Wildfire Blog
Engagement has to mean learning engagement – and that means ‘free text’ input
I have this image in my lounge. He's skating, a clergyman skating, as we so often do when we think we're learning - just skating over the surface. For all the talk of Learning Experience Systems and ‘engagement’, if all you serve up are flat media experiences, no...
read moreWhy research shows that online learning needs to change
One thing that research in cognitive psychology has gifted to us over the last decade or so, is clear evidence that learners are delusional when it comes to judgements about their own learning. The big name in the field is Bjork, along with many other high quality...
read moreWildfire Wins ‘Best Learning Technologies Project’
This Award winning, agile, learning project was groundbreaking (I know – bit of a cliche). We used an AI tool, WildFire, to deliver a project to a large multinational (TUI). The project delivered 138 modules on the locations for its holidays, flights, airport codes...
read moreAgile training at Jury’s Inn– used AI to produce in minutes not months
So you walk into a hotel, you’re in the queue, and it’s taking ages to check-in. Or at breakfast, there’s no milk on the table…. it’s all those little things that matter in the hospitality trade. In the age of TripAdvisor, it matters. Jury's Inn take this seriously by...
read moreVideo is never enough – how to supplement it to get 2+2=5 learning
10 researched tips to produce great video in learning (some will surprise you) had concrete tips on producing video for online learning but it was only half the story, as research also shows that video, in most cases, is rarely enough in learning. Video not sufficient...
read moreWhy does WildFire sponsor a football team?
We sponsor a football team. It’s cool having your company name, WildFire, emblazoned on the shirt fronts, but that’s not the point. The point is - this is the world I came from. I know it well. Without community structure, discipline and sport, many would be getting...
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