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Announcing the 2015 Learning Awards winners
Editor’s note: The winners from the LPI’s Learning Awards 2015.
7 tests that expose Blended Learning as actually Blended ‘Teaching’
Editor’s note: ‘The reason for the failure of blended learning is that L&D really doesn’t want to listen to what learning theory has to tell us and the Blended Learning tag is often a useful way of consolidating the past not the future. A really thought-provoking post from Donald Clark on blended learning.
#LT15UK – Google Hangouts
Editor’s note: Alex Watson has pulled together all the Google Hangout recordings from Learning Technologies into one place. There are some great interviews here.
Stop thinking of MOOCs as the new shiny, start seeing them for what they are
Last week Sam Burrough and I ran a session at the Learning and Technologies Conference…
How Lego Became The Apple Of Toys
Editor’s note: This is a great story of the ups and downs of Lego, of change, innovation and creativity.
Through the looking glass : reflections on Learning Technologies 2015
Editor’s note: This review of Learning Technologies by Mark Berthelemy makes some good points about the the learning tech market. It is also provides some pointers on how to transform your learning without spending much money.
The 2015 Learning Technologies Conference Backchannel: Curated Resources #LT15UK
Editor’s note: Miss the Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition this week? Don’t fear because David Kelly has done a sterling job pulling together all the content that has been shared and created in and around the event. This is a valuable resource.
Future of news
Editor’s note: The BBC has put together this multi-media story of how news will change in the future. As well as the presentation of this piece of content, this is worth looking at to see how we will be consuming and interacting content in the future.
An Old Fogey’s Analysis of a Teenager’s View on Social Media
Editor’s note: Social media researcher Danah Boyd writes a powerful response to a teenager’s view of social media. This article sets out why we all need to be wary of biases around what’s written about people/cohorts/generations when it comes to technology.
Managing Your Mission-Critical Knowledge
Editor’s note: A 2015 reappraisal of knowledge management looking more closely at how to get to the knowledge you really need to help support the organisation. Interesting methodology here.
Sugata Mitra on developing more creative organisations
We caught up with #sugata mitra, professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education,…
Design thinking and L and D – #chat2lrn curated tweets
Here are our tweet highlights from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on #design thinking. [View the…
Learning technologies: the hype and the happening
Live notes from the panel debate . . . Speakers Donald Clark (DC) Chair -…
The future of learning according to Sugata Mitra #lt15uk
Live blog, may be typos . . . Professor Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology,…