It’s no secret, I love to learn. It’s what keeps me curious, engaged and excited about what I do. Over the years, the internet and in particular, social media, online communities and social networks have provided me with a wealth of resources, information and constant ideas that inspire and mesmerise me…and also confuse me! Still, […]
How to Build Your Peer Learning Network When You “Don’t Have Time”
I had a coffee with my friend Rebekah yesterday. Rebekah is an e-learning designer for veterinary educators and we met through Twitter. On the few occasions we caught up at a local cafe, our passions for social media for learning and development were evident. Our ideas tumbled out of us as we grappled with possibilities on how […]
The Quiet Before the Storm
Such a dramatic title for my blog post but alas, there’s no storm. Christmas yes, but that’s not a storm…more like a tornado when we realise we haven’t done the Christmas shopping. What Have I Been Working On? These last few weeks have been quite busy for me. As well as working on the development […]
I Love an A-Ha Moment
This week I had the opportunity to present at the Learn@Work Conference at the Australian Technology Park in Sydney. I recall the conference organiser asking me “what will you talk about?” when he called me up to invite me to speak. At the time, I couldn’t think straight because the office was noisy. The first […]
Random Thoughts on a Wednesday Night – Passion And The Workplace
For those who know me, know I don’t sit still. My mind is always ticking over with something, making plans, organising something or experimenting with some new app or software. Even quiet times at work you’ll find me reading articles, commenting in blogs, participating in tweet chats, doing MOOCs, listening to TED talks, podcasts or […]
Week 0: How to Teach Online – the new MOOC on the block
After a nice long holiday, it didn’t take long for me to get back into work and into an organisational restructure. However despite all that, life goes on. Despite turbulent times in Learning and Development, it’s a good time to continue learning and do a MOOC or three. (a) Teaching with Moodle (started on 2 […]
Week 1: Introduction to #ocTEL
Just because I’m a sucker for punishment, I joined another 10 week cMOOC called Octel: The Open Course in Technology. (Actually, methinks I was on such a high with the Educational Technology MOOC #ETMOOC which recently finished that I just wanted to recreate that ‘buzz’ again). David Hopkin’s writes more about this course here. As […]
Social Learning in Business
Mid last year, I registered for the ‘Gold Package’ on the Social Learning Centre, UK to undertake all their courses. That registration was “worth it weight in gold” (pardon the pun) in my professional and personal development in the last year. Certainly I have mentioned them in this blog many times so it goes to […]
What I Learned in March
Where did this month go? I don’t know about you but does it feel like the months zip by? Some of you may know that I’m on the Michelle Bridges 12 week Body Transformation Program. Michelle Bridges is an Australian personal trainer and marketing guru who has transformed health and lifestyle in Australia. She is […]
Designing Learning in the Digital Age – Reflections Of the Day
The following post is a collection of notes and thoughts taken at the Designing Learning in the Digital Age workshop. ***************************************************************************** What do we mean by disruptive? Clayton M. Christensen, “Disrupting Class” mentions that we need education to be rebuilt. A. The Changing Learning Agenda: From formal to informal Mass to personalised learning Competitive to […]