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Category: Future

  • Economical Learning

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    Please read this article. Is this the future of organisational learning? I can assure you that you will find this article interesting but also challenging. The key facts: 30,ooo employees 62 countries 107 mobile ready intervention programs in 3 months 5 learning design staff 50,000 learning sessions a month One and a half sessions per…

  • The ever expanding MOOC’s

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    I have written about MOOC’s before and the range of classes available is growing but here is a slightly different approach. MasterClass uses world experts such as Dustin Hoffman and James Paterson as teachers. Learn to write, act and even play tennis. Check MasterClass out here.

  • Online Learning Looming

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    I know that people keep saying that online learning is still not really that important but underneath the radar big movements are occurring. I have provided a link to an article below which has two amazing insights. One, the Federal Government has just signed up OpenLearning to deliver MOOCs to thousands of public servants and…

  • Sunday Zephyr – The Internet of Things

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    How is your Sunday going? Hopefully the weather is good and you are outside doing things. Maybe you are doing things while being connected to the internet of things. I was a little unclear about this term until recently. If you don’t know what it means or you just want to learn more check out…

  • Innovation

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    The term innovation is thrown around a lot and sort after just as much. Not many can claim to be innovative. Peter Thiel is one person who can claim to be an innovator. If you have a spare hour watch the video below to gain some understanding of the future of innovation. Can’t see the…

  • The competency system is broken

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    Yes, the competency system is broken. Throw it out! I was in the education system when it came in and I have watched it progress from a system which held great hope to a system which is holding back required revolutionary change. It is a system designed for the industrial age to manufacture industry ready…

  • Frustration

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      I have attended Education conferences for twenty plus years and essentially they talk about the same things. The speakers are often very good but the message is the same. Are they wrong or is the audience not listening. Collaboration. Innovation. Cooperation. Change. Unfortunately last week my perception was that people liked what they heard…

  • The Next Big Thing

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    I am currently attending the Connect Conference in Melbourne. Today was the Next Big Thing which was essentially a range of topics about the future and technology and tomorrow for me it is Education and Technology. It is difficult to cover quickly what was discussed today. The usual topics such as big data, wearable tech,…

  • Future of Learning Videos

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    I am constantly fascinated by where learning will go in the future. Predictions for years have been essentially wrong in their timeframe and outcomes but it is slowly getting there. I  found a good video which had an interesting view of the future of learning, at least a structure for what it could be. The…

  • Quitting Time

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    No-one like to quit something but there are often good reasons to quit some stuff that is not serving you well. I have had a hectic start to the year due to some family issues and haven’t had much time to think but next week I am going to work on my 2015 plans as…