The interview before the interview
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a change in the way organisations are approaching interviews; increasingly, candidates are being
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Category: eLearning
Does this help someone learn?
One of the phrases I hear most often when discussing (digital) learning is that we need to make our content
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What recruitment misses about experience
Recruitment has a habit of signalling who it wants, long before a CV is ever read. You can see it
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What I’ve learned from my kids: University
A while ago (way, way back) I wrote a few posts about things I was learning from my kids. As
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Observe
Do you see a shift in how someone behaves depending on who’s around? The same individual can be assertive in
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Sponge or stone?
The ‘sponge and stone’ theory is a simple metaphor, but it carries an uncomfortable amount of truth. Faced with the
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Unbundling the degree
The idea of unbundling the university degree is often framed as something radical: a disruption driven by technology companies, MOOCs,
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‘2025 Voice of the Online Learner (UK Edition)’
This week marked the release of ‘Voice of the Online Learner (UK Edition)‘. This is the first time UK-specific insight
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Built around people
In a recent post, I wrote about the importance of building infrastructure around the needs of students, keeping things clear,
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What makes a good online learning experience (2025)?
Ten years ago, I wrote about ‘What makes a good online learning experience?‘, exploring what makes a good online learning
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