In my Top 10 tools post yesterday I mentioned that I use Feedly as an RSS feed reader. I have used it – and Google Reader before it – for over 10 years. These are, as Tom McDowall says, the foundations of the internet and RSS is criminally underused as a learning tool. It keeps… Read More Feed me
Every year Jane Hart collects and analyses submissions for the top 10 tools for learning. I usually remember to add mine and this year’s looks VERY different from previous years. This is, in part, down to the work we’re doing but also taking time to sort the wheat from the chaff. In no particular order:… Read More Top 10 tools for learning 2025
Prompted from a great call with Emily Mason at Thinqi earlier this week I got to thinking; if what you’re doing is irrelevant, silence will tell you faster than any survey. We talk about engagement like it’s always a win. People are engaging – great. People aren’t engaging – bad. But what if engagement is… Read More Better to be hated than ignored?
If a course happens and nothing changes, did the course run? This approach – we did something and you didn’t change so it’s YOUR fault – is performative learning. I’ve mentioned learning theatre before; that’s building the structures, platforms, LMS, and courses. Performative learnign is insisting that it a) has to happen, and b) if… Read More Performative learning
Just as I took a break I saw a great post from Martin Couzins. As he says: …vendors have built, or are building, AI tools focused on content predominantly. The other areas of the learning process – arguably the ones that could be most transformed by AI, just aren’t a priority. It needs to change… Read More AI is fixing the wrong problem in L&D
Lost and Desperate 