What I’ve learned from my kids: Trust
A while back (!) I started reflecting and writing about lessons I was learning from being a parent, and from seeing the world from my children’s point of view, and how my own perception and Read More …
Reading: A MOOC taxonomy based on classification schemes of MOOCs
As seen on Twitter earlier today (thank you Grainne Conole): A MOOC taxonomy based on classification schemes of MOOCs by T. Liyanagunawardena and colleagues: The abstract is: In recent years there has been a significant Read More …
Who even takes notes anymore … #OpenBlog19
From the list of ideas/themes submitted to the #OpenBlog19 Google doc, I thought I’d pick up this idea that was posted – ‘Who even takes notes anymore …?’ In the past I’ve written about the Read More …
Reading: ‘Best Practices for Use of Blended Learning’
So I’m thinking about blended learning again. Why? well, why not? It’s not just about the purely ‘online’ is it? One thing I had to do, in getting my brain considering the ‘blended’ approach again Read More …
Open writing/blogging challenge #OpenBlog19
This morning I had an idea for a ‘pay it forward‘ blogging/writing challenge. The premise is simple … once nominated you will be presented with a title or theme with which you can write about. Read More …
Do we see the whole picture?
I came across this story on LinkedIn last week, and it was shared again this, so I thought I’d share it here too. I think it’s an important lesson for us as learning designers and/or Read More …
Social media accessibility #EasierToRead
Accessibility of online materials should be on all our minds, all the time. Whether it’s the font type and size, colours, <alt> text and descriptions on images or charts, etc. the thought of making our Read More …
What works and what doesn’t?
Re-reading an old post by Melissa Milloway, about her eLearning 10 pet-peeves, reminded my of a post I started and never finished last year. Here is the post I (think) I wanted to write then, Read More …
Moving on up
A few of my recent blog posts have started with a lyric from a track I’ve listened to on the radio or on my iPod. This is no different. This morning it’s the turn of Read More …
What does education mean to you? #EducationDay
Inspired by the tweets I’ve been reading today, and from Sheila MacNeill’s post of the same title, here is something that education and learning means to me. As with everything these days, we have the Read More …