Stoddcast Julian Stodd

Learning is going ‘mobile’, but this means many things: it's the technology of phones and tablets, it’s the learning we deploy, but above all it's a mindset. In this podcast we explore the emergence of mobile learning and practical approaches to its design and deployment. We explore how technology can facilitate learning, but doesn't guarantee it. We look at developing a mindset for mobile learning.

In this podcast I explore how mobile technology and social learning concepts combine to provide a deeper and broader base for learning, but how this leaves us challenges in avoiding a disenfranchised group of learners.

In this Podcast, we explore social learning. We look at how there are layers of progressively more informal space that surround formal learning experiences and at how people interact in these spaces. We explore how communication, trust and integrity differ in the social space from the real, and how this impacts on the potential to support learning. Finally, we look at practical steps for implementing social learning within one of your projects.

In this podcast, we explore a methodology for creating effective learning solutions. Understanding the context, providing demonstrations, allowing learners to explore and reflect and taking footsteps out of the learning.

With a focus on practical steps to create more effective learning solutions, this podcast aims to cover the key areas to consider within the methodology.

Mobile Learning: at a time when organisations are rushing to procure technology, Julian argues that they should be focussing on the experience instead. Technology facilitates experience, but it doesn't guarantee it. We need to think about the everyday reality of the learner and ensure that our materials are fit for purpose.

Creating engagement in online spaces: people engage in communities for reasons of enlightened self interest. In this Stoddcast, Julian explores how people react in social learning environments and suggests some practical ways to drive up engagement.