Earlier this month, an article on the ABC called out for knitters to knit jumpers for penguins affected by oil spills. Five days later, the Guardian posts another article, “Lay Down Your Needles, Knitters Are Covered For The Time Being” and stops the world in our penguin knitting frenzy. How did the world go so […]
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What They Say About Me
Here are some of the clients I have worked with and for. Helen Palmer Helen is an open constant adventurous learner – and for this I have much admiration. She creatively and generously shares her stories and experiments of learning, her progress on learning adventures, and insights from learning. There’s always a nugget of […]
What Did I Learn Today?
This morning I saw a tweet from @MattGuyan who had forwarded a tweet from Nick Leffler (@technkl) about promoting “What did You Learn Today?“ #lrntoday I thought, “why not!?” What a great way to be mindful of what I do in a day and take note of what I learn at various moments of the […]
Week 1 of How To Teach Online MOOC – Everyone’s a Teacher…
It’s a tenuous time at work as we await the announcement of repoints to roles so the MOOC work outside of work hours has been providing me with the mental stimulation I need. This week marked the end of the first week of the How To Teach Online cMOOC. Reading some of the blog posts, […]
LearnX 2013
It’s not everyday that you get the opportunity to go to a learning conference with your colleagues. I jumped at the chance when I was asked as they were going to receive an award for the best accessible eLearn course at LearnX. As it was in Sydney, a city I don’t like to visit often, […]
Possibilities Are Endless in a Networked World
It’s 4:50 am on the morning of the Australian elections. While our current Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his contender, Tony Abbott are probably up at the same time anxious about today’s result, I have been tossing and turning in bed thinking about other things. Namely Jane Hart’s (@C4LPT) Social Workplace Continuum. Now why would I […]
What I Learned in May & June
‘What I Learned In <Insert Month Here>’ is a bit late so I joined May and June together in an effort to make me feel better about it. Recently, while watching the Game of Thrones, my mind drifted to a question that was floating around in my mind. Namely, “why do I even have this […]
Is Learning and Development Really Dying?
I’ve been reading many articles and blog posts that have an urgency about them regarding the impending death of Learning and Development function in corporate organisations. Admittedly when I read these, my heart races a little faster. I have this anxiety to catch up with the latest theories and tools in the field so that […]
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 […]
Social Learning Gets the Guernsey at Team Day
As the last two weeks of my current contract draws to a close, I’m trying to wrap things up and hand over the last bits and pieces to my colleagues. After 15 months as an instructional designer on this major transformation project, I’m leaving with a tinge of sadness. But this role has defined me […]
One Day in the Life of Me…
One of the assignments of the “Social Learning in Business” workshop run by the Social Learning Centre is to keep a journal reflecting on my day or two. Rather than scribble it down on a notepad, I’ll write my thoughts on my blog here. (In some parts of the world, this day hasn’t happened yet […]
New Ways of Looking at Old Methods
Last week at our fortnightly Learning and Development team meeting – the last one for the year, we had one of the more robust team discussion we’ve had in many months. The aim of our meetings are to update what everyone is working on and as we are a relatively new team, to communicate what […]
What does L&D Need to Succeed in the 21st Century?
Last night I hurried back home from my weekly Thursday knit group to hear Donald Taylor (@DonaldHTaylor) talk about a topic near and dear to my heart. “What does L&D Need to Succeed in the 21st Century?” I’ve been in L&D for over 23 years but I have noticed that it’s only been in the […]
When Learners Fly the Coop
For the last few months I have been working with a business team in my company responsible for their cross-specialisation as part of a cultural transformation change initiative. When I first started working with them, the team only had two subject matter experts who had been in the organisation for some years and knew all […]
Different Perspectives of Learning by all the Players
This year has been an immense journey of personal and professional development for me. Coupled with a challenging project environment which saw me part of a Learning and Development team of 11 people on a cultural transformation program that had to rapidly develop learning solutions within serious time constraints, we were put through an organisational restructure. The […]
For Teams
We offer a range of consulting, coaching and training for teams in organisations who want to build the digital skills capability of their employees to inspire them to be self-directed learners, build their professional networks, manage information online so that they can manage their own professional development and career. I also offer services to teachers on how to […]