Having returned to an office environment for the first time in a while I have realised that a number of things I used to be quite dismissive of actually matter quite a lot, this might be my “reality” rather than a wider set of rules but here goes: Fresh air – it makes a huge… Continue reading The often ignored realities of talent management (#7): It is the little things that count (in the office)
Category: Organizational Development
10 years on: the end of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) in England (and “Creative” approaches to the job market)
This post is a little early, as applications were no longer available from Jan 2011 but we are now basically at the 10 year point for the EMA closing in England. It is still available elsewhere in the UK. First the bad, I worked in Further Education (16 year olds +) when the EMA existed… Continue reading 10 years on: the end of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) in England (and “Creative” approaches to the job market)
Valid learning eXperiences
Following on from my designing “valid learning experiences” being instructional design, and vice versa, summary in the below post: https://whoseeducationisitanyway.me/2020/05/27/8-years-on-reflecting-on-my-msc-dissertation/ It was interesting to read through Learning Pool’s eXperience white paper: First things first, it is probably worth saying that there is a lot in this paper. Also, it is written somewhat differently to many… Continue reading Valid learning eXperiences
More on the “instructional text” tweet
So a bit of explanation on what I was going on about here: Any top recommendations for "how to focus" instructions within learning content? Specifically, the need to stress to people they will need to take notes and be active to avoid passive approaches to content (be that due to "zoom fatigue", burn out from… Continue reading More on the “instructional text” tweet
Some of the problems we can anticipate post COVID (for learning and working)
As someone who has long advocated for remote working and has worked on distance learning programmes (in various formats) for a while it feels like a hollow victory that the world has finally come to terms with these concepts only through forced circumstances. So knowing what we know about remote learning and working, what problems… Continue reading Some of the problems we can anticipate post COVID (for learning and working)
