[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/26623434/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3295136/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen]       The Internet and the World Wide Web have revolutionised the way knowledge is produced, mediated and consumed. This episode focuses on a group of entrepreneurs who have given us the online tools and platforms that now dominate global learning. Some of…

    This episode we’re giving the channel over to one of our favourite podcasts, Video Learning Lab. The podcast is hosted by Kevin Alster, who runs an innovative video learning company called Synesthesia, which uses lifelike AI-generated avatars as presenters. We’re going to feature Kevin as a guest on the Learning Hack very soon,…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/26494119/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3295136/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen]     During the Covid lockdowns of recent years, online technology became practically the only way of delivering learning. But a long road has brought us to such a place. This episode covers the theorists, inventors and entrepreneurs who pioneered technology delivery of learning,…

Michelle Parry-Slater is Learning & Development Director of Kairos Modern Learning, and author of the Learning And Development Handbook. This guide for learning practitioners is realistic about the organizational context in which L&D has to operate, with its many new stresses and confilcting priorities. She encourages L&D people to think more strategically, and indicates mindsets,…

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/26342508/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/3295136/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen]   Social constructivism had its origins in the thought of Karl Marx. However, it became a strong influence on educationalists in the capitalist West during the latter half of the 20th Century, and thinkers such as Piaget and Vygotsky are popular on teacher training…