Technology and emerging practices in organisational learning & development
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2011
Just a quick note to say I will be presenting part of my thesis findings at Global Learn Asia Pacific in March 28 – April 1, 2011. Title: Lessons Learned from Corporate VLE Design Experience. Click here for conference details.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 6th, 2010
The poster I presented at the recent FASS conference was titled “Practice transformed from design experience“. It superficially outlined the research opportunity and the approach I will take to examine the data; using a new model I have created called the Technology Perception Design Acceptance model (TPDA). This model attempts to represent the influence of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 6th, 2010
I’ve spent the last 2 days emerged in the annual Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences student conference at UTS. Amongst other key learning was the statement said to me “we are writing a doctorate, not a Nobel Prize”. This statement came in a flurry of pragmatism around getting my domains of inquiry circumscribed so [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 24th, 2010
I’m glad to have taken time out to attend the AITD Conference held this year in Sydney. There were mixed reactions to the speakers and new format. It’s impossible for speakers to meet everyones’ expectations. I appreciated the opportunity to network and to see a number of exhibitors in one place; far more efficient than [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 22nd, 2009
I attend the Learning Technologies Conference when I can because it keeps me honest. The room is full of 200 passionate educators all striving to best apply learning technologies to their milieu to improve student engagement and learning outcomes. The audience are chiefly teachers in institutions where courses are mandatory and students are working towards [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 22nd, 2009
The following is what I gleaned from speakers and subject to interpretation. To read their papers, please click here. Day two of the Learning Technologies Conference began with insights from Clay Burell. Clay opened by describing the desire to move his students out of LMS and towards an internet audience that enabled peer review and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 22nd, 2009
The following is what I gleaned from speakers and subject to interpretation. To read their papers, please click here. Day one of the Learning Technologies Conference began with insights from Nancy White. Additions from yesterday’s workshop for me include: Some people get what they need by being solo. I appreciated this validation, but I’m interested [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 20th, 2009
Here I am in sunny Mooloolaba, at my 4th Learning Technologies Conference. A ‘must attend’ for any learning practitioner interested in understanding the education value of learning technologies. I attended the pre-conference workshop facilitated by Nancy White. Not only an engaging and validating facilitator, Nancy was generous in sharing her insights into online community stewardship. [...]
