Coaching

Instructional or Learning Design transition

Resources to aid the move

Moodle basic training curriculum

You've got your Moodle site setup and configured to meet your organisation's needs. So now it's time to introduce your team to it.

Learning to learn

Three things which have made the greatest contribution to my personal professional development:

Running an online conference

The following is a summary of advice taken from a number of sources (links below) on how to run an online conference.

First contact

You’ve most likely arrived here because I’ve sent you the link in preparation for our first meeting.

Spending on 70:20:10

What does it mean practically to be operating 70:20:10?

Quality assuring your learning materials

What to look for when quality assuring your learning materials

Lean thinking is a philosophy of continuous improvement that constantly tries to achieve a perfect state of customer-driven work with zero waste and maximum flow. Explore how it applies to learning in this introduction article.

A service oriented architecture for corporate learning

I discuss a model for corporate learning and the principles behind it.

Why you shouldn’t use click here

Organisations who use “click here” instructions in emails, web pages and elearning need to learn to think from the user’s perspective

Lean Learning Masterclass video highlights

Wyver Solutions invited Sean Buckland from Design for Service to run a masterclass looking at "lean" principles in the learning context. This short video picks out some of the highlights of the day, particularly focussing on the key points that Sean raised.

Realising commercial benefits from open content

It is so easy for anyone to create, distribute and copy digital content that it brings into question a business model which is based on selling such content. In this post I explore an approach based on giving away generic, digital content and selling specific services.

Lean Learning design & delivery

During last week's Lean Learning Masterclass, I used a concept map to explore how lean principles might apply to the design and delivery of learning interventions. Feel free to download and use to aid your own conversations.

Getting learning back on track

A guest post from Sean Buckland

Where has #LeanLearning come from?

As I continue my exploration of using "lean" principles in the context of learning, it's worth taking a look at what other people have been saying about it over the past couple of years.

Introduction to Lean Learning

Lean thinking is a philosophy of continuous improvement that constantly tries to achieve a perfect state of customer-driven work with zero waste and maximum flow. Explore how it applies to learning in this introduction article.

Flipping the classroom follow up

Slides and follow-up notes from my recent workshop on "flipping the classroom" at a university staff awayday.

Flipping the classroom

A post which outlines preparation activity for a short workshop for university staff on "Flipping the classroom". There are three activities: Read a research paper, watch a video and answer three questions.

What to include in an elearning strategy?

Some will argue that I shouldn't have a separate elearning strategy - that it's all part of the learning strategy. Whilst this may be true for mature organisations, for many there is still a role for a document that describes where you're heading with learning technology, and the rationale behind it.