7 shifts you need to make in your Workplace L&D

I saw this article on Teach Thought last week and thought it was worth consideration from a workplace learning perspective. What ideas do we cling to in LD that don’t do us any favours?  Let’s look at the 7 in the Teach Thought article. Physical to Digital One of the saddest sights recently was at… Read More 7 shifts you need to make in your Workplace L&D

6 common uses of technology

So, you know when you have an idea for a post and then TeachThought do it.  And then Rob Hubbard does it. That. But I’m doing it anyway, especially as we’re on the eve of Learning Technologies 2013 where more people will be telling me about more L&D technology. So, what common technologies exist in… Read More 6 common uses of technology

All Present! And correct.

I’ve seen some rubbish presentations with PowerPoint.  I mean some absolute horrors, almost as bad as some of these. Apparently, lots of us are poor at using Powerpoint.  It has become synonymous with dry, lecture style content, wordy slides and crass images. Confession time – how many of you reading this blog post still create slides like… Read More All Present! And correct.

Thanks for coming

Following my recent blog post, here’s an alternative way that it could run. *Imagine your screen wobbling like some weird 70s TV flashback* Thanks for coming to this blog post after last time.  The content is flexible and I know some people will be joining us later.  I’ve taken the content of this post based… Read More Thanks for coming

Changing the Learner Mindset

This week I’ll be co-facilitating a session on this subject with the fabulous Naureen Wilson for Learning Pool.  Our audience is a group of other L&D practitioners and the crux of the session is to highlight how (and why) we need to be supporting learners in pulling learning, rather than us in L&D constantly pushing content.  I’m really looking forward to… Read More Changing the Learner Mindset