Knowledge is created, not communicated
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSI love this phrase. It refers to the paradigm shift first proposed by Paulo Freire (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) in 1968.…
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…
4 myths on how to spice things up in online learning
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSHow do we make an online course exciting? What makes people stay and do the work? We talk a lot about…
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…
Using an eWorkshop to initiate or enrich a community
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSOne of our new clients, a small NGO with a wide network of local partners in Africa and Latin America is…
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…
Can organisation-wide social networks capture tacit knowledge?
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSMost of what we do at work requires knowledge that can’t be captured into a 10 bullet checklist with clear do’s…
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…
The one-right-answer problem
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSGood e-learning designers will build activities where they don’t give you the right answer straight away. They’ll take you through a…
Why e-learning in the NGO sector should be different
Get an email when new posts appearOVERVIEW OF BLOG POSTSThe NGO* sector is struggling with its e-learning strategies. Aside from a few exceptions, this is what the current e-learning landscape…
