As part of thinking about a research proposal on the topic of knowledge transfer (KT) and long-term conditions (a health-thing) the concept of 'translation' has come up. It's envisaged that any given original research finding, or chunk of evidence, will need translating in some way if it is to be susceptible to first, engagement with it by 'busy practitioners' and then dialogue, subsequently.

This is good Sandra Nutley territory, quite distinct from the traditional linear approach to K…

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Recently browsed the JISC report 'In their own words' (thanks Neil for the tip) on the learner's perspective on e-learning, and couldn't help but be struck by some of the implications for the rest of us, in their conclusions and other points.

• today's vanguard are tomorrow's mainstream (so 'get used to it' is the message);
• learners tended to have a relatively well-developed ecosystem of communication and learnin
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For some while now, I've been using Google Reader to track about 40 blogs, on a range of topics I'm interested in, and one of my reflections on this activity thus far is that it's not really very social (as in 'community', or 'collaborative'). There one is, watching this vast river of information flow past, and every so often (well, quite often, really) you reach out and hook up a piece of it, tag it, mark it with a star, etc. You can also mark item…

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Just a quick post to bring your attention to this online book by George Siemens Knowing Knowledge and online conference What is Corporate Learning: trends and innovations also associated with Siemens.

A few months ago the Performing Rights Society lodged a suit against Kwik-Fit alleging that their employees were infringing copyright by listening to their radios at work. PRS claimed that Kwik-Fit required a PRS licence.

Lord Emslie at the Court of Session said: "The allegations are of a widespread and consistent picture emerging over many years whereby routine copyright infringement in the workplace was, or inferentially must have been, known to and 'authorised' or 'pe… Continue