Jay Cross Memorial Award 2021: Sahana Chattopadhyay
Jay Cross was a deep thinker and a man of many talents, never resting on his past accomplishments. Following his death in November 2015, the partners […]
Doing Gamification Wrong
As I’ve said before, I’m not a fan of ‘gamification’. Certainly for formal learning, where I think intrinsic motivation is a better area to focus […]
How to be an elearning expert
I was asked (and have been a time or two before): “What’s the one most important thing you’d like to tell to be successful Ed […]
When do you team?
Ideally, we’d have teams doing all our design and development. There are benefits to working together, not just for the innovation and creativity, but also […]
Update on my workshops
Just as I did an update on my books, it’s time to also let you know about some workshop opportunities. Together, I think they create […]
More than just a pretty face
I’ve blogged in favour of digital badges in the past, not because they’re colourful motivators – which arguably they are, at least for some people […]
XR for Learning -September 16, 2020
Augmented, virtual, and other mixed reality technologies are rapidly emerging and advancing, creating new and exciting opportunities for training and education. XR for Learning collects […]
Waste not, learn not
The history of place is the storyline of power. Karl Marx did not get everything right, but he came pretty close. The bi-polarity of […]
Transformers
It seems like everyone’s spruiking the “new normal” of work. The COVID-19 pandemic is keeping millions of previously office-bound employees at home, forcing L&D professionals […]
The language of the lockdown
Perhaps it is just me, but I detect a subtle shift in the language that we are now using to communicate with each other. We […]
Rural development in practice
It is comparatively rare that the cover of a book so adequately describes not just the contents inside those covers, but also manages to capture […]
Virtual Laboratory: Authenticity and Metacognition
Recently I was invited to contribute to the Virtual Laboratory on Cognitive Approaches to L2 Instruction by the Universities of Heidelberg and Kent. It’s always […]
