Constructive criticism
It’s easy to criticise and call it constructive. It can be much harder to be constructive without being critical.
Rate this learning
Adding ratings to learning activities seems like a no-brainer. People use a 5 star scale and allocate a score; the cream rises. It doesn’t mean the learning works though, just that it’s popular. If you only look at the top of the list, you’ll only ever find the most popular. Dig deeper – the best… Read More Rate this learning
Chicken feed
Most people don’t care about the quality of the chicken feed if they’re making an omelette. Why should they care about the image quality in an e-learning module animation if they just want to improve performance.
Podcasts
In the movie Contagion, Jude Law’s character is told that blogging is graffiti with punctuation. Are podcasts just graffiti with sound effects?
Destination: learning
We all have aims, targets and objectives and know when we’ve reached them. We have service, target and performance measures which confirm how well we’ve done. We have reviews, evaluations and assessments to check our success. Such a shame that all the learning happens before you reach the destination.
Lost and Desperate 