Lately, everything I seem to be reading on Twitter and blogs seem to be about social or peer-to-peer learning. Okay, I may be exaggerating – not everything – but consider that only one year ago in Australia, the term was relatively new and not widely mentioned at learning and development gatherings and conferences. All of […]
Australian Institute of Training Development National Conference 2015
I attended the Australian Institute of Training and Development Conference in Sydney on Wednesday 13 May and Thursday 14 May and decided to vlog some of my thoughts… I was invited by Michelle Ockers and AITD to participate to present the Work, Connect and Learn case study for CCA. You can read all the blog […]
April was all about New Ideas, Inspirations & Chocolate Eggs
Please no more chocolate eggs. As I’m writing this blog post, I’m nursing a cold and munching on Easter eggs that I found at the back of the kitchen pantry. You do understand that they had to be eaten right? So it’s that time of the month where again I write about what I’ve been up […]
Do You Work Out Loud?
Ever since stumbling upon Casey Niestat’s vlogs, something has just ‘switched on’ in my mind and I’ve been inspired. In particular, the video of his Wildly Functional Studio made me think about my own work, workplace and working out loud. Watch his video first and then come back to this blog… Well, what did you think? Did […]
Activate My Learning
I’m so excited to be able to bring to you an idea “Activate My Learning” that has been mulling in my mind for a while. Many of you know that I like to experiment with all sorts of different learning tools and apps and have a bit of fun in the process. For the last […]
Simulating Real Life Workplace Experiences
A couple of weeks ago, I had organised a Third Place visit to go and see the Building Leadership Simulation Centre in South Melbourne. It was the first time I had organised a visit to a training facility with Third Place (our social networking and co-working group) and once I advertised the tour on Meetup, […]
We Need the FBI In Our Lives
Sometimes I’m embarrassed to admit it but I do find all things finance and accounting quite boring. There’s a part of me that as someone who came from a learning and development background, this was one area I really never connected with my business clients when I should have. I knew it then and I know […]
March – A Month of New Clients…and a Baby
Well, what a month! It’s been crazy hectic – but a lot of fun! It’s been about new client work which explains the lack of blog posts… No, I didn’t have a baby but read on. What Have I Been Working On? My biggest achievement was completing the Work, Connect and Learn Program, a guided […]
Learning is Connecting: Reflections of Learning Lab 2015
The Vocational Development Centre hosted Learning Lab, a mini Digital Conference for Vocational educators at the Melbourne Convention Centre on Thursday 5 March to showcase, promote and apply new tools and technology in the classroom. Here are my reflections on how I planned my Twitter session and how I could have improved on it for […]
February – Getting Down to Business
Continuing with my new end of month blog post of what I have been doing, February was all about “Getting Down to Business!” What Have I Been Working On? First and foremost was rolling out Coca Cola Amatil’s Work, Connect and Learn Program (a guided social learning program). I have been actively ‘working out loud’ […]
How to Broaden Your Networks Into New Markets
Yesterday I attended the Melbourne Business Awards (South East Region) Breakfast event at the lovely Woodlands Golf Course. Obviously any event at a golf course is a winner for me so this was no different. John Walls, Group Managing Director from Acquire Learning was the guest speaker who presented on how education providers and employers can effectively […]
The Importance of Having a Plan as a Freelancer
I’ve been freelancing now for eight months and it’s been an interesting journey. By no means did I think the move from full-time salaried employment to one where you didn’t know where the next job was coming from was going to be easy. I anticipated that I was going to experience the full range of emotions. Elation […]
A Visit to Business Networking International
This morning I attended a breakfast for visitors to the Business Networking International club in the local area. Some years ago, I came across this global networking club through Rotary. At the time I was researching on industry and business in my local area and created a program to connect more business with social responsibility through community […]
cMOOC, Social Learning Guided Design or Community of Inquiry – All The Same?
This week I started a cMOOC called Exploring Innovations in Networked Work and Learning where we will explore the four models of learning and how they can be applied in the workplace. These are: Networked learning Personal learning networks MOOCs Communities of Inquiry Our first task of the week was to either: Option 1: Explore […]
What’s Your 100 Year Vision?
This year I started a 12 month business coaching development program through David Guest Business Coaching Solutions. I figured after 24 years of working for someone else, now as a freelancer, it was time to invest in personal development that took me out of my comfort zone. If freelancing wasn’t risky enough, I needed to have someone […]
How Working, Connecting and Learning Is Like Driving a Car
Last week I had an opportunity to work with Michelle Ockers who had travelled down from Sydney for work. We caught up at the co-working space at the NAB Village to go through some final editing to four of the modules of the Work, Connect and Learn Program. The Work, Connect and Learn Program is a social learning guided […]
An Open Course in Exploring Innovations in Networked Work and Learning
Back in 2013 I participated in an open course (cMOOC) in Exploring Personal Learning Networks through Northwestern University Master’s Program Learning & Organisational Change run by Jeff Merrell. One of the standout features of this course was not only the excellent reference material on PLNs (which I still refer to) but that it made me […]
In the end, they’re just tools…
The last few weeks have been busy as the silly season wound down and the focus was to get back to work and look forward to 2015. I’ve been mindful that I haven’t been blogging as frequently and instead, my time being taken up with client work, catching up with reading of articles on the […]
A Way To Work, Connect and Learn in Your Job
Many who have been following my blog, know my love of MOOCs – the connectivist kind. Having completed many of them in the past few years, they have been instrumental in my broadening my own personal learning networks (PLN) but also giving me the confidence to use, explore, play and apply different social tools in my work. (If […]
Always Look on the Bright Side – Tuesday Teachings for WOLWEEK
After an hour long walk this morning (yay! I made time for my walk!), shower and brekkie I jumped onto a train and travelled into town to work out at the NAB Village (a co-working space) before my first client site meeting. I was excited to be presenting a webinar on the Benefits of Social Networking. Pulling […]