Rob Hubbard

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The Advantages of Building Curiosity into Learning and 7 Ways to Do It.

Rob Hubbard

For example, Julian Stodd’s research on social leadership , gives the first tenet of this new leadership style as to ‘be curious’. It’s really difficult to study curiosity, as it is such an individual phenomenon, so consequently there hasn’t been much research on the subject. It opens up new worlds and possibilities.

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10 top tips and essential resources for newcomers to elearning

Rob Hubbard

Towards Maturity – Really useful independent research resource. Learning and Skills Group (LSG) – active network, regular webinars and run the largest Learning Technologies conference in Europe. ATD (US and branches in UK and Europe). Professional association. Membership fee.

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Learning Design : What can we learn from creativity in the arts

Rob Hubbard

This a great metaphorical technique for the research phase of any digital learning project. In researching creativity in the arts further, to see if there was anything else we, as learning designers, could learn from it, I stumbled across this article on the Guardian website from 2012.

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The Ingredients of Innovation

Rob Hubbard

One way to build belief in your idea is to research the market and look at what competitors exist. Also be prepared to change your idea based on your research and input from others. I personally prefer to define my idea quite fully before looking at what else is out there.

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Off-piste learning design

Rob Hubbard

One of the ways that I find helps to design off-piste is not to initially research what the common approach is. In reality you wouldn’t constantly design off-piste but rather allow your explorations to inform your more on-piste projects. Instead follow a creative but rigorous design process and see where you end up.

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How to be an elearning visionary

Rob Hubbard

We have a standard list of questions that we always ask and then many, many more that will come up in the course of the research phase. Really understanding the customer is vital to being able to come up with the right solution. Don’t be afraid to be outlandish.

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Why Use Video for Learning?

Rob Hubbard

We know from research that our brains are hard-wired to take notice of moving images – it might be prey or predator (or even a potential mate). Video has been a passion of mine for a number of years. Because when it’s done well it’s so engaging.

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