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Category Archives: Clarity
The Privacy Jigsaw: can you keep a secret?
I am active online: i participate in many social spaces and learning communities. I maintain a number of personal and professional personas, but across them all i tend towards caution when it comes to sensitive data. I tend to trust … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Agile, Authority, Clarity, Collaboration, Community, Consumption, Culture, Disclosure, Forbidden, Freedom, Integrity, Learning Culture, Legacy, Mistakes, Ownership, Privacy, Social Learning, Social Media
Tagged Community, Compliance, internet, Legality, Privacy, Secret, Social Learning, Trust
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Choose your words carefully: semantic stretch and why not to be super cool
Big data is the big thing: finding meaning in the chaos, teasing out the truth, so i was particularly interested in a project that discussed an analysis of how our use of certain words has evolved over time and how … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Change, Clarity, Communication, Conversation, Effectiveness, Everyday Reality, Grammar, Language, Meaning, Research, Semantics, Writing
Tagged Big Data, Ideas, Semantic Stretch, Supercool
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Naming the thing: the importance of sharing understanding and checking it
It was a metallic ping that caught my attention: loud and clear, slightly worrying. I pulled over, but it took me a few minutes to spot the problem. Herman was built in 1964, a vintage Land Rover built in the … Continue reading
Posted in Clarity, Communication, E-Learning, Knowledge, Language, Learning, Learning Design
Tagged Bolt, cars, Commonality, Land Rover, southern england, windscreen
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What you want, when you want it: structuring information in the right way
I’m reading a great book at the moment, ‘Made to stick’ by Chip and Dan Heath. It’s about ideas, about why some ideas take hold and others just come unstuck. I like the conversational style, the wealth of examples and … Continue reading
What is reality? Understanding how history is constructed and the value of difference.
As i was driving this morning there was a fascinating programme on the radio about Troy. From the perspective of the mythology, the archaeology and documented history, they sought to build a consensus opinion of where the city actually was … Continue reading
Posted in Age, Archaeology, Authority, Clarity, Complexity, Education, Experience, Fact, Fiction, History, Time
Tagged Fact, Mythology, Reality, Troy, Truth
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Exploring social learning environments: what can we take with us that is familiar?
A weekend of sunshine has reminded me of one of the crucial differences between the real world and the virtual: the weather. Whilst we build relationships and friendships in both real and social contexts, whilst we manage challenges and reflect … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Clarity, Collaboration, Community, Formal Spaces, Informal Spaces, Learning, Online Spaces, Reflection, Social Learning, Spaces
Tagged Identity, Reflection, Social Learning, Social Media, Social Networks, Technology, Trust
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Clarity and brevity: why less is more, but more feels safer.
I’m working on a project at the moment around a pretty simple topic, it’s an interesting subject, but not complex. The challenge is to get people to do something differently. Not hugely differently, but a little differently. But, for some … Continue reading
Posted in Clarity, Effectiveness, Information, Learning, Writing
Tagged Brevity, Clarity, Length, Simplicity, Writing
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