As it happens, I'm one of the 10% of the population wired from birth to experience the world differently from most.
Using Audio and Video - show, don't tell
Sep 18, 2020 6:33:00 PM / by Peter Hawkins posted in Learning Design
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.
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.
Design Thinking (and a puzzle)
Feb 1, 2020 12:59:33 AM / by Peter Hawkins posted in Learning Design
A lot has been said about design thinking recently, and a lot of it’s really really technical. That strikes me as ironic when design thinking is supposed to teach us to do the opposite of being geeks!
Engagement - a case study (with tricks)
Jan 21, 2020 2:12:43 PM / by Peter Hawkins posted in Learning Design, Engagement
About fifteen years ago I was asked to help redesign a CPD program.
It's not the online medium that's the problem, it's the attitude!
Aug 6, 2017 5:42:56 PM / by Peter Hawkins posted in Training Evaluation, Learning Design, Engagement
Ultimately all education and training is about knowledge transfer. Part of this is the movement of information from one party to another but knowledge is far more than information.