Tag Archives: Coffee

The sum of the parts: ensuring the coherence of the narrative in learning

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

There’s an odd dichotomy in learning: we experience both the whole and the parts. Each element of the learning, be it a discussion, a video, animation or text, illustration or podcast, each of these things we take in isolation: it … Continue reading →

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Words About Learning: Sincerity

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Picked up my coffee at Starbucks today. They’ve changed the system, asking me for my name the, when the drink arrives, it’s written on my cup with a big smiley face drawn next to it. Strange, it makes me smile … Continue reading →

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Learning the rules: how we learn about coffee and conformity.

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

At the table next to me, there is a young mother sat drinking her coffee. Her daughter, probably about three years old, is sat with her colouring book and her ‘babychino‘. The babychino is something of a new phenomenon to … Continue reading →

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Coffee and the Social Muffin. Reflections on the year.

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

Today it’s one of those occasional reflective and introspective posts, because it’s the 250th blog entry and the last one for the year as i shall be working on The Book over Christmas. At the start of the blog, in … Continue reading →

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Coffee shops and cream teas. Why ‘knowing your audience’ is essential in learning.

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Yesterday i went for a cream tea in a small Dorset village. The building was in a tiny village, next to a stream and the church, and decorated in a very firmly ‘elderly lady’ style. From the doilies on the … Continue reading →

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Coffee and the Media Muffin – Changing Habits of Consumption

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

There was a time when Sunday morning consisted of a trip to the coffee shop with the paper and maybe a good paperback book. Today, i still go to the coffee shop, but it’s been over a year since i … Continue reading →

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