Archive for the ‘Learning’ Category

Resource spotlight: Social by Social

Do you ever get the feeling that you could be swept away by the latest online trend or fad? Virtually everyday brings us a shiny and new form of online interaction to play with. Before you can get to grips with the last one, it’s all too easy to be swept away by the next. [...]

Keep an open mind on the MOOC

Yesterday I was sitting in the Ridgeway School staff room scanning summaries of blog posts and other excreta shared by participants in the #change11 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). While my daughter was on a school visit I was giving the daily outpourings from MOOC participants a quick scan. I was doing this on my [...]

Book prize draw winners

All that appears to be true on the Internet is not necessarily so. This is not news, but the real identities of people online can be easily hidden or real motives obscured. Sometimes this is out in the open, other times it’s done behind a guise of trickery and deception. Look no further than coverage [...]

Looking for plums on K Road

When I’m facilitating a meeting or workshop I like to have something on the table for people to munch on, gaze at wistfully or even turn over in their hands. A small offering helps pass the time during any dull bits and it makes people feel valued as you’ve gone to some effort to think [...]

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