Tag Archives: everyday reality

Approaching Social Learning

Posted on October 4, 2013 by julianstodd

The problem with formal learning is that it’s inherently abstract: no matter how engaging and dynamic it is, it’s always one step away from our everyday reality. When people leave the event and go back to their real lives, real … Continue reading →

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A six stage methodology for learning. Part 2 – Context

Posted on July 24, 2013 by julianstodd

Yesterday i introduced my six stage Learning Methodology: today, i want to look at the first part in more detail. Context. Context is about the contract between learner and organisation: it’s where we ask people to invest their time and … Continue reading →

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Do your stories face inwards or out? Thinking about our messages in learning design

Posted on March 5, 2013 by julianstodd

There’s a problem with organisational learning: sometimes it faces inwards when it should face out. ‘Facing in‘ is when we tell stories that have meaning just to us. ‘Facing out‘ is when we tell stories that have meaning to others. … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Barriers to Learning, Clarity, Communication, Context, Effectiveness, Engagement, Everyday Reality, Learning, Learning Design, Meaning, Stories, Storytelling, Writing | Tagged , , , , , | 12 Comments

Mobile Learning: The gulf between learning strategy and learning reality

Posted on October 16, 2012 by julianstodd

It’s all about perspective. When you sit within a problem, the walls loom up around you, whilst from the outside, the problem can seem quite small, easily surmountable. Perspective is hard to find and harder to retain, so any strategy … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Change, E-Learning, Failure, Formal Spaces, Learning, M-Learning, Mindset, Mistakes, Mobile Apps, Mobile Learning | Tagged , , , , , | 7 Comments

Mobile Learning: day four – the triumvirate of mobile learning

Posted on August 16, 2012 by julianstodd

Working all through this week on my new book on ‘mobile learning’. I’m sharing some sections as they are completed. Having covered the technology and the emergence of ‘mobile’ as a learning channel, today i am working on the triumvirate … Continue reading →

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Understanding the everyday reality of learning

Posted on April 4, 2012 by julianstodd

I’ve got a friend who works for a London design agency. They’ve got offices in a trendy part of the city, in a converted warehouse. They put together brand guidelines and advertising campaigns for a whole load of high street … Continue reading →

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Message in a bottle. The importance of providing targeted learning.

Posted on February 6, 2012 by julianstodd

When i was about eight, i wrote a message on a piece of paper with my brother, put it into a glass bottle and threw the bottle into the North Sea. I watched as it bobbed away on the waves, … Continue reading →

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Building a ‘Results Logbook’: an alternative view of the footsteps we take out of learning.

Posted on January 24, 2012 by julianstodd

We often build ‘activity plans‘ to take out of a piece of learning: it’s a way of capturing actions that we hope will drive us to change behaviours. Sometimes, with sufficient motivation and coaching, it works! But a different approach … Continue reading →

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The Language Barrier: cultural and linguistic challenges in the design of global learning.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by julianstodd

I was in an estate agent’s office yesterday, sorting out a letting agreement, when i noticed a conversation taking place next to me. There was a father and his eight or nine year old daughter, speaking Turkish with an Agent. … Continue reading →

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