Forager-learners at #cipdldshow

I’m attending the CIPD L&D Show 2016 – and this time, for the first time, as an official “blogsquad” member. This means I get to look frantic with a laptop for two days. Clearly there’s a wealth of learning at #cipdldshow – er, that’s the point – but how do you go about prioritising yourContinue

Working out loud: does it help?

Last week I blogged on future online courses in the Diplomatic Academy – The brave new world of online courses – and shared the link in two ways: “externally” via a few tweets, and “internally” in my organisation via the intranet (FCO PeopleFinder). This was a very small-scale experiment in “working out loud”.  I picked a subject which I thought wasContinue

The brave new world of online courses

“Glorified correspondence classes”. “All the drawbacks of sage-on-the-stage, Professor-based teaching.. but without the warmth of human contact.” “The latest fad.” “Nobody ever finishes them.” “Isn’t it just e-learning with a few more bells and whistles?” All accusations levelled at the new generation of online courses – whether you call them MOOCs, xMOOCs, cMOOCs or guidedContinue

The future (or not) of the internal L&D provider

I thought I’d flag up two pieces of work that caught my eye last week. Firstly, Jane Hart (@C4LPT) has published some contributions she’s gathered for an article entitled: “What if there were no L&D Department?” These include comments from well-known L&D thinkers Charles Jennings, Clark Quinn and Harold Jarche.. and from a couple of colleagues in theContinue

Bartender! A Triple Pomodoro

A few words, phrases and concepts I’ve come across recently in Learning & Development.  These may be old hat to you, but they’re new to me. Pomodoro.  This refers to a tomato-shaped kitchen timer, and by extension, to an intense 25-minute burst of concentration on a given topic.  There is more (there is always more) butContinue