Category Archives: Education
Virtual Reality: Defining and Applying
There is quite a lot out there at the moment about virtual reality. News just today in the NY Times assesses the current position of this technology in Gartner’s hype cycle – apparently we are now in the “trough of … Continue reading
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Lessons from the track
Over the past few years, I’ve been able to realize a life-long dream of driving fast. Er. Driving fast, safely. Lots of people drive fast – too fast – on public roads. I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about … Continue reading
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Education for Effect
Having been in the business of executive and management development for 18 years, I’m quite familiar with the questions clients have about return on investment (ROI). We routinely include positioning on this in our work proposals, and follow through with components … Continue reading
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Towards a Pedagogy of Technology, 2
Next installment in this mini-series. This one is about critically assessing the pedagogical utility of the technology at hand. Claim 2: Every tool has its purpose. Or purposes. Effectively – every tool has its purpose. Some can serve more than … Continue reading
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Towards a Pedagogy of Technology
This is the first in a series of ideas I’d like to share about how to position technology tools in the design and delivery of education. Four claims for better learning design: Claim 1: There is an ‘e’ in learning. … Continue reading
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Soft Skills, Hard Results
This is a repost of something I wrote for work. We often overlook the opportunities to structure follow-up and reconnection with participants after the ‘event’ of learning is done. This is just a little story about that… It was … Continue reading
On Social Learning
I’m participating in a MOOC called Exploring Social Learning offered by some very kind folks out of the UK, and powered by a range of technologies, including HT2’s Curatr platform. A discussion has sprung up there about the definition of … Continue reading
