Blue Monday and the problem of junk science
It’s Blue Monday, so you might be feeling pretty low today. Alternatively, you probably feel much like you did last Monday.If you don’t know what I am talking about, for the last 10 years, the 3rd Monday of each year has been awash with tabloid articles about the ‘research’ conducted for travel company Sky Travel,…
Teaching and Learning About Martin Luther King Jr. With The New York Times
What would Dr. King make of America today?On April 4, 2018, The Times published an interactive look at that question. Headlined “Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later, His Battles Live On,” here is how it begins:Martin Luther King Jr. remains frozen in time for many Americans. Seared into our consciousness is the man who…
Defy Expectations with the FutureLearn Career Mapper
Evidence suggests there are countless benefits to having a job you like doing. Or better still, a job you love doing. You’re happier, more motivated and more efficient. Similarly, finding purpose and feeling productive in your job also ranks highly with those happiest at work.But finding and securing your dream role or even getting your…
Comment on Reframing 70:20:10, The Anatomy of Workflow Learning by Di
Great article – thank you! I particularly loved the ‘Training Project’ cartoon! I have no doubt about the value of reflective practice as a bridge between experience, and learning and training, but I do wonder (worry) if people have the capability, capacity and motivation to reflect. Learners tell us that in the reality, complexity and…
Go Unlimited for less this October
This October, for a limited time, you can buy 12 months of Unlimited for even less. For one payment of £189 £139, you’ll have full access to hundreds of FutureLearn short courses for an entire year. Unlimited has countless benefits, but we’ve narrowed it down our top five so you can get stuck into learning sooner ✔️…
Go Unlimited for less in October
This October, for a limited time, you can buy 12 months of Unlimited for even less. For one payment of £189 £139, you’ll have full access to hundreds of FutureLearn short courses for an entire year. Unlimited has countless benefits, but we’ve narrowed it down our top five so you can get stuck into learning sooner ✔️…
Get ahead with soft skills
This week is learning at work week in the UK. But making sure you have the right professional skills is important wherever you’re based. So how good are your soft skills? These aren’t the specialist skills required in your role that you might already have (for example coding or writing) these are skills that are…
2020 – The Year of the Hub
Initially I was going to write about my forecasts for 2020. Then I realized that the post would mainly focus on one major trend that will impact the space in such a way (good, I believe), and thus as a result, decided to hold off on my forecasts for 2020 – until Oct. As part…
5 useful tips and tools for social learning
FutureLearn’s Head of Community, David Thair, shares his top five tips for getting the most out of our social learning features. At FutureLearn, learning through conversation is important to us. That’s why you can leave comments and have a conversation on almost every step of our courses. Just scroll to the bottom of a step,…
How to craft the perfect work email
The first email (or ‘e-mail’) was sent by a computer engineer called Ray Tomlinson in 1971, sadly, the content of this message is lost to history. In 2017, 169 billion emails were sent every day, according to Statista. Many would agree that email writing is an essential skill in today’s working world. And because it’s…
