Podcast #3: Project Management… what’s that all about then?
Craig chats with Jane Brotchie on the subject of Project Management. This podcast will count as a piece of evidence towards a group activity within the Certificate in Web Content Creation & Management programme. Audio MP3Audio MP3 Download podcast in mp3 format: Project Management, what’s that all about then? Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Shownotes smartsheet (Project Management tool) Huddle (Project Management tool Open Source Project Management Apps SAP PebblePad (eportfolio/Personal Learning System) Crystal Clear Writing (Jane’s website) Music...
Read MorePodcast #2 – A quick lunchtime post…
.. I’m currently sat in Gloucestershire College attending @jamesclay’s Podcasting Workshop. I’ll blog about the workshop in greater detail shortly, however James has set us a task over lunch of creating a podcast, so without further ado…. Audio MP3Audio MP3
Read MorePodcast #1: Action Mapping
In this, my first podcast, I am joined by a small number of my organisations elearning authors, Steven Mahay, Geoff Owens, Andrew Pilkington & Chris Hyndman to discuss an Action Mapping session that I had just facilitated. The purpose of the conversation was to further promote the thinking that elearning is not just the traditional ‘click-next’ type of elearning that many of us are used to and that podcasting is a relatively simple (and far quicker way of producing a learning resource) whilst also providing a period of reflection for the attendees themselves. The podcast was...
Read MoreI’m guilty, but I am trying….
… to vanquish the ‘old-school’ information dumps and click-next type of elearning that are the bain of many of our lives. I must admit that this critical insight into best practice Instructional Design has only come about since we moved to a self-authoring tool, meaning that some of my previous attempts have ‘ahem‘ been very….. traditional I was still quite proud of my previous attempts as it was the first time that I had ever created such a piece of content, however the screencast below shows my very first piece of elearning concerning the use of...
Read MoreI have another cap to wear…
… and that is of Social Media correspondent for Nuclear TV. This is a ‘title‘, I hasten to add that I have not bestowed upon myself but as the nucleus of Nuclear TV sits within my immediate team (and I never stop harping on about the benefits of engaging with Social Media), I guess it was inevitable that I was going to end up with that role! This interview was the first (of what I hope will be many) insights into how a highly-regulated, security-conscious sector such as the Nuclear Industry is engaging with Social Media, the challenges that it brings and the rewards that it...
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