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Lost and Desperate

Random ramblings that might, or might not, relate to training, learning, development, and management

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Almost didn’t

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

I almost didn’t write a blog post for today. I’ve been busy with reading and writing, meetings and conversations, designing and creating and realised, late in the day, that I didn’t have a post written. Would it matter if I didn’t write a post today? Probably not, but only in terms of today. What it… Read More Almost didn’t

Asynchronous questions

June 3, 2021June 2, 2021 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

The next part of asynchronous design I mentioned previously was about questions. Questions are simple to fix aren’t they? Craft a FAQ document and away you go. This is where we get much learning design so very wrong. The worst examples of poor design mean we have FAQ documents that: Go on for dozens of… Read More Asynchronous questions

Flexible recruitment

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

Yesterday, I saw my friend Sukh Pabial has been recruiting for a new venture. What was different was the way he recruited – no CVs, just a cover letter to meet 3 questions he set for the applicants. I’ve mentioned that we need to think about flexible working and flexible learning differently – I’m interested… Read More Flexible recruitment

It’s not just ‘sticking it online’

May 6, 2021May 4, 2021 andrewjacobslnd3 Comments

I’ve mentioned asynchronous within learning a few times and I’m not convinced that there’s a clear understanding of how fundamental a shift this will make for learning design. The idea of blending (mixing face to face/online meeting with additional elements) is pretty well known across the learning profession now but many failures exist in the… Read More It’s not just ‘sticking it online’

Separated

April 27, 2021April 26, 2021 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

We’re being encouraged to pay digitally when we go to a shop, to order digitally when we go to a pub, or restaurant and it feels like we’re moving beyond twinned processes. The move to non-contact, socially distanced life is moving at pace. Don’t assume that your learning offer won’t be the same. Stop building… Read More Separated

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