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What is collaborative learning?
Collaborative learning occurs as a result of interaction between peers engaged in the completion of a common task.
Learning can occur either in an immersive environment like a classroom or in a virtual space such as an online discussion forum.
The social aspect of learning is at the heart of a collaborative approach. With the growing rise [...]
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On Monday 25th January, Paul McElvaney, Director of Learning Pool and Alison Stott, Project Manager at Essex Strategic HR will be hosting an online hotseat on the commissioning of Open, Distance and E-learning.
This will be taking place in the Leadership Development Community of Practice, using the IDeA’s CoP platform. You need to register with the [...]
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Reflecting on the busy year that’s been 2009, these are the top 10 things that have given me most professional pleasure this year:
1. The Club
Welcoming 50 more public sector organisations to the growing Learning Pool ‘club’ including our first Scottish authority, our first Northern Irish authority, our first charitable organisation and 5 more housing associations.
2. [...]
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What animal best describes the approach to learning in your organisation?
Elephant was the response from one of the delegates at Lincolnshire’s New Ways of Learning Workshop on 8th December, featuring Clive Shepherd and Laura Overton from Towards Maturity.
Now, the analogy of an elephant can mean two completely different things. Does it mean that the elephant [...]
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Building an e-learning community within Devon County Council is firmly fixed on the radar of Bill Heasman, the Council’s Leadership and Management Development Team Manager. Bill explains how he is unlocking the previously untapped skills of Council staff by adopting a multi-dimensional learning style.
What benefits does e-learning bring to Devon County Council?
Adopting Learning Pool’s Dynamic [...]
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Consulting and engaging with residents and hard to reach communities is vitally important work for local authorities. As a result, Cardiff Council, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Torfaen County Borough Council and their local partner agencies have joined forces and launched an e-learning Module on Consultation and Engagement aimed at managers and professionals.
Steve Jarman from [...]
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On the road to achieving the vision of e-learning is Havant Borough Council’s HR and Learning Adviser, Spencer Drain. Engagement of key stakeholders in the e-learning process has been crucial from the start, and Spencer describes what ingredients are essential for the perfect learning mix.
Why did you decide to buy a Learning Pool subscription?
The potential [...]
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So tomorrow I’m going to be a CELEB for a day! No its not what you’re thinking, LOL. I’ve been invited to join Learning Pool on the HMS President in London to be apart of the Capital E-Learning Exchange Body (CELEB) for London local authorities. Now I know that alot of my readers and twitterati’s [...]
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