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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

James illustrated 10 examples of incremental innovation (or ‘butterfly moments’) in e-learning, which I think are well worth sharing. There’s no shame in emulating success and learning from the masters – if someone has a idea which has worked well, use that as a starting point. Re-invent the e-learning screen.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

I’m horrendously behind with E-learning and Digital Cultures – I’ve not yet looked at the fourth week’s material, but I’m still hoping to get my ‘digital artifact’ in by tonight’s submission deadline. His suggestion is that it’s the lack of the ‘human’ in distance learning.

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APRIL 14, 2011

I particularly love: The layering of computer-generated images over visually interesting websites and videos, and the interaction of the two as she daintily jumps on text boxes and hangs from graphics. How great would it be to emulate this in an e-learning course?

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MARCH 7, 2011

With the January launch of the E-Learning Awards , the IT Training Awards at the start of February, and the eLearning Network showcasing recent winners, award-winning e-learning is the order of the day. If you’ve not yet decided whether or not to enter this year, there are at least three good reasons why you should. Image: ?????

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JANUARY 14, 2011

All this explains why one of the things most of us want our e-learning to be is ‘interactive’ In e-learning, as in life, interactions are more engaging and memorable than lectures. They help to break up content into learner-friendly chunks and they start to turn a passive learning experience into something more active.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

In-house DIY e-learning and rapid development mean that training managers and subject matter experts (among others) have to put on an e-learning design hat from time to time. Great e-learning isn’t about eye-catching graphics and technical wizardry. And that hinges on excellent instructional design.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The second week of the E-learning and Digital Cultures course still centres on utopian and dystopian accounts of technology. The first two films are video adverts setting out visions from Corning and Microsoft of how they see their products evolving and how daily life will change accordingly. A Day Made of Glass 2.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

It might be the author of a book, the Twitter handle of someone who’s mentioned, a link to a website or video… Whatever it is, if you said you’d find something, do it. Even with the most thorough preparation, you’ll probably find there are times during the event where you don’t have all the information.

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MARCH 14, 2011

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← A panel podcast on compliance training Two great ideas for your next sustainability course → Have you done your good deed for the day?

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MARCH 16, 2011

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← Have you done your good deed for the day? Click on the image above to link to the Breathing Earth website I love the idea of having a similar counter in an e-learning course to really make an impact.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The second week of the E-learning and Digital Cultures course still centres on utopian and dystopian accounts of technology. The first two films are video adverts setting out visions from Corning and Microsoft of how they see their products evolving and how daily life will change accordingly. A Day Made of Glass 2.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

← Good e-learning: engaging, relevant and effective Learning about learning → Like Be the first to like this post. I will also be beavering away on my dissertation as the deadline is looming. See you in a week! Share this: This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged dissertation. Bookmark the permalink.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In preparation for my session, I asked Good To Great readers, the Twitter community and eLN event attendees to sum up their last compliance e-learning experience in three words. I then asked people to describe the compliance e-learning they want to see more of.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

← 15 tips for energising your e-learning The bad reputation and rehabilitation of compliance training → Like Be the first to like this post. Saffron will not be the same without Hanif, but everything he did to create the Saffron family means that the things he worked so hard for will continue to grow and make him proud.

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MARCH 10, 2011

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me ← How to write an award-winning submission Have you done your good deed for the day? Image: ?????Salvatore Bookmark the permalink.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

It might be the author of a book, the Twitter handle of someone who’s mentioned, a link to a website or video… Whatever it is, if you said you’d find something, do it. Even with the most thorough preparation, you’ll probably find there are times during the event where you don’t have all the information.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

I was surprised to see a relatively old paper on the resource list for the second week of E-learning and Digital Cultures , but actually found it interesting reading. In 2009, Rebecca Johnston wrote a paper called ‘Salvation or destruction: Metaphors of the internet’ whilst working towards her PhD.

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MARCH 3, 2011

But last night’s episode brilliantly illustrated three important lessons for workplace learning as well as education. They’ll remember the customer service course more favourably if they can learn by doing through simulations and feedback. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Thanks for visiting!

