Tag Archives: Technology

It just works! When technology becomes seamless.

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

I went kayaking with my mother yesterday, which just goes to show that it’s never too late to take up something new. The subject of the iPad came up. She was wondering whether she would get on with one. In … Continue reading →

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Designing for mobile learning. Considerations and constraints.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

Tomorrow i’m facilitating a seminar on ‘Designing for mobile learning’, so i thought that today was a good opportunity to think about it before opening my mouth. Consider this my rehearsal. When we think about mobile learning, we can consider … Continue reading →

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Technology facilitates learning, but it’s only part of the answer.

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

It’s an ongoing frustration to me that organisations procure technology that they think will solve problems that are, essentially, around learning design. It’s like thinking that buying a beautiful and expensive pen will make you a great writer, or by … Continue reading →

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Building a strategy for mobile learning. Technology, content and users in perfect harmony?

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

Going mobile is all the rage. It’s the technology of choice and organisations are falling over themselves to get into the game. And why not. It’s a technology that consumers love. Be it iPhone or iPad (or even, at a … Continue reading →

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The role and responsibility of social media in the London riots. Can you really blame technology?

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

There’s no doubt about it, technology has revolutionised communication and civil organisation in ways that we can barely recognise. Social networking is coordinating birthday parties, beach volleyball and wedding receptions in a frenzy of invitations, updates and Tweets that would … Continue reading →

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Learning and Technology: an uneasy alliance.

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

Technology facilitates learning, sometimes drives it, sometimes dominates and distracts from it. On the one hand, technology allows us to create wonderful, dynamic, creative, fun, effective, widely distributed and totally managed learning solutions. On the other hand, it can lead … Continue reading →

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“Beam me up”, but sign the disclaimer first. Why the future is more prosaic than i had anticipated.

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

I’m slightly disappointed with myself today. I seem to have grown up. When i was eight, i built a Tricorder, and it was pretty much the most exciting thing ever. (Note for the uninitiated: a Tricorder is the gadget that … Continue reading →

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The Pub Quiz phenomenon. ‘Just in time learning’ and the changing ways we access information and the impacts for learning and development.

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

‘Just in time’ learning is quite in vogue these days. I think it means ‘google it’. Instead of holding vast swathes of knowledge in my head and relying on my erratic memory to access it, i can just type it … Continue reading →

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The day the iPhone died. How downgrading is more painful that anticipated.

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

Well, at least it’s not hardware failure, just the SIM that’s fried, but for whatever reasons, my iPhone 4 is dead. Not to worry, because my failure to trade in or sell the old one has finally paid off – … Continue reading →

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Excuse me, is that an old iPad? Retro technology and the Nokia Brick.

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

Yes, it’s finally happened. I have iPad shame. Despite my best efforts to secure the new model on release day, i am, as of now, officially retro. Excuse me, asked the elderly gentleman opposite me in the coffee shop (a … Continue reading →

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