“That’s not the way we do learning here” Anon In a conversation about learning in the organisation a discussion happened around social, collaborative and peer to peer. The ‘we’ here matters most – just because ‘you’ don’t do it that way, don’t assume everyone else doesn’t.
I saw another example of solving the wrong problem recently. Cheating in online exams appears to be widespread at the University of Auckland with claims students sitting online exams are gathering on group calls to discuss the answers. Work is being undertaken to detect and penalise cheating. In a digitally enabled world that we have… Read More Examinations
The BBC Annual Report was published yesterday. It’ll get lots of noise and discussion over the pay of its top stars, or the lack of union flags. The bit I was interested in was the people section, and (rather obviously) the learning and development section. It’s reproduced in full below: We are also building a… Read More Tired
Taking a screenshot on my tablet requires pressing 2 buttons simultaneously. If they’re not pressed together you eithera) turn the device off orb) turn the volume up. Taking a screenshot on my phone requires pulling down a menu and selecting an icon. If you don’t catch the menu right it opens an alternative, different menu… Read More Screenshot
Someone asked me the other day if writing a blog post a day means I give lots of stuff away for free. The answer is ‘probably’. If someone wanted to go through all my blog posts and assemble them into a more understandable order then they’re welcome to do so (with attribution of course). I… Read More Freebies
Lost and Desperate 