Wow, where did this year disappear to?! Professionally, it's been a great year. Video Walks I started the year on a high and launched the #VideoWalks themes. The aim for this project was to encourage people to create video using their smartphone. It has been inspiring to watch people share their videos via Twitter or … Continue reading What a year 2019 has been!
Walking, inside or outside, improves creativity, influences cognition and improves physical fitness. Stanford released a research report following a study in 2014 claiming; Walking boosts creative ideation in real time and shortly after. It is well known that, Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs held walking meetings and others, such as Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, see the benefit walking can have … Continue reading How to improve creativity
I have been inspired by Andrew Jacobs who blogs on a daily basis on his site Lost and Desperate. So, on the lead up to L&D Connects first #LnDFieldTrip I aim to share a short post everyday throughout May on the topic learning design. I think learning design is critical to all learning and development … Continue reading Learning Design #BlogEveryDay
If you want to capture video using your smartphone or are interested in taking part in Video Walks, I thought I would share some tips which could help get the best video when shooting with a Smartphone. 1. Shoot in Landscape Mode 2 black vertical lines will instantly make your footage look amateurish. Your TV and PC … Continue reading 10 tips for capturing professional Smartphone video
Credit World of Learning https://www.learnevents.comI attended the World of Learning exhibition at Birmingham's NEC earlier this month. It was lovely to find it was an intimate event offering the opportunity to catch up with people I'd met before and meet new connections. There was a wide range of exhibitors and free seminars in a variety … Continue reading Video at World of Learning #WOL18
During Kineo's week of webinars I attended their webinar Go Gurrilla - how to make memorable and affordable learning videos. The 2 speakers, James and Mark, explained that Kineo have shot a variety of learning videos with a range of budgets. During the webinar they shared lots of practical tips for filming and advised on the … Continue reading Guerrilla video learning
During day 1 my initial intention was to share a brief reflection after each session. After the lunch time session I realised I was missing out of network opportunities during breaks as I was hiding away in a corner. I took a different approach for Day 2 so I could talk to people and explore the … Continue reading #LT18uk Day 2
Session T3S3: Collaborative Technologies Speaker / Facilitator #letsgetsocial putting collaborative technologies to work for learning - Gemma Critchley Key Takeaways Get into the work and understand the problems that need resolving Learners need to understand the purpose of the benefit of the solution L&D are the Curators Connectors Collaborates Catalysts L&D should use the solution offered … Continue reading #LT18uk – Session 3 T3S3 – 31/01/2018
SessionD1L1: Designing a modern learning programme Speaker / FacilitatorSukhvinder Pabial Key takeawaysPlease ignore the digital scruffy hand writing! For further information about this topic please see: https://pabial.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/modern-learning-its-in-the-design/
Session T1S1: Emerging Technologies: What's new and next in learning technology Speaker / Facilitator Key Takeaways Look at how we use technology in life to see how the way it's used changes Think about any ethical or moral issues to learning technology - is anyone being excluded? Support the masses and accommodate those who have … Continue reading #LT18uk – Session 1 – T1S1 – 31/01/2018
