Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 12, 2012

Getting things to stick in peoples’ memory is notoriously difficult, however there are techniques that are beneficial – engaging with their emotions, using repetition and spacing the learning out over a period of time all help. Focus on the material that will help people to change their behaviour and improve their skills.

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Rob Hubbard

MARCH 8, 2012

We can be coached as we undertake the task and talk to someone afterwards who can help us to reflect. Instead, we are sheep-dipped through a lot of theory, typically with no opportunity to practice and no help in implementing what we learn. Sports men and women are particularly good at this. So how could you do this?

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 19, 2011

The good news is there are a number of techniques that can help people to recall information. Spaced repetition of material at specific time intervals also helps people to remember. Whilst these methods will help people recall information they do nothing to help them put it into practice.

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Learner News Internet Methods 56

Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Experts disagree on the importance of informal learning in helping to achieve organisational goals but it is clear that it is something that organisations should, at least, acknowledge when designing their learning strategies. What is informal learning? Increasingly, technology also comes into the equation. Sounds great, what’s the catch?

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

This can help to introduce new thoughts and ideas to a creative process. Often used in theatre and music, this method can introduce spontaneity and fluidity and can help that creative flow. They may seem wild and wacky at first but, once refined; solutions may appear that you wouldn’t otherwise have thought of.

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Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 22, 2013

Web pages – simple web pages can be used as job-aids or implementation aids, helping people to put their learning into practice or to remind them of key points. If you need a little more help use something like Google Sites. Powtoon is pretty cool too. If you know HTML you can create web pages using any text editor.

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Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

We need help in putting new skills into practice. Some things will appeal more to some than others, so give them a way to help them prioritise. We are all busy people with 1001 things on our to-do lists. So how might you achieve this when designing your workshop / webinar / elearning course?

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 12, 2015

You have your short information-giving piece, your resources, your way of practicing what you’re learning through scenarios or goal-based real-world tasks, and a way of keeping that knowledge accessible and fresh, for example through a job aid that can be accessed on a mobile phone to help people put their learning into practice.

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Rob Hubbard

MARCH 8, 2012

goalgetter is an innovative ‘goal-based learning system’ designed to help people put their learning into pra ctice, improving their performance by completing goals. We’re looking for a select number of ‘trailblazers’ – people who will be early adopters, to help us refine the goalgetter system. What we want from you.

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Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

I was there for our 25 th anniversary celebrations and the setting-up of our mentoring scheme, which is unique within the industry and which has helped many, be they seasoned professionals or newbies, negotiate their way in the wonderful world of elearnng.

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Network eLearning Mentoring Authoring 56

Rob Hubbard

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Asking questions will help your ideas to crystallise. The way you view something at first, is not necessarily the only way of looking at it. Ask questions – don’t be afraid not to accept the status quo. Don’t stop at the first answer either, as above, there are many different ways to answer the same question.

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

All you need do is: Design activities to help people implement what they’ve learnt. Give them a means of seeking further help and support to do so. We need to give our learners more support in making this transition from theory into practice into ‘business as usual’. And this doesn’t have to be hard.

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Include characters leaners can relate to and want to help. Curiosity is the brains way of encouraging us to expand our knowledge, understanding and skills – so stay curious and help your learners do the same. Use an engaging storyline that unfolds as the learners progress. This blog is now available at www.las-hq.com/blog.

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 23, 2017

I also like the immersion aspect of VR – it blocks out distractions and helps people to focus. It turns out that you don’t need to do much to fool the brain into thinking you are somewhere you are not. What applications do I see for this technology for learning in development?

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Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Wouldn’t it be great if you could access the hard-won knowledge, practical guidance and helpful tips of world-leading experts in these fields? Even those who are highly experienced in one aspect of elearning will lack knowledge in some other areas.

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Rob Hubbard

JULY 18, 2016

It’s an ideal time for L&D to reposition yourselves as integral to the business, as consultative partners who help to support wider organisational strategy and goals, rather than as a training shop. In uncertain times, L&D budgets have a tendency to get slashed. Th is doesn’t need to herald doom and gloom.

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Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 13, 2016

Look for patterns in behaviour or actions that will help you gain insights and spot opportunities. You will be rewarded for it. Design not for people but with them. Engage your learners in innovation and they will become supporters.

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 7, 2016

Human decision making is not perfect and people often need help in making decisions in order to overcome bias. Context is important – learners make decisions comparatively and relatively, so it is vital that the learning is put into context. This might be via a business simulation or a realistic scenario.

