Learning & sharing on the social web | Helen Whitehead




Welcome!

Welcome!

I am passionate about elearning, online communities, and writing online.  I specialise in learning support, online tutoring, blogs, social media and online content. I tutor writing courses, and run online communities of practice. In the day job I’m a learning technologist at the University of Nottingham – Helen Whitehead


Painted caves and fingerless hands

Painted caves and fingerless hands

There’s a theory that by experiencing and reading widely, particularly outside one’s own field, one can be inspired by ideas from wildly different domains and encourage innovation and problem-solving. So I like to remain open to new ideas and concepts and sometimes actively seek them. Or at least, that’s the excuse I make when I have one of those “follow the links” marathons on the Internet. Reading Jean Auel’s latest book, The Land of Painted Caves, I became interested in finding a...

Periodic Fable

Living by Morris

Living by Morris

When you move on to a new phase of your life it’s time for a good clear-out. We are becoming empty nesters. For longer and longer periods our children are no longer at home, and it’s time...

recrafting your life

This time of yea...

This time of year on Learning Communities

While I am blogging more often these days at Learning Technology Blog (from University of Nottingham Learning Technology Section) I’m always intrigued to find out what was on my mind at this time...

elearning


This time of year on Learning Communities

Posted on Jan 29 2012
While I am blogging more often these days at Learning Technology Blog (from University of Nottingham Learning Technology Section) I’m always intrigued to find out what was on my mind at this time...

MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on Change: Education, Learning, and Technology

Posted on Sep 03 2011
I’ve signed up for the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on Change: Education, Learning, and Technology change.mooc.ca. I’ve tried these courses before and (inevitably?) dropped out due to...

Living by Morris

Posted on Aug 14 2011
When you move on to a new phase of your life it’s time for a good clear-out. We are becoming empty nesters. For longer and longer periods our children are no longer at home, and it’s time...