In this Article We built the PinBoard plugin to make peer learning work online. Then we put it to work in real courses. Here’s what we learnt. Our July blogs built the argument: placing content on a platform does not mean learning will happen. We
In this Article Even When No One’s Online at the Same Time Two ideas have run through our July blogs so far. The first: just like in a textbook, content sitting on a platform doesn’t mean learning is going to happen. People learn when they
In this Article Think back to an online course you clicked into. Perhaps a compliance module, a walkthrough of a new system, or an induction for a new role you started. Did it feel alive, or like a filing cabinet of content that someone had
In this Article The tools we use to train people seem to change every year. A new platform, new features, a fresh set of buzzwords at every conference. Then you attend the next training session or online class, and you’re back in 1920, complete with
The Gold in Activity Completion Data Picture Sam and Stanley opening the same Moodle course on the same morning. Sam clicks around, figures out the navigation, finds the activity, and gets on with it. He’s slightly irritated by the clunky layout, but he manages to
Designing for Interruptions (Not Attention) Angie is working remotely from home. She opens her Moodle module with genuine good intentions. She’s made tea. The house is finally quiet. She is, for perhaps the first time today, ready to learn. Then, seven-year-old Katie appears in the
