s too unstructured” = it’s open-ended, has room for growth, changes with the times, and let’s people be all they can be. won’t retain” = people who learn at the point of need apply their learning immediately. this reinforcement makes lessons stick. a liability” = no risk, no reward. Just Jay MORE >>

Some work has to be right first time. Let's take a feature film for example. With hundreds of people that need to be tightly co-ordinated over a relatively short period, spending millions of dollars in the process, a film shoot has to be prepared with extraordinary precision. It is unbelievably expensive and sometimes completely impractical to go back and re-shoot a scene that didn't turn out right. It hardly ever happens. And once a launch date has been set and the films and DVDs manufactured, there is little or no way of making changes. This is a right first time business. cases ADDIE MORE >>

You have probably seen Ghostbusters a number of times without realizing how some of the principles in the film can be applied to management. Well they can – and here they are. All you managers, it’s time to take your cues from Peter, Raymond, Egon and Louis. Click image to enlarge). Online Training employee management ghostbusters management management training training MORE >>

This week finally saw the launch of the third phase of our Moodle vle roll out at the college with the delivery of a new 2 hour cpd staff training session Preparing for e-learning. If you have been following the blog here then you will know that this centres on the use of Wimba Create , in the production of learning objects from otherwise standard materials or handouts produced in Word. was pleased enough to see a range of IT skills among those attending especially as everyone completed the task in good time. Please stay in touch for future posts and feel free to comment. MORE >>