Almost a year ago I stood for election for the Learning Network. My tenure still runs for a year but there are a number of vacancies on the board coming up, specifically: I strongly recommend putting yourself forward if you have the opportunity. The role is voluntary and will open up many new experiences to… Read More Are you just what the Learning Network needs?
There are a number of mechanisms to aggregate and adjudicate on someone’s previous achievement in higher learning. These include: They’re all once and done events. An assembly of certificates, activity, and key incidents. We don’t ask for the same things in workplace learning but insist on ongoing completion of compliance based activity to ‘prove’ competence.… Read More Prior achievement
I was on a Tube train last week and opened my phone to the message NO CONNECTION. The Tube is a great place to avoid connection – If you don’t turn your WiFi on, you can remain unobtainable until you are back above ground. We lost a lot of this opportunity to disconnect during lockdown… Read More Happenstance of disconnection
Last week, someone told me I was doing cool stuff. What do we mean by cool though? If cool means relevant, creative, interesting and exciting I’d be happy with that. If the definition of cool is disparaging, overly hip or trendy, I’d be less happy. Is your learning offer cool?
At the end of a pretty manic week – conferences, flights, hurricanes, jet lag, etc – there are three specific things this week which need to be amplified. Firstly, look out for a new episode of the Women Talking About Learning podcast next week. Recorded live at the Learning 2022 event in Orlando it really… Read More Is it another blog post about women? Yes, yes it is.
Lost and Desperate 