Seth Godin is a provocative and quotable author. Feeling provoked, I will quote him here and ponder relevance to learning (as many have done before me). As an editorial note, this is very much pondering out loud. I’m interested to…
Roy and I held this event on the basis that best practice is all well and good, but it is rare. Very rare. Further, best practice is helpful for inspiration and guidance, yet we learn the most from the hard…
“Although AI tools are becoming increasingly sophisticated, they can’t replace human writers entirely.” That last word jarred me from my coffee and news peering this morning. Human writers will not be completely replaced by machines. Nice. What will be left…
I confess to being a little anxious about organising this event (“Data analytics for learning – beyond learning data”), but thanks to an active, inquisitive and talkative group, I think it was a rewarding hour. My anxiety was rooted in…
This is the slide deck used in the “Data Analytics for learning – beyond learning data” event on 24 It is made available here as a reference resource for those interested in the topic and working on similar themes.
On Wednesday 24th November at 11.00 am (UK) we’re hosting the latest in a series of open invitation conversations around themes of product management for learning and digital learning services. This time we are exploring data analytics. So often the…
This autumn has been a season of data analytics work. I realise that we are not all fans of data analysis, but I have found this to be cause for some modest celebration. It is a largely absent topic of…
Ground Zero Cafe: the most dangerous eatery in the world? I like this story, even if the truth is opaque. It illuminates something about how easy it is to accept the face value interpretation of observations. In the central courtyard…
This post is a question really, or a rumination. I am keen to gather feedback and ideas about this. This title refers to Learning data with a higher case L. So data from Learning systems and products. Which, in turn,…
A couple of things have happened recently that have made me feel nostalgic for my days in the search engine industry. The first was an email from WordPress (upon which this blog is hosted). It was titled “Google Analytics is…