Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Make it personal – connect to peoples’ emotions, let them tailor their personal learning journey. Make it tangible – extend it into the real world by giving people practice activities that emulate what you want them to learn to do. Mike Monello talks about his work on the True Blood HBO series.

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Rob Hubbard

APRIL 7, 2011

I suspect it is down to the quality of what they’ve seen so far, perhaps not seeing the wider context of how the technology is being used, having strong personal preferences against technology in general or a combination of these factors. What I always stress is that we’re not doing anything new.

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Rob Hubbard

JANUARY 28, 2016

You can certainly be a creative, ‘ideas’ person as an individual – someone who inspires – but the true power of the creative process comes from the team, including users, customer and other stakeholders as well as the vendor team, and from ensuring that all the elements of a solution fit together and work.

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Rob Hubbard

MARCH 31, 2016

Constant improvements in personal technology mean that increasingly sophisticated learning experiences can be delivered in this way, allowing the line between work and learning to further blur. It tends to be most effective when used in a blend, as a reinforcement or performance support tool, with other more in-depth forms of learning.

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 19, 2011

Way back in 1885 Ebbinghaus was the first person to discover the exponential rate at which we forget. It seems ironic that the work of Hermann Ebbinghaus has been forgotten for such a long period of time. However, changes do seem to be afoot as I’ve come across two applications recently that build upon his work.

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

People in my wider network usually contact me by phone, Twitter or LinkedIn but not Facebook – I keep that for personal use. We use our mobile phones for voice calls, SMS and Skype on the move. All this technology is either free or very cheap and enables collaboration between our globally-based team and clients.

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Rob Hubbard

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The first person credited with coining the term ‘transmedia’ is Prof. This is Transmedia Learning, or it could be…. If you google ‘transmedia’ yo u would be forgiven for thinking that this is purely an academic construct. Indeed, it was ‘born’ in academic circles.

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Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

That the most important person in the organisation will take time out to meet them shows new employees how much they are valued. As with any good blended programme, there is a place for face-to-face learning. At University of Cambridge, alongside their online induction, they also hold a tea party with the Vice-Chancellor for new starters.

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Noun: A person who is creative , esp. cre·a·tive /kr???tiv/. in a professional context. Adjective: Relating to, or involving the imagination or original ideas, esp. For many of us, we need to be highly creative when working on our own.

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Rob Hubbard

DECEMBER 12, 2012

I personally prefer to define my idea quite fully before looking at what else is out there. If few other people ‘get’ your idea, or it takes you half an hour to explain it, you probably should rethink. One way to build belief in your idea is to research the market and look at what competitors exist.

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

The challenge with social networks is getting people to use them, so I made it mandatory that students review a number of other students’ assignments, write in their personal blog reflecting on their learning, and contribute to the weekly discussion topics.

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Rob Hubbard

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

They will have high expectations of usability from the apps they use in their personal lives. Getting their heads around your workshop, course, app or system is something they will expect to be easy. If your design falls short of this, they will quickly switch off.

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Rob Hubbard

AUGUST 11, 2011

This single action will hugely improve your personal productivity and give you time to focus on the important project tasks. For example, seek software that will automate time-intensive tasks or streamline internal processes to save you time. If you don’t already do so, turn off email alerts and respond to your email at set times each day.

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