On 29 April I gave a presentation at Holyrood’s annual Telehealth and Telecare Conference.This year’s theme was engagement – both staff engagement and public engagement… Read More »It’s not OK not to understand the internet

Our first serious attempt at social reporting (see earlier post) at Small Changes, Big Differences on 26 February was a great success with a large number of people… Read More »Social reporting in practice

(Post by Michelle Drumm, Media Manager at IRISS). Networking and participating at events can help us learn new skills and keep up to date with… Read More »Storify your event or conversation

Scribbling on flipcharts or sticking ideas on Post-it notes are well established ways of capturing and organising thoughts and ideas in group discussions, conferences and workshops. It’s effective… Read More »Social reporting – sharing the learning

(Post by Michelle Drumm, Media Manager at IRISS) Face-to-face meetings can be hard on resources. Often there’s just not the time or the money to… Read More »TodaysMeet – a simple way to chat online

I’ll be running a workshop on the social dimensions of learning at Learning Essentials, the  Elearning Alliance conference on Friday 31 October at West Lothian College, Livingston. In a recent… Read More »Learning: the social dimension

Debbie Lucas is a staff development officer in a local authority social work department. She took part in the IRISS Personal Learning Network Challenge to learn more about using social… Read More »Personal learning networks: feedback from the IRISS Challenge

In a recent blog post marking the 25th anniversary of the Web, Jane Hart, founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, observed that our social… Read More »Introducing Kristina and her personal learning network