Rob Hubbard

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5 Reasons to Use Transmedia for Learning

Rob Hubbard

YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare – make use of them! Many of the technologies you can use for transmedia purposes are cheap, free, or something your target audience already use. In elearning we use many of the same technologies, or their corporate equivalents.

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Back to Basics – What is eLearning?

Rob Hubbard

When I want to know something, the first places I’ll look are Google, Wikipedia and YouTube. The massive popularity of social networking and sharing sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Yammer, Pintrest, Flickr… the list goes on and on, is testament to the fact that we humans love to use the web to interact with other people.

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How to Harness Informal Learning

Rob Hubbard

I might, for example, seek the answer to a question via a Google or YouTube search, Twitter or by tapping into my online networks. Informal learning includes, amongst other things, observing others, asking colleagues, calling the help desk and trial and error. Increasingly, technology also comes into the equation.