Category Archives: Broadcast

Why social businesses, leaders and learners need to understand amplification

Posted on July 5, 2013 by

I was never much good at organised games at school. To be honest, i just wasn’t very engaged. Whilst the other boys were charging around the rugby pitch in the rain, sliding through the mud and acquiring scars to carry … Continue reading →

Posted in Authority, Broadcast, Choreography, Collaboration, Communication, Community, Connections, Engagement, Learning, Publishing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 47 Comments

Growing your social learning strategy: 11 key questions on authority and expertise

Posted on June 26, 2013 by

Knowledge management is a tricky thing. Expertise and authority may exist, but you can’t find it. In social learning, we want to engage with these experts, we need to build emergent communities with the power to make a difference, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptability, Agile, Authority, Broadcast, Collaboration, Community, Community of Practice, Control, Curation, Engagement, Learning, Partnership, Personal Brand, Personal Learning Network, Social Capital, Social Learning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 34 Comments

Social technology for social learning: Voxer and ScoopIt

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

Voxer is a neat App for smartphones: a walkie talkie function that lets you hold a ‘button‘ and record a message that is shared, immediately, with another person or group. You can share photos, with location tags, or text messages … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Just in time' learning, Agile, Apps, Broadcast, Choreography, Collaboration, Community, Community of Practice, Connections, Conversation, Experience, Instant Messaging, Knowledge, Learning, Learning Journey, Learning Technology, Meaning, Mindset, Mobile Apps, Mobile Learning, Personal Learning Network, Social Learning, Social Media, Social Networking, Synchronous Communication, Technology, Usability | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

Learning technology: are we using it right?

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

Technology can be a great enabler for learning, but it’s not guaranteed to make us learn better. Used correctly, it can enhance, equalise and facilitate learning, used poorly it simply commands and controls. It’s both an infrastructure and a mindset, … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Agile, Authority, Broadcast, Control, Diagnostic tools, Engagement, Experience, Forbidden, Interactive, Knowledge, Learning, Learning Journey, Learning Technology, Meaning, Media, Mindset, Mobile Learning, Narrative, Personal Learning Network, Publishing, Push Notifications, Scaffolding, Sharing, Social Learning, Stories | Tagged , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

A true model for mobile learning: how we interact with technology

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

I was fortunate enough to see Cirque du Soleil last night, an astonishing performance of athleticism and creativity. For those of you who haven’t seen them, Cirque provide a modern take on circus skills, blending vibrant costumes, elaborate props and … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptability, Agile, Apps, Broadcast, Choreography, Collaboration, Creative, Engagement, Experience, Innovation, iPad, iPhone, Knowledge, Learning, Learning Technology, Mindset, Mobile Learning, Performance, Publishing, Push Notifications, Social Learning, Stories, Storytelling, Technology | Tagged , , , | 40 Comments

Disposable media: investing 28 minutes in a video podcast for learning

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

Richard is starting a blog. Yesterday he asked me a load of questions about WordPress versus Blogger. I had precisely no answers, beyond the fact that i love WordPress. He spent the afternoon doing methodical research: i used WordPress because … Continue reading →

Posted in Broadcast, Communication, Community, Effectiveness, Engagement, Innovation, Learning, Learning Technology, Narrative, Publishing, Social Learning, Stories, Storytelling, Video | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Seven strands of co-creation: reflecting on how we learn together in social learning spaces

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

We achieve more together than we ever can alone. Social learning spaces do not just bring us together to share what we have learnt, they bring us together in spaces where we co-create meaning, where we write a story together. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, Broadcast, Challenge, Collaboration, Community, Community of Practice, Creative, Dialogue, Ideas, Information, Knowledge, Learning, Map, Meaning, Momentum, Personal Learning Network, Reflection, Social Learning, Social Media | Tagged , , , , | 63 Comments