I’m in a meeting at the moment, talking about coproduction and showing my colleague how WordPress works. It’s interesting to me in that I have been talking about L&D being a provider and here is an example of provision but with the analysis taking place up front. The person I’m with also wants to look… Read More Coproduction
I had a great experience this week, I did a bit of old-school ‘training’ to a ‘group’ in a ‘workshop’. I hadn’t thought about it but someone reminded me that this came almost a week after I’d been presenting about changing learner mindsets and, there I was, doing what I did 20 years ago. Even if… Read More I want to tell you a story
The UK was in recession, the pound had crumbled and I’d started working in L&D. If I knew now what I knew then, what would I be telling myself? Presentation is only part of the skill in helping people learn You’re a good presenter Andrew, but don’t assume that presenting in an informative and entertaining… Read More 20 years ago
How many trainers does it take to change a lightbulb? 3 – one to tell you what to do, one to demonstrate it, one to evaluate it afterwards. What do you call an auditory/visual learner? Anything you like, they’re not kinsthetic so won’t feel it anyway. Why did the trainee cross the road? To avoid… Read More Learning’s a funny thing
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
Lost and Desperate 