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

If they’re not taking notice, they’re not really learning. If they’re not learning, they won’t action it back in the workplace. If people don’t take the learning on board and apply it, they’ll continue to make the same mistakes or miss the same opportunities. It needs to be engaging, relevant and effective.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

Good To Great In pursuit of excellence: my view on the world of learning and training Skip to content Home A bit about me What characterises good e-learning? Unlike when I wrote for the Spicy Learning Blog , which was a team effort, this time it’s all down to me. What characterises good e-learning?

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JANUARY 4, 2012

I first heard Julie speak about this programme at Learning and Skills back in June, but it was reading her more detailed description of it in November’s Advance article from Saffron Interactive that really made me think about giving it a go myself.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

As well as the videos covered in my last post , the resources for the first week of Edinburgh University’s E-learning and Digital Cultures MOOC included a paper by Daniel Chandler about technological determinism.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

As well as the videos covered in my last post , the resources for the first week of Edinburgh University’s E-learning and Digital Cultures MOOC included a paper by Daniel Chandler about technological determinism.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

His keynote presentation, about designing for true blended learning, offered some real food for thought. For instance, I know we all talk about ‘point of need’, ‘just in time’ and ‘on the job’ learning, but Bob’s explanation of the five moments of need really brought this to life for me.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

I did this in earnest for the first time at our recent Future of Learning event, and saw numerous benefits. Likewise, if the speaker provides a list of tips or takeaways, it’s easier to upload a photo of the slide rather than transcribe all the points before the speaker moves on.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Last week, I enrolled on Edinburgh University’s Coursera MOOC called E-learning and Digital Cultures. We’ve been given four short films to watch and think about, and some early examples of writing on e-learning.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

There’s no shortage of information and advice out there about designing fantastic e-learning – and lots of it is very good advice. In preparation for the webinar, I asked my Twitter network to tell me what they’d change if they were in this situation of having to improve or refresh an e-learning course with limited resources.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Learning 2012, held in late October in Florida, was my first experience of a non-UK conference (in fact my first trip to the USA!), The interview format kept the pace up and ensured that each conversation was brought back to learning before wrapping up. and it was quite an experience. What worked.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Last week, I enrolled on Edinburgh University’s Coursera MOOC called E-learning and Digital Cultures. We’ve been given four short films to watch and think about, and some early examples of writing on e-learning.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Learning 2012, held in late October in Florida, was my first experience of a non-UK conference (in fact my first trip to the USA!), The interview format kept the pace up and ensured that each conversation was brought back to learning before wrapping up. and it was quite an experience. What worked.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

At the end of November, I flew over to Houston for a two-day internal conference organised by Nick Shackleton-Jones called ‘Future of Learning’ I tweeted a lot throughout the event, using the #BPFOL12 hashtag, and I’ll be writing up some of the key sessions and takeaways in subsequent posts.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

At the end of November, I flew over to Houston for a two-day internal conference organised by Nick Shackleton-Jones called ‘Future of Learning’ I tweeted a lot throughout the event, using the #BPFOL12 hashtag, and I’ll be writing up some of the key sessions and takeaways in subsequent posts.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

Today we’re going to look at how we can bring your e-learning course to life and inject some personality into it. As always, rather than simply tell you what I think, first of all I’m going to share what my webinar participants said when I asked them: what small changes can you make to your existing e-learning course to bring it to life?

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Aisha Taylor - I had the pleasure of meeting and tweeting with Aisha at BP’s recent Future of Learning event in Houston. He sounds like he knows what he’s doing with social media so, again, I’m looking forward to seeing what I can learn from him next time he live tweets from an event.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

If I can see there are far more telling interactions than testing ones, for example, I’ll make sure that the key learning point screens use testing interactions (I explained why this is preferable in my last post). It gives me that little bit of distance that helps me be objective about the storyboard and my initial choices.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Do you know of any useful infographics or videos that might illustrate or enhance the session content? Read it, and then consider what other information or resources you’re aware of that might be useful. Have you written – or read – blog posts on related subjects?

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