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’ […]
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 […]
Are You a Twitter Wally?
Here’s a nifty little tool for your next conference or workshop. It’s called TweetWally. I liked the name. Wally – hence I thought it was worth 15 minutes of my time playing around on it. Okay 5. With Australian vernacular, a “wally” is someone who keeps making mistakes but it’s said in a friendly, endearing […]
Learning a New Skill – What Not To Do When Learning To Play the Ukulele from the Internet
Many of you know that I recently been teaching myself how to play the ukulele. For someone who has never learned to play an instrument, learned how to read and write music or even dared sing in public, this is a big deal for me. You can read how I got started with this instrument […]
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 Day 2 My New Source of Truth Dynamic Video Solutions
Bobby Sharma, Training Specialist from Commonwealth Bank talked about Dynamic Video Solutions and how they implemented it into the bank in particularly around business projects. The CBA has 52000 employees with a domestic and international presence. The Dynamic Video Solution (DVS) was brought in as a meansto train wide dispersed group of contractors who need […]
LearnX 2013 Strategies for Applying the Flipped Classroom Model
Bob Lee and Jim Recker spoke on the Strategies for the Flipped Classroom Model for Business Learning at LearnX through a live online event on Go To Meeting so that we could see it in action…(although they did mention it was ironic that they were lecturing to us via this medium….) “Business learning has replicated […]
LearnX 2013 Strategies for Applying the Flipped Classroom Model
Bob Lee and Jim Recker spoke on the Strategies for the Flipped Classroom Model for Business Learning at LearnX through a live online event on Go To Meeting so that we could see it in action…(although they did mention it was ironic that they were lecturing to us via this medium….) “Business learning has replicated […]
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, […]
Learning Design in Australia – Is It Mature Enough?
Today I participated as a panel member for the Learning Cafe webinar “Learning Design in Australia – Is It Mature Enough?” When I agree to do these things, whether it is speaking publicly or presenting to a small group or even online through webinars or virtual classrooms, I always have slight anxiety attacks. The heart […]
Week 2: Teach the Web cMOOC
Mozilla Thimble Project with #TeachtheWeb I spent my Saturday afternoon in front of the PC (again) because my husband was watching the footy on TV. When the game is on, I clear out because it means obscenities being hurled at the umpires whenever any ball play goes against his football team. During these times, I […]
Emotional Intelligence and Learning
It was an early start this morning when I greeted the new day with a coughing fit at 4:30am – the last remnants of a chest infection. However, I took the opportunity to write this blog post about a Lunch and Learn session I attended yesterday. We were invited to a session with Dr Ben […]
Week 1: Drilling Into TEL Concepts and Approaches for #OCTEL
This week’s entry on reflections of Technology and Learning Concepts and Approaches for the OCTEL MOOC have been interesting. In particular one video about how dentists are trained to drill a tooth through the use of sophisticated simulations. I hate going to the dentist at the best of times. When I’m in the chair, my […]
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 […]
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 […]
What I Learned in February
February has been a busy month for me. Hectic actually. Besides the client work, I explored other contracts (inside and outside of my current organisation), as well as continued my professional development through various MOOCs and the Social Learning Centre UK. What I’ve noticed is I prefer my learning to have some immediate application to […]
All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Studying Children in Kindergarten
Last week I started another MOOC and in all honesty, between this #etmooc, #edcmooc, full-time job and family commitments, I’m struggling to squeeze it all in. However, true to my nature I do the best that I can and from what I’ve learned from MOOCs already is that, “don’t let them overwhelm you!” What has been […]
True Stories of Openness – The Challenge is On
This is a first. Not only will it be the shortest post I have written in my blog – but there are two video podcasts! Alan Levine (@cogdog) wants our stories about how sharing on the web has helped our lives. He wants to know what happened to you when you shared something on the […]
What I Learned in December
I’ve decided to write a blog post every month on what I learned for that month so welcome to the first installment. The idea came about recently during one of my nights of insomnia when the brilliant blog posts swirl around in my head only to have the words abruptly halt when I’m in front of […]