As it happens, I'm one of the 10% of the population wired from birth to experience the world differently from most.
Peter Hawkins
Recent Posts
Using Audio and Video - show, don't tell
Sep 18, 2020 6:33:00 PM / by Peter Hawkins posted in Learning Design
Locking down the lockdown video
Jul 3, 2020 9:15:00 AM / by Peter Hawkins posted in Video
An ethical framework for learning analytics
May 30, 2020 5:20:24 PM / by Peter Hawkins posted in xAPI, Learning Design, Learning Analytics
Judging from the ATD conference agenda, more people thinking about Learning Data. That's a great thing. As we see from the topics there, we're on the cusp of doing some really exciting things with it.
This is going to be fun...
May 23, 2020 9:28:04 PM / by Peter Hawkins posted in Instructional Design, Learning Design, Engagement
We've all heard the (apocryphal) Chinese curse 'May he live in interesting times.'
The trainer's duty in a pandemic
May 12, 2020 9:45:00 AM / by Peter Hawkins posted in Instructional Design, Learning Culture, Learning Design, Engagement
The world's never the same after a pandemic. After the black death killed half the population of Europe, peasants learned new skills to allow them to replace deceased workers and escaped serfdom forever. The 1918 "Spanish 'Flu" led to the creation of the WHO - a worldwide coordinated approach to improving health.
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." (Thomas Edison)
Training Evaluation - are you getting it right?
Mar 19, 2020 2:15:21 PM / by Peter Hawkins posted in Training Evaluation
Most of us devote significant effort to collecting feedback and assessment of our training. We seek to improve our delivery, our materials and the end user experience while measuring the business impact to support future training resources. For now, let's think about the latter.
Scenario-based learning - a quick guide
Mar 6, 2020 6:04:20 PM / by Peter Hawkins posted in branching, Instructional Design, Learning Design, Engagement
As a former lecturer, I say this with a degree of sheepishness but I hate being lectured to! I want my learning to be individual and fill me with curiosity. It should allow me to explore, collaborate, discuss.
Insider advice: eLearning editing tools
Feb 24, 2020 7:13:01 PM / by Peter Hawkins posted in Insider, Tools
I'm often asked about authoring tools - either for recommendations or I am asked whether we can build courses using them (the answer is yes - we use all of them by the way). However as we do have some expereience with them all, I thought I'd take the opportunity to provide a quick update on where the world's at with authoring tools.
SCORM 2004 flopped. xAPI won't.
Feb 21, 2020 9:05:04 PM / by Peter Hawkins posted in xAPI
eLearning courses have multiple standards to choose from for sending results.