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Designing in elements of collaboration, peer review and tutor interaction, assignments and deadlines can help draw learners in and keep the pace of the course going. A ‘live’ element such as a webinar or ‘live chat’ can also help with engagement and to maintain interest. Goal setting.

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 12, 2016

For many years we have been helping organisations and learning designers broaden their design thinking and skills and it has been my great privilege to tutor hundreds of learning designers. Compounding this our audience have increasingly high expectations of how we, as learning professionals, support them.

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Learners don’t have to wait until the next training course to find out new things that can help them with their job role or personal development. Information can be easily updated. Resources can be updated as they change, increasing accuracy and again improving the ability of the business to respond to challenges as they arise.

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Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 27, 2017

In fact the report found that 82% of learners know what learning they need and 91% are resourceful and capable of searching for information to help them do their jobs better. 62% of organisations report that staff lack the skills to manage their own learning. Perhaps it’s time to give your people more credit for managing their own learning.

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Adopting a goal-based approach and making it social can really help to maximise the knowledge networks within your organisation. This collaboration can be achieved using internal social networks or, if you use something like twitter, creating a #hashtag for each goal.

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 13, 2015

When a client asks us to create a responsive site for them, for example, a job aid or a resources hub, they are not simply asking for a well-designed product that will look nice wherever it is accessed, they are asking us to help them embed learning more thoroughly into workflow and into the everyday life of the organisation.

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Rob Hubbard

AUGUST 11, 2011

This allows you to filter through your source material and identify what will help people to change their behaviours and develop new skills. Next design practice activities where people can develop the skills needed for these real world actions. Then identify the minimum knowledge they need to complete the practice activities.

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 21, 2012

I hope that the Ufi will help to revitalise elearning as a whole and have the vision and guts to fund forward-thinking, innovative projects that truly make the most of the remarkable things we can do with technology. The tutor should be a learning guide, not a sage on the stage handing down words of (arguable) wisdom.

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Rob Hubbard

MARCH 5, 2013

One of the ways that I find helps to design off-piste is not to initially research what the common approach is. It’s more challenging, more fun and more rewarding as a designer. In reality you wouldn’t constantly design off-piste but rather allow your explorations to inform your more on-piste projects. can learn from them.

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Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 28, 2016

They may not be what you end up with in terms of the solution, but thinking as widely as possible will inevitably lead you to be more creative and help you to find the most memorable solution for your audience. The creative process is collaborative and social – not just an individual thing.

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Rob Hubbard

APRIL 3, 2014

Game techniques, as with social learning functionality, should be designed in to the solution only where they help the user achieve what they, or you, want them to achieve. These examples come from many projects but very seldom have we explicitly discussed the idea of games. How big or complicated a change is it for them to make?

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Rob Hubbard

MARCH 31, 2016

We already know that we humans struggle to retain a lot of information – having concise help available at the point of need makes a lot of sense. So what is it good for?… … Performance support. Microlearning was made for performance support. Breaking larger learning objectives down into manageable chunks.

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Would an audio or video clip help to convey the message more effectively? Think about your training need. Does it require a full-blown elearning solution or could you use something cheaper and simpler, such as informal media? 4. Work with your peers and share knowledge.

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The level of spam email we all receive doesn’t help. I increasingly view email in the same way I do physical post – quaint, idiosyncratic and evocative of a bygone era. Email just seems so clunky nowadays and so outdated. Even with spam filters and email rules about a third of my emails are things I delete without reading.

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Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

There is an explosion in tools, technologies and approaches to better working and forward-thinking organisations still need help negotiating and making the best creative use of them. Technology is starting to take account of human behaviour and this enhances communications, ways of working and how we access learning.

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Social Networks Diversity Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Player 40

Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Our brains work better with more blood pumping around them and exercise will also help you sleep better and will reduce stress. If I need to be creative in the afternoon I like to get out for a bike ride or a walk first. If I’m walking, I’ll take a sketch pad and my phone and generate ideas while I’m out. Environment is also a big factor.

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

The game characters give their point of view on a subject, helping the learner to develop and consider their own opinions. We also used 3D gaming environments where learners complete missions, interact with game characters and have ‘conversations’ with them.

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Rob Hubbard

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

This helps you to focus in on the key functionality that the app / system / course / whatever must have. Wireframes, mockups and prototypes are great ways to help customers appreciate the level of complexity of something without having to build it. So what can you do to address these three situations? How can you develop empathy?

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

I’ve just returned from helping out at a film shoot. Mostly I helped with the lighting rig and hung out with the crew learning what I could. A friend asked for volunteers to lend a hand. I’ve always been fascinated by the mechanics of film making so jumped at the chance. Have a look at this to see what I mean.

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