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No elearning, thank you very much! 11 Feb 2013 | 07:00 pm
Our organisation has been asked to review and feedback on the new guidance for one particular area in which we are involved. I was particularly struck by the vehemence of its position with regards to ...
weelearning - we want you to have it 29 Jan 2013 | 02:35 am
In his latest post on our weelearning website, Sam Burrough explains why we are encouraging everyone to pick up on our idea and go with it: If you’re lucky enough to be heading to this week’s Learnin...
One-minute paper 6 Jan 2013 | 03:02 am
I was looking for something quite unrelated when I came across the concept of the "one minute paper". It's a very simple concept for quick and dirty feedback, seemingly used by people in the HE/FE sec...
A simple language learning resource 3 Jan 2013 | 04:54 am
I stumbled across this - not exactly sure how or why. I would sooo love something like this for Japanese*. It's wonderfully simple: each blog post is written in an accessible way, tagged as to what e...
mylearningworx - a reflection on the launch event 21 Dec 2012 | 07:47 pm
Last week I was pleased to attend the launch of mylearningworx, a new site that offers individuals the chance to both make a course and take a course. If your passion is to teach people about local hi...
Dan experienced 'creating a Tin Can API statement' 24 Oct 2012 | 08:25 pm
I've just read up on Tin Can API. I've been meaning to do it for ages and I'm kinda pleased that, as it turns out, Tin Can does pretty much what I had assumed it would do - but it does it better than ...
eBooks - a potted guide to what I wanted to know 2 Aug 2012 | 10:13 pm
A great session at weelearning recently left me fired up and thinking about ebooks like I've never considered before. What's the problem with ebooks? I've had a number of ebook readers on my Android...
"Listen, Observe" - the sound of chances squandered 9 Jan 2012 | 12:46 pm
Day three of my PTLLS and, and after a whistlestop tour of TNA (training needs analysis, for the uninitiated; "straightforward" apparently) and teaching methods (PowerPoint isn't, but reading is, and ...
Preparing for preparing to teach in the life-long learning sector 23 Dec 2011 | 01:11 am
Another season, another department shuffle, another new manager. It's been a turbulent couple of years here at EP Towers. My job has morphed and changed and for several months I haven't had a clear jo...
Gamification by example - my slides 8 Nov 2011 | 06:45 am
After a suitable delay, here are my slides from my talk at the eLearning Network's October Converting Classroom Courses event in London. I've added a summary of what I said on each slide in the notes....
