Neil Hammond, Author at Learnbase

Making Theory Personal

Ever stumbled upon a concept or a theory that just clicks? That sudden rush of understanding, where everything falls into place? I’ve experienced this magical moment twice in my professional life, and it’s been nothing short of transformative, not just for my career but for how I view the world. One such moment was at…

Supporting Community Legal Education in Ontario

Great project just wrapping up: a learning platform and course design project lead by legal education specialist Michelle Cader at CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario) and OLA (Ontario Library Association) working closely with our partners The Alina Group in Toronto. We used our Learnbase Video Workbook plugin within the WordPress LMS Learndash in the Social Learner Theme…

Artists’ Careers Transformed by Rethinking the Business of Art

Client: Crista Cloutier’s The Working Artist program. Product: Multiple courses and full-stack WordPress course and business platform. Highlight: The real and measurable impact that the course has had in transforming the practice and lives of so many artists around the world. Winning awards. Results: Providing a significant source of income for the client over the…

Video-led lessons bring interactive video to online learning

What is Video-led Learning? Video-led learning is our core approach that places video at the heart of the flow of lesson stages, not just a piece of subject matter content within a lesson stage. Online learning incorporating video-led lessons: how is this different to conventional video? The video has both the facilitator’s voice and the…

Stealth Learning for Mental Health Clinicians and Support Staff

The Challenge We had conducted an in-depth research and educational strategy project for Compass Mental Health, a new division within the BC Provincial Health Authority aimed at supporting all levels of clinician and non-clinician staff supporting child and youth mental health in different capacities. One thing was clear. The clinicians did not want ‘more modules’…

Direct Learning Access for Public-Health Education

The task To make an online version of a successful Rolling with ADHD course for parents of children with ADHD, delivered by BC Children’s Hospital. The original ask was that the course would be delivered via a WordPress LMS. Target Audience Tired parents of demanding children! Basically we were competing with Netflix in the…

Nurturing Deep Ethical Awareness in ECE Professionals

The Challenge When ECEBC received funding from the Ministry for Children and Family Development to review and update the ECEBC Code of Ethics and accompanying Best Choices program they asked us to help. The Code is the cornerstone of ethical practice and decision making within the early childhood education sector in BC and beyond, and…

Strategizing Health Literacy with Integral Learning and Development

The Challenge BC Children’s Hospital Health Promotion and Health Literacy Department commissioned Learnbase to produce a research-based education strategy. Research findings were acquired through the systematic gathering of both qualitative and quantitative data. Findings were used to generate insight and recommendations. The general goal of the research is to support the department’s vision to: become…

Providing a Consolidated Social Learning Hub for BC Early Childhood Educator Development

The Challenge When the BC government allotted significant funding to a number of the key organizations providing support, training and guidelines to within Early Childhood Education sector, the organizations had the foresight to create a single social training hub and they asked Learnbase to help. We were well versed in most of the technology pieces…

Mapping Possibilities: Using Video

In the last post we explained how we use the Learnbase Learning Focus Map in our work with organizations to help teams identify bias, presumptions and gaps in meeting learner or even organizational objectives. To do that we must admit that we stereotyped the tasks and tools a little by plotting them at a very…