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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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My son dropped his phone in the sink.

It was in there for seconds, not minutes. Retrieved quickly, dried out, switched off and left alone. Then came the waiting to see whether it would turn back on, and if it did, what would still work.

My immediate worry wasn’t really about the phone itself; phones can be replaced. The bigger concern was everything tied t...

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Inspired by Tom Whitwell’s annual collection of things learned, here are my ’52 things I learned in 2025′.

The list is usually presented under the comment that ‘no explanation or context of what it is about the article I learned, j...

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There’s an assumption people make: if you’re comfortable using a computer, you must automatically understand it. At some point, someone will ask you to fix their Wi-Fi, unfreeze their phone, sort out why their sat-nav doesn’t work, set up their smart TV, or resurrect some forgotten password from a decade ago.

But using technology isn’t the same as understanding it. ...

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Why do people stop asking questions. It’s not because they don’t have questions but because past experience has taught them to be quiet.

Silence isn’t usually created by a single comment or a single meeting. It’s formed slowly, shaped by years of small signals: the raised eyebrow when someone asks for clarification, the “we’ve already covered this”, the (aggressive)...

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This week marked the release of ‘Voice of the Online Learner (UK Edition)‘. This is the first time UK-specific insight has been published, being based on data from the US until now. It’s a welcome addition to a sector that has long operated without a pu...

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