In this Article How to Spot Struggling Courses and Slipping Learners Before It’s Too Late Last week’s blog ended with a tough question. We now know that success coaching is most effective the earlier we notice and help slipping students. The question is: How do

In this Article Coaching Online Learners to Successfully Complete Courses Many of us avoid the gym like the plague. Now imagine getting invited by your boxing-enthusiast boss to join her for a few rounds in the ring. You had not set foot in a gym

In this Article The first time someone logs into a new online course, they’re rarely thinking about the content. It is more likely that they’re thinking: where do I click? Is this the right screen? Why won’t my password work? Where do I go next?

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