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. They use the design thinking methodology to design products, services, environments, and digital experiences.

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Rob Hubbard

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

He has kept his definition deliberately broad to take in everything from self-study lessons on a PC to social learning on mobile devices, use of video and virtual classrooms which deliver live group workshops. Self-study lessons (sometimes still known as CBT). Clive argues that there are five basic forms of eLearning: 1.

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 8, 2014

I’ve pondered on what made him such a great teacher and after watching a TED talk by self-styled Education Pioneer, Christopher Emdin, recently, have come to the conclusion that it was the magic that he injected into lessons. He employed subtle but effective techniques to keep us awake, listening and most importantly engaged. Be playful.

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Rob Hubbard

APRIL 12, 2016

Think back to the last failure you witnessed or was a part of (gulp); were there high-fives all round, was the failure celebrated for the valuable lessons-gained? You should thank the universe or this failure and glean every insight, every lesson that you can. How is failure viewed in your organisation?

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 7, 2016

So what lessons can we take from behavioural economics when designing digital learning? Recognising that humans won’t necessarily do what you want them to, or even do what they say they’re going to do, is the first step to understanding behaviour and ultimately being able to change and improve it.

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

Pilots use flight simulators, in driving lessons we use dual-control cars and we learn to swim with floats. We all know instinctively that the best way to learn a new skill is by practicing it. The trick is to find a safe way to practice which has no physical, monetary, or reputational risk, associated with it.

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Undoubtedly it’s a tricky thing to do, as people are curious about different things, although there are some basic lessons we can draw on: Expose the knowledge gap and give learners the opportunity to fill it. Sounds fantastic, but how do we weave this into learning interventions?

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