Next week is LearnTech Asia – a learning and development conference that will be hosted in Singapore. It’s also my FIRST OVERSEAS LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE and I have a speaking gig! (Except for the time I went to the Rotary International Conferences in Birmingham and Los Angeles but they don’t count). I was close […]
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What Do I Suck At?
I am going through all my DRAFT posts that are sitting on my WordPress site that have long gone unpublished and I came across this one that was written in 2013. At the time, it made such an impact but I was too fearful to publish it but now that I read it again, I’ve […]
Ticking Off The Dreams List
I’m someone who likes to curate various blog posts and insert links, posts, graphics etc into them in WordPress but I may not hit the Publish button. So there’s a steady collection (and building) of DRAFT blog posts. This morning while doing my monthly clean up of the back end of WordPress, updating plugins, checking […]
Work Book Clubs As Social Learning Experiences
I’m putting it out there. I don’t understand people who say that they never read books – or even worse, “never have time to read a book”. They may as well say that they don’t value their own growth and personal development. The easiest way to learn something new and incorporate it into our lives […]
Chatbots in Learning
Recently I had my first experience of chatbots in learning. Note: If you can’t be bothered reading all this, scroll down to the bottom of the post and watch my video instead. I had been curious about these little critters (not exactly a critter but how could you deny that this little robot on the […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 25 September 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 25 September 2017. Monday 25 September 2017 Today I talked about Link Rot which was a new concept I had discovered in my research for my curation presentation. I go through my process for how I plan my presentation and redo my mind map opting […]
Curator Panics Over Link Rot
For the last week, I’ve been working on my presentation on Curation for Learning for LearnTech Asia and had a panic attack. I hyperventilated slightly that had me reaching for my ventalin. While I was away last week, I had been thinking how I could plan and prepare for this presentation so that it was […]
Time Out for a Week
I decided to take some time out for a week to not sweat the small stuff. Recently I have been anxious about the fluctuating nature of my work and how I’ve been spending a lot of time not only thinking about this but also creating various different content such as e-books, resources, presentations and workshops […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 21 August 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 21 August 2017. Monday 21 August 2017 Today I met with Ai Zhang who is a Public Relations professor and who I admire for her passion and enthusiasm in sharing her love of pedagogy using social media. We used Facebook Messenger to meet online as I […]
Using Social Media As Work & Learning Portfolios
I’m a great fan of social media and love to explore their functions and applications. In particular, using social media as work and learning portfolios. Apart from sharing aspects of your day to your friends and family, social media can be also used to: Build a network Show and share our work Engage in online […]
The Mechanics Institutes
I’m no stranger to libraries. In fact, one of my delights is to check out different libraries in my local area and become a member. While some people accrue credit cards, I seem to have an increasing collection of plastic library cards that I like to fan out like a deck of cards to unsuspecting […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 7 August
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 7 August 2017. Monday 7 August 2017 In this personal learning snapstory, I was inspired by the story of Rachmaninov, a Russian composer whose first symphony was a public flop. The result was that he then went into depression for four years because he felt […]
Changing the Learning and Development DNA
Changing the Learning and Development DNA was a great theme for this year’s Learning and Development Unconference. I have been attending this event in Melbourne for the last few years. Hosted and coordinated by LearningCafe, a “community of forward thinking learning professionals interested in frank discussions about current issues and trends in learning, performance and knowledge […]
How to Work Out Loud: A Month of Different Activities to Do on Your Enterprise Social Network
The question I get asked by business is how to work out loud so here is a guide I have created that you can follow over the course of one month to set up the habit and practice using your enterprise social network. What is Working Out Loud? Working out loud is the process of […]
Learning Is A Series of Little Experiments
Since finishing up my employment contract at an insurance company in mid-June this year, I have been reflecting that everything I learned about my field of Learning and Development has come about from a series of little experiments across multiple fields and different interests outside my field. I’m very much a dabbler and an explorer […]
A New Way To Create Podcasts
I found a new way to create podcasts for those who have been asking me this question over the last couple of years. And it’s too easy. In an employment contract with an organisation some time ago, I remember trawling Yammer one morning while having breakfast at my desk. I came across an internal business […]
Why We Post
Some years ago on Facebook, I made an intriguing observation on why we post. On my feed, I saw a variety of different types of posts. Ignoring the sponsored posts and paid advertisements, I looked at what posts seemed to have more discussion and engagement with my family, friends and peers. I noticed that posts […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 10 July 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning (that is, what I’m learning and how it applies to work). I use Snapchat as my Working Out Loud tool that captures my thoughts and reflections during the day in a chronological order. I also use it as a channel to inform, educate and inspire others […]
The Enigma Around Social Learning
I’m convinced that there’s an enigma around social learning. Recently I presented at the eLearning Instructional Designer’s Meetup and I had a massive realisation. Learning and Development don’t really understand what social learning is and the business doesn’t care much about it. It was confirmed by a quick survey I created and disseminated on Yammer […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 19 June 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning. Monday 19 June 2017 On Monday 19 June I decided to snap about CollabTechFest a collaboration conference focussed on enterprise social networks. Of course, I wasn’t there (sometimes attending conferences can be very expensive so I limit my attendance preferring cheaper alternatives – namely connecting with […]