[NOTE: This is an updated and revised post from June of last year (2017). Prompted by David James in his recent post about selecting an LMS…or not.] A couple of things have given me pause in my digital convictions in the last few weeks. As a traveller on the information superhighway in the mid to… Continue reading Digital or hide! (take 2) – technology hiding places in a digital world
Category: learning technology
Learning technologies 2018: Two great days but misnamed?
I have been an attendee of Learning Technologies conferences since, I think, 2010. Maybe 2009. Every year I have enjoyed my time there. Each subsequent event, I have looked forward to. At the conference, I have always met people I know and like, in whose views I am interested and perspectives I value. Equally, I… Continue reading Learning technologies 2018: Two great days but misnamed?
Making VR predictable
Much of my work in the last twelve months or so has been focused on a broad definition of user experience. By this I mean the more useful and perhaps difficult definition offered by the Nieslen Norman group. It runs thus: User experience ” encompasses all aspects of the end-user’s interaction with the company, its… Continue reading Making VR predictable
Digital or hide! – technology hiding places in a digital world
A couple of things have given me pause in my digital convictions in the last few weeks. As a traveller on the information superhighway in the mid to late 1990s and then a journeyman of the Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 eras (I’m not sure it matters what they mean either), the notion of being… Continue reading Digital or hide! – technology hiding places in a digital world
Digital Literacy – teach it or speak proper?
This is another reflection on my time at Learning Technologies 2017. Much fat was chewed and I find myself with interesting matters to reflect on again. Today I find my mind orbiting the theme of digital literacy. This was a phrase I had not heard before in the conference (my lack of attention I suspect).… Continue reading Digital Literacy – teach it or speak proper?
Two speed IT for colleagues now too please
What follows is about half of a thought. I hope it is better than none. During an excellent two days at Learning Technologies this week the notion of two speed IT kept bubbling up in my mind. I am in the foothills of writing a book on the impact of digital transformation on organisations and… Continue reading Two speed IT for colleagues now too please
What next for the learning technologies market – the Trello acquisition has some clues
Some time ago I posted a piece about the problems of the one stop shop. Essentially, I was aiming at the increasingly bloated, feature rich LMS and HR systems which tend to dominate the market. They are ripe for that famous digital business moment – disruption. Disruption by smaller, faster, simpler and cheaper alternatives. Not… Continue reading What next for the learning technologies market – the Trello acquisition has some clues
Socially personal or personally social
In preparation for this event, during it and since, I have been pondering personalisation. It is a beguiling topic. At first glance, a personal experience is obviously desirable. Who would deny a tailored experience or bespoke content? Simple, yes? Robin Hoyle was quick (and correct) to puncture that oversimplification in his talk. He laid out… Continue reading Socially personal or personally social
Look at me – digital change and personalisation
Be warned. Shameless self promotion follows. A couple of weeks ago I joined a panel at the Learning Technologies exhibition. We talked as a panel about personalisation: what it is and isn’t, its value and the problems and possible solutions to creating a more personal experience. More about that soon. After that session, I was… Continue reading Look at me – digital change and personalisation
The Bunker (Another brief thought from Learning Technologies 2016)
Last week, I posted about Slack and the possibilities it offers for learning to be brought into the flow of work via one of the most useful tools of work. To be clear, this was not about Slack as learning system but as a work tool that, naturally, supports the ways we learn as we… Continue reading The Bunker (Another brief thought from Learning Technologies 2016)
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