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Learning in 3D – Chapter 7 Summary

4 June 2010

I am taking part in a virtual reading group organised by Hans de Zwart, and we are each taking it in turn to summarise a chapter of the book. This week it is my turn, and I have been asked to summarise Chapter 7 – Overcoming Being Addled by Addie. You can find out more [...]

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Learning Camp – A New Kind of Conference

22 February 2010

Over the past year or so, I’ve noticed an increasing dissatisfaction with the kind of technology conferences being run in the UK, or at least in the way they’re run. Some of this has been virtual, such as these blog posts by Donald Clark, Clive Shepherd and Mark Betherlemy, but this has also come up [...]

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Elearning Awards adds Social Media Category

19 November 2009

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Elearning Awards dinner in London, having been a judge in a couple of the categories. During the after awards drinks, Jane Hart and I were discussing the lack of any awards that encouraged the use of social learning tools. Well, earlier this week I was a [...]

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The Advance of Social Media

19 November 2009

Back in the summer I wrote an article for Saffron Interactive titled ‘The Advance of Social Media’. Its key message is that social media is now a mainstream activity and that organisations that attempt to ignore it, do so at their own risk. If you’d like to read the full article, it is available to [...]

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Is Twitter Really Not Right For Business?

11 November 2009

Earlier this week, The Times ran a story titled “Twitter may not be right for business“. Despite the title, the article seems to be more about the shortcomings of companies, and why that makes them unsuitable as users of microblogging. To quote the article “Nevertheless, I think there are several fundamental reasons why companies are [...]

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21st Century LMS

27 October 2009

On the 25th September, the eLearning Network held its Next Generation Learning Management event at Holborn Bars in London. As part of the event, Matt Brewer of Chubb Insurance and I ran a collaborative session to identify what eLN members wanted to see in an LMS that was fit for use in 21st Century organisations. [...]

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