I recently heard the term ‘Visual collaboration’, which is described as learning via visual events and visual content. Historically people have learnt skills through an apprenticeship, where you would observe a skilled individual complete a task and that person would mentor you so that, in time, you too could perfect that skill. People still learnContinueContinue reading “Visual events and visual content”
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Comparisons to photography and digital learning
Having just watched a multimedia lecture about Daguerreotype, the first commercially successful photographic process, in the V&A’s Dark tent in the newly opened Photography Centre I have started to compare photography with digital learning. There has always been a fixation around capturing the world using chemistry and light. This got me thinking about digital learning solutions. As learningContinueContinue reading “Comparisons to photography and digital learning”
Smartphone Video Learning
Some organisations want you to believe that you have to invest in specialised equipment to create in-house training videos or spend the budget on expensive services – this isn’t the case. Everybody has the ability to create video and it’s more than likely in your pocket! Prior to the release of his film, Unsane, Steven SoderberghContinueContinue reading “Smartphone Video Learning”
2019 for Niki Hobson
What a year 2018 has been! On reflection it’s been a very busy year having attended Learning Technologies conference in Feb, a number of #LnDcowork events in Nottingham, World of Learning Conference in October and Learning Tech’s Summer Forum in June. I was part of a pilot course in Neuroscience in L&D held at CIPDContinueContinue reading “2019 for Niki Hobson”
Planning to film a training video
It can be an exciting time when you’ve got a brief and have the support from the business to create a training video. Before getting carried away it is vital that pre-production (planning) is given as much focus as production (filming) and post production (editing). The work dedicated at this point will make the processContinueContinue reading “Planning to film a training video”
YouTube and Self Directed Learning
Think with Goggle shared an article in Dec-17 Why you should lean into how-to content in 2018. Their research uncovered YouTube viewers don’t just want to be entertained by cat videos they are hungry for learning content. Viewers aren’t just looking to brush up on skills they already have—they’re also hoping to acquire completely newContinueContinue reading “YouTube and Self Directed Learning”
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