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Online learning has asked students to change.
For its success, online learning relies on the students’ ability to make sense of a digital experience, that often takes place in isolation. Many students found themselves learning alone online for...
What the research says about online learning
Experts predict that by the end of 2022 we will fully enter a post-pandemic world. The mass availability of vaccines will hopefully allow for the resumption of more workplace group face-to-face...
Who cares about L&D?
“My team needs training! . My people have a skills gap. What have you got to solve it?” These are normal questions for L&D and HR. Norms are being revised however, learners now decide for...
What does it really take to be business savvy?
When organisations have switched from owning their client base to being driven by their clients, from looking for customers for their products to finding products for their customers, one must...
Why business acumen matters more than ever.
Business acumen is variously defined as business and financial literacy. A simple integrated definition could be: “I understand how businesses make money, how my company makes money, how my...
An invitation to a digital mindset
If you’re still reaching for your diary to pen a reminder about that meeting next Tuesday, you should ask yourself why you’re resisting adopting a digital mindset. Going digital is about optimising...
In a digitally transformed world learning content is dead
Online students at all levels are becoming more discerning and critical than ever. Why? Because as they spend more time online for meetings and work, they have become more visually literate, more...
Are your potential delegates avoiding learning?
Are your potential delegates feeling less motivated than usual? Do they seem more exhausted and irritable when you discuss learning opportunities with them? They may have learning burnout, which is...
Learning fatigue is real
Online learning took centre stage during lockdowns around the world, but clients now complain that their teams have learning “fatigue” and that the COVID marathon has left people too tired to learn....
Where does learning happen? Phenyo, a final year law student knows.
Phenyo is a final year law student and is one step away from entering the world of legal practice. She has won numerous academic awards and has been widely rewarded with praise from peers and...
Learning design has to account for students emotions and not only provide a journey through learning content. Do you agree?
Emotions impact learning: Implications for design. The demands and pressures of “covid times” have resulted in a variety of emotions among online students. In this context, a study conducted in 2016...
The power of virtual facilitation.
It seems adults learn most effectively in places not officially designated for learning. We do not find our greatest lessons in online classrooms or facilitated sessions. Instead, we learn best...
“Dead scripts” need to be enlivened
John Vervaeke is a cognitive scientist whose long YouTube video series, “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis”, shows us the relevance of cognitive science to our everyday lives and even to how we...
Workplace readiness. It’s hunting and gathering.
Transitioning from school or university can be tough. When you consider ‘workplace readiness’ and what this might encompass, it soon becomes apparent that work newbies need a strong foundation to...
Searching for Personal Significance: A foundational element of a learning architecture
Cliff BrunetteDr. Rica ViljoenAbstractIn today’s fast-paced, commercially-orientated world of work it is easy to lose some of what we, as humans, are.The demand to produce more, in less time, is an...
Augmented leadership through adaptive intelligence
Cliff BrunetteSeptember 2019Reference as: Brunette, C.; Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). (2019). Research Bulletin on Post-School Education & Training: Number 8. Pretoria:...
The challenge of finding time to study
Despite the pause on physical social interactions imposed by lockdowns and social distancing, life is still accelerating at an unprecedented rate. Speed dating, power naps, and apps to help us...
The need for a revised Organising Framework for Occupations in the Banking Sector
Author: Indira Bhagaloo - 2018 Introduction On 27 March 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the Youth Employment Services (YES) initiative, which aims to guarantee over a million young South...
Adaptation, survival, and the ‘Agile Equation’
This week, one year ago, calamity was closing in. COVID has been a crisis of disruption - it’s a year later, and the world is a changed place. We’ve been disrupted...
From the CEO’s desk: Living your learning.
To live as a human is to live tethered to a dream. Some dreams are grand and glorious - the desire for fame, wealth, a worthwhile legacy - while some are more beautifully modest. Regardless of what...
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