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What (some) brilliant minds say about learning
This post is an extract from my regular newsletter. You can sign up to receive it here. Recent weeks have been busy with getting the Digital Learning Standards Forum up and running. Starting something new is not to be taken lightly. Time is easily consumed as there is nothing to hand upon which to build. […]
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What do we mean by learning? Whatever…
This post is an extract from my regular newsletter. You can sign up for it here. Language matters. But that much? The last issue briefly mentioned that I have spent some time over the last few weeks attempting to convene a conversation about developing standards for digital learning. This has required what, I believe, is […]
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Measures, interoperability and everything else – the L&D standards debate takes shape
So, what has been learned since posting the initial article raising the idea of developing practical standards for digital learning? It was immediately clear that the words ‘digital learning’ are unhelpful in the context of developing standards for the work we do. Digital as a noun is probably innocent enough on its own, but the […]
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What are “Learning Technologies” for?
Learning Technologies are misnamed and really for instruction rather than learning.
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Where is the value in learning products?
Digital learning strategy needs product strategy to be sustainable Since arriving in the learning industry more than a decade ago, I have held a strong belief that product management is one of the keys to its future. (The curious, either of you, can read more of these ideas here). For much of this time, there […]
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Learning Technologies 22 – a not so hot take
“It’s like the last two years never happened”. Anon: LT 22 attendee That is the most memorable quote from my conversations yesterday at the Learning Technologies 2022 Exhibition. (I was not at the conference but my, equally unscientific, polling suggests that it was a valuable two days). There are two ways to take that comment, […]
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Six years in and what do I know?
By an accident of timing, the anniversary of starting my consulting business coincides with the tax year. Early April tends to inspire a little self reflection. Last year, these were the thoughts brought to mind. This past year has been spent mostly on helping organisations consider how and if to go about digital learning initiatives. […]
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A theory about learning technology
Here is a theory about how technologies for learning are handled in organisations. Organisations buy Technology Systems Learning teams need products to help people learn Users want tools to help them at work Admittedly, this theory needs some evidential rigour to test it and refine it. It is based on generalisations from my own experience […]
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Boom times for elearning
I was struck by this extensive summary of market data about the growth of learning technologies. Pretty much every indicator is showing significant growth across education and corporate learning segments. Close to two years in on our COVID experience, this is not much of a surprise, I suppose. It has taken the forced closure of […]
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The new TikTok for learning is, erm, TikTok…
Yes. That is quite a click baity title. To avoid thrashing around in sound bites and misunderstandings, I will open by stating what this post is not about: The next big thing for learning. TikTok is the current big thing for almost anything you can think of and is well used for many learning applications […]