One of the things I see a lot of people arguing about is the value of social learning. Not over whether it’s the right thing to do – everyone seems agreed upon that – but how do you work out the specific value? This is one area of Proving Impact which I didn’t struggle to… Read More Sharing is caring
I had a super chat with Martin Couzins last week. We chat semi-regularly and I’m always thankful for the time we spend in conversation. I enjoy catching up and chatting with people; hearing what they’re doing and being asked for advice and guidance is an immense privilege which I feel incredibly thankful for. Something came… Read More Generosity of spirit
I read an insightful paper in July. The Christensen Institute had been looking at the relationships between students and their successes. In the report – Lessons in how to build students’ social capital through career-connected learning – they come up with interesting research which supports the idea that students in networks will benefit from engagement… Read More Social capital of learning
Chatting about personalisation recently and someone told me that listening to a podcast through their headphones was the best experience. Their argument was that this method was an individual encounter with the speakers and more akin to social than consumption. You need to consider this in your design about this when you’re developing support for… Read More Hey, listen to this
Almost 10 years ago I wrote a blog post which asked people why they used Twitter. Almost 30 replies came in which discussed its reach, engagement, insight, and connection. It seems Twitter has now also shut off the API access which WordPress uses. This means that my blog posts which would share to Twitter automatically… Read More The king is dead