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Title: David Hopkins / Learning Design & Learning Technology – David Hopkins / eLearning, Learning Design, Learning Technology, MOOCs, CMALT, Blogging, Social Media, and the stuff in between. Author of #EdTechBook and #EdTechRations

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Recruitment has a habit of signalling who it wants, long before a CV is ever read. You can see it in the language of the job description: “fast-paced environment”, “high energy”, or “work hard, play hard”.

On the surface, it’s reasonably harmless and may actually reflect the nature of the work and culture within. It could also be standard wording that’s been pasted ...


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A while ago (way, way back) I wrote a few posts about things I was learning from my kids. As they approach their GCSE and A-level years, the topic of ‘what do you do next’ has risen a few times. Both have had school trips to local universities and we obviously talk across the dinner table about my work and experience in higher education, so it’s only natural they have opinion...


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Most VLEs are treated as standard infrastructure, a static system that is, at best, functioning; delivering modules, hosting content, running assessments, supporting learning, etc. As long as students can log in and staff can upload materials, a VLE rarely attracts attention. The problem with that mindset is simple: the VLE becomes invisible until it fails, and by that point ...


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