These are articles and websites that I either find myself constantly coming back to, or that have played a significant part in my own learning.
| Education | Theory and Practice of Online Learning | Anderson, Terry Elloumi, Faithi |
A detailed and highly useful exploration of models for online learning (particularly in the education context) |
2004 |
| Learning design | Theory and Practice of Online Learning | Anderson, Terry Elloumi, Faithi |
A detailed and highly useful exploration of models for online learning (particularly in the education context) |
2004 |
| Learning design | Is your elearning broken? | Berthelemy, Mark |
An article exploring why elearning built as SCORM packages may not be the right model for a modern audience. | 2020 |
| Communities of practice | Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity | Wenger, Etienne |
Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. | 1999 |
| Learning design | Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity | Wenger, Etienne |
Presents a broad conceptual framework for thinking about learning as a process of social participation. | 1999 |
| Learning design | Bloom's Taxonomy | Armstrong, Patricia |
A taxonomy of verbs to help write effective learning objectives |
2010 |
| Learning design | Action mapping headquarters - Training design - Cathy Moore | Moore, Cathy |
A highly effective model for creating learning materials that make a difference. |
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| User experience | The Definition of User Experience (UX) | Norman, Dan Nielsen, Jakob |
"User experience" (UX) encompasses all aspects of the end-user's interaction with the company, its services, and its products. | |
| Agile | From Push to Pull - Emerging Models for Mobilizing Resources | Hagel, John Seely Brown, John |
Working paper which looks at new models for work and learning |
2005 |
| Lean | From Push to Pull - Emerging Models for Mobilizing Resources | Hagel, John Seely Brown, John |
Working paper which looks at new models for work and learning |
2005 |
| Coding | W3Schools Online Web Tutorials | An essential resource for learning any web coding language, including HTML, CSS and Javascript |
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| Product management | The Product Vision Board | Pichler, Roman |
A useful method to help quickly test your product ideas |
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| User experience | UI-Patterns.com | Full of ideas with commonly used interface elements |
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| User experience | How People Read Online: New and Old Findings | Experience, World Leaders in Research-Based User |
Looking back at findings from a series of eyetracking studies over 13 years, we see that fundamental scanning behaviors remain constant, even as designs change. | |
| Agile | Agile delivery - Service Manual | gov.uk |
How to work in an agile way: principles, tools and governance. | |
| Coding | Jekyll documentation | Jekyll is a static site generator. It takes text written in your favorite markup language and uses layouts to create a static website. You can tweak the site's look and feel, URLs, the data displayed on the page, and more. | 2020 | |
| Lean | Running Lean Book | Maurya, Ash |
Master the Key Metrics for Startup Growth | 2012 |
| Product management | Running Lean Book | Maurya, Ash |
Master the Key Metrics for Startup Growth | 2012 |
| Open source | Creative Commons | Creative Commons is a global nonprofit organization that enables sharing and reuse of creativity and knowledge through the provision of free legal tools.� |
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| Global internet | Cellular data coverage | Data coverage maps for countries around the world | ||
| Global internet | Alliance for Affordable Internet | A global coalition working to make broadband affordable for all | ||
| User experience | What is Visual Hierarchy? | Visual hierarchy is the principle of arranging elements to show their order of importance. | ||
| Education | InfEd Index of articles | Smith, Mark, K. |
A space for people to explore education, pedagogy, learning, community-building and change - and in particular the theory and practice of informal education, social pedagogy, community learning and development, specialist education, and lifelong learning. | |
| Learning design | InfEd Index of articles | Smith, Mark, K. |
A space for people to explore education, pedagogy, learning, community-building and change - and in particular the theory and practice of informal education, social pedagogy, community learning and development, specialist education, and lifelong learning. | |
| Learning design | Some Principles of Effective E-Learning | Downes, Stephen |
The features that distinguished successful from unsuccessful e-learning | 2005 |
| User experience | Some Principles of Effective E-Learning | Downes, Stephen |
The features that distinguished successful from unsuccessful e-learning | 2005 |
| Learning platforms | Moodle docs | Moodle documentation and support | ||
| Moodle | Moodle docs | Moodle documentation and support | ||
| Learning platforms | Moodle Database Schema | A useful site which allows you to explore the Moodle database and the relationships between the tables. |
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| Moodle | Moodle Database Schema | A useful site which allows you to explore the Moodle database and the relationships between the tables. |
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| Coding | DataTables | Table plug-in for jQuery | |||
| Learning platforms | Important steps when looking for a new Learning platform | Wooler, Andy |
An important article for anyone who is looking for a new learning platform for their organisation. |
2020 |
| Management | Manager Tools �Basics� | Core principles from the Manager Tools team on: One to ones, feedback, coaching, delegation and meetings. And a fabulous example of a business model where content is given away to proof capability. |
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| Open source | Manager Tools �Basics� | Core principles from the Manager Tools team on: One to ones, feedback, coaching, delegation and meetings. And a fabulous example of a business model where content is given away to proof capability. |
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| Training | Manager Tools �Basics� | Core principles from the Manager Tools team on: One to ones, feedback, coaching, delegation and meetings. And a fabulous example of a business model where content is given away to proof capability. |
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| Education | Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning: a systematic and critical review | Coffield, Frank Learning and Skills Research Centre (Great Britain) |
The seminal review of the research into learning styles that forever changed many peoples' opinions of them. |
2004 |
| Learning design | Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning: a systematic and critical review | Coffield, Frank Learning and Skills Research Centre (Great Britain) |
The seminal review of the research into learning styles that forever changed many peoples' opinions of them. |
2004 |
| Key thinker | Donald Clark Plan B: Bogus pyramids: Learning methods, Maslow and Bloom | Clark, Donald |
2020 | |
| Key thinker | OLDaily ~ by Stephen Downes | Downes, Stephen |
Daily roundup of news and research around online learning and the web |
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| Key thinker | Harold Jarche | Jarche, Harold |
About sense making in a networked world |
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| Learning design | Recent Work in Connectivism | Downes, Stephen |
Since the introduction of connectivism as a learning theory in 2004 a body of literature has developed both offering criticisms and expanding on applications and empirical validation. This article surveys recent literature on the topic, grouping it into themes, and developing an understanding of current perspectives in connectivism. It surveys current perspectives and criticisms of connectivism, views of connectivism as a pedagogy and as a theory of learning, recent evidence supporting connectivism, and a wider understanding of connectivism as it is developing today. | 2020 |