Learning Technologies 2019: Backchannel and social media team

Learning Technologies 2019 is nearly upon us. A new date, a new venue…the stage is set for the greatest learning show on earth, including the continued commitment of the event to its social media coverage via a dedicated team of L&D professionals. Here’s the upfront information you need to know in order to turn on,…

Learning Technologies Summer Forum Meetup

If you’re in London the night before the Learning Technologies Summer Forum on Monday 11th June 2018, I’m once again rounding up any waifs and strays to get together, talk shop and meet fellow attendees before the event. We did this the night before the January event and at least 40 L&D folk came along…

Learning Technologies 2018: The Inside Track with David Perring

On the eve of Learning Technologies, and the day that the initial headlines of the 2018 Digital Learning Realities research are shared for the first time, I talk to Fosway Group’s director of research, David Perring, veteran of too many years’ attendance to mention, and who is delivering two sessions in this year’s conference. KG:…

Learning Technologies 2018: The Backchannel Details

Following my previous post on the Learning Technologies 2018 social team, here are the session details on who’s covering which sessions. Our contributors will be working hard to share insights and key takeaways from every single session of the conference. Remember, we use individual session hashtags so you can hone in on the specifics of…

10 people to follow to get the most out of Learning Technologies 2018

The weather’s rubbish, it’s still dark outside and Christmas feels like a distant memory. That can only mean one thing, it’s January and Learning Technologies is nearly upon us! And with the inaugural Learning Technologies France having already taken place this week, the L&D community is already in the mood for all the great content,…

Learning Technologies 2018: The Inside Track with Donald H Taylor

Ahead of the 2018 Learning Technologies conference and exhibition in London, I sat down with its Chair, Donald H Taylor, to get the inside track on this year’s event. KG: What can we look forward to at this year’s Learning Technologies? DT: I’m excited about the fact we have put more focus on bringing real…

8 pillars of backchannel learning

This month I was invited to appear on Learning Now TV to talk about the value of backchannel learning. This refers to the learning opportunities that arise from providing a stream of curation from a live event then sharing that with people in the room and further afield (sometimes with folk on the other side…

Experiences (and engagement) are what matters in learning now

After reflecting on this year’s Learning Technologies Summer Forum I have distilled my key takeaway into one word: experiences. There, that was a quick post wasn’t it? See you later… Seriously though, I will expand on that with reference to the sessions that I attended. In the opening keynote Dr Itiel Dror made some fantastic…

7 people you need to know at the Learning Technologies Summer Forum 2017

Somehow is already time for the annual Learning Technologies Summer Forum. Hopefully since the main event in February, we’ve all been putting into practice what we heard at Learning Technologies 2017, but the Summer Forum offers a unique opportunity to catch some sessions you might have missed and to hear new content from a number…

The punchline: learning for impact and performance

Last week, two things happened within a few hours of each other. (Well actually, an incredible number of things happened last week but Learning Technologies always means one of my busiest times of the year.) But the two things I refer to bear referencing in relation to each other because they form the punchline -for…