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We’re talking e-learning on the breakfast show this morning

On Thursday September 20, Radio Mansfield 103.2 broadcast three ‘packages’ in their breakfast show taken from an interview I had done the previous day with their Managing Editor and Breakfast … Continue reading →


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New Year, new job

After five years at The National College I shall be leaving this Christmas to take up a new post in January as head of development and delivery at University of … Continue reading →


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The Amsterdam 300

On Thursday 15 September at 10.30 PM, I set off in a group of around 70 cyclists from SCOPE headquarters in London to ride to Amsterdam in less than 2 … Continue reading →


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TeachMeet Midlands, May 20 2011

I’m looking forward to what I am confident will be one of my most stimulating professional development experiences of the year on the evening of Friday May 20: TeachMeet Midlands … Continue reading →


Learning design for collaborative online learning

I work in a team at the National College that is widely distributed across the country. One way in which we ensure that we keep in touch with each other … Continue reading →


The National College online network: a case study in building and managing a professional networking and learning system

In January 2010, eLearn Magazine published its annual set of predictions for 2010. In her contribution, Jane Hart wrote: I think (and hope) we will see learning systems moving away … Continue reading →


Etienne Wenger on communities of practice

I was privileged to be able to attend a number of really stimulating events in 2010 focusing on how social technologies can be harnessed to foster the spread of knowledge … Continue reading →


Voices from the SSAT National Conference

I was lucky enough to attend the last day of the SSAT’s excellent National Conference in November as part of my work for the National College on our Developing Leaders … Continue reading →


The CancerNursing.org story

The story of CancerNursing.org to date is the story of carefully-packaged but relatively uncomplicated e-learning resources … bringing high quality cancer nursing expertise to truly international audiences and to many … Continue reading →


Community management lessons learned – Part 2

Since posting ‘Community management lessons learned – Part 1’ a couple of weeks ago, I’ve learned further important lessons that I’d like to articulate in this second post. Again, these … Continue reading →