I’m going to be doing something new in the next few weeks with my friend Rachel Burnham. It’ll be based on learning and the things which modern learning professionals need to know now. We’re not talking about the senior strategic leads, or even managers. This would be for the learning professionals who don’t have access… Read More New things
There was snow in London on Sunday night. London generally struggles with snow; trains grind to a halt, schools close, people slide along ungritted pavements. You’d think we’d be more prepared for snow seeing as we get it most years, but that’s another conversation. The difference with this snow day was how it seems to… Read More Snow day
and no-one hears it, does it make a sound? In a similar vein, if good work is happening in the learning and development space but people don’t nominate themselves for an award, does it mean the work is of value? It was interesting to hear from so many people at the Charity Learning Consortium annual… Read More If a tree falls in a wood
Flexible Learning Innovation Space is a clumsy name but this approach by the University of Manchester seems quite elegant in terms of learning solution. One of the key limits to innovation is physical – space, resource, fixed material – which is inflexible and (in many ways) a sunk cost. Getting round the assumption that fixed… Read More Flexible Learning Innovation Space
Complicated challenges are rarely solved with simple solutions. On the occasions they are, it’s likely that someone has done the heavy thinking – creative and critical thought – to understand the relationship between the different elements of the problem. The smart learning people will know there isn’t a simple solution to every problem. Don’t be… Read More Simplicity
Lost and Desperate 