Rob Hubbard

JUNE 7, 2016

The learning material should be presented in such a way that learners are gently nudged into making the right choices without making it so easy that it’s not a challenge and they get bored or feel patronised. This might be via a business simulation or a realistic scenario. Don’t give learner’s too many options.

Cognitive 40

Cognitive Simulations Design Guide 40

Rob Hubbard

MAY 24, 2013

Organisations need to be able to predict, adapt and respond to whatever challenges are presented to them and this needs to be done at lightening speed. Advances in technology, the increasing complexity of the global economy and escalating customer (and staff) expectations mean that agility is no longer a choice but a necessity.

Agile 61

Agile Business IBM Predictions 61

Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

y presentation your boss needs from you ASAP. You meet some great people and come away inspired and fired up, full of ideas for what you’ll put into practice when you get back to work. Then you sit down at your desk and reality rushes in. You’ve got 150 emails waiting for you, a report to write, and that b*£$!y

Blended Learning 61

Blended Learning Blended Wiki Coaching 61

Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Without the motivation of a tutor and fellow students physically being present, ‘completion’ rates can be low. Design in ways for students to collaborate on assignments and add to the body of knowledge. Consider whether you will accredit or grade students and what form this will take.

Distance Learning 56

Distance Learning Social Networks Design Course 56

Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

This has a fundamental and substantial effect on the development of their brains, their preference for how they learn and their expectations of how content is presented to them. If you have children, you will know how long they spend playing computer games.

Social Networks 49

Social Networks Social Network Rapid eLearning Brain 49

Rob Hubbard

JUNE 21, 2012

People who ‘hate PowerPoint’ should instead hate the people who put it to bad use in over-long, tedious presentations. Provided it functionally does what it’s supposed to, whether or not it is effective depends on how it is used and for what purpose. The issue is that, too often, old paradigms are applied thoughtlessly to new technology.

Simulations 55

Simulations PowerPoint Trust Teach 55

Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Ben Betts presenting. The presentations were excellent, the highlight for me being Ben’s opening exercise which demonstrated perfectly the effect (or lack of) of a carrot or stick approach to learner motivation and the negative effect of constraints.

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