How do you change from being a sage-on-stage to a guide-on-the side?
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSAre you keen on making sure you treat adult learners… well, like adults? Are you good at it in face-to-face workshops…
Reflections on the ‘New Groupthink’ and lessons for asynchronous collaborative e-learning
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSI re-read Susan Cain’s ‘Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking’. According to this very well…
How do I know what e-learning approach is right for what topic?
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSYou might have set up a webinar program because … well, everyone else in your sector is doing their training that…
Three essential components of participatory e-learning
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSParticipatory means providing the opportunity for people to be involved in deciding how something is done. The term is mostly used…
Don’t use the Moodle groups setting for online team work
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSWhen designing eWorkshops in Moodle, I never use the groups setting in forums. The ‘groups’ setting means that participants can only…
5 words to avoid in e-learning for professional development
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSIf you want your adult learners to run a mile from your course, ‘teach’ them content, call them ‘students’ and make…
Why I love working with e-learning sceptics
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSTwo weeks ago, I was contacted by someone on the L&D team of an NGO. She said the organisation is aiming…
9 tips for successfully including peer collaboration in an online course
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSThere are still many preconceptions regarding which types of tasks cannot occur online. Often when I ask new clients why they…
Learners’ own stories are more important than yours
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSI’m quoting Clive Shepherd for the title here (from his article ‘Engaging your learner – four dos and four don’ts’). I…
How to become a better asynchronous e-facilitator
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSIt’s been 15 years since I read Gilly Salmon’s ‘E-moderating: The key to teaching and learning online’ which, back then, was…
