Author Archives: Helen Blunden

About Helen Blunden

My unique super power is that I see learning experiences in everything I do. #alwayslearning

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 10,000 times in 2013. If it were a … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 5, 2014 by Helen Blunden | Leave a comment

    Well the time has come for me to have my own domain name and I will transfer this WordPress site to a WordPress.Org site (let’s see how that goes) on http://www.activatelearning.com.au over the coming days. Please feel free … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 3, 2013 by Helen Blunden | 1 Comment

After four weeks of participating in the Exploring Personal Learning Networks cMOOC, it has come to this. Our pitch to the CEO on the value of personal learning networks.  In fact, through the various readings, discussion and activities of the … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 3, 2013 by Helen Blunden | 4 Comments

Two nights ago after work,  I wandered over to the State Library of Victoria, a place I hadn’t visited for some years.  It was looking a bit worse for wear in my opinion or maybe I was just becoming a … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 1, 2013 by Helen Blunden | 1 Comment

This week we had our People Day. Over 400 people across Australia in the Human Resource function travelled to Melbourne to gather and hear our Leadership Team talk about the challenges of the future and how we can work together … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 26, 2013 by Helen Blunden | 14 Comments

This second week of the Exploring Personal Learning Networks cMOOC was about defining Personal Learning Networks – and let me just say, there were LOTS of definitions.  So much so that in all honesty, it confused me because I was … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 19, 2013 by Helen Blunden | 11 Comments

All products mentioned in this post are not endorsements, nor are they paying me to say so! I was looking forward to last Thursday night.  It was going to be the first meet up for a new Meetup group for … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 19, 2013 by Helen Blunden | 7 Comments

Random Thoughts on a Wednesday Night – Passion And The Workplace

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Helen Blunden

For those who know me, know I don’t sit still. My mind is always ticking over with something, making plans, organising something or experimenting with some new app or software. Even quiet times at work you’ll find me reading articles, … Continue reading →

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I think I found my new cMOOC hit. After Educational Technology MOOC #etmooc, I searched high and low for a connectivist MOOC that could give me the same ‘highs’ as I had experienced with this one.  I was looking for … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 12, 2013 by Helen Blunden | 5 Comments

This year will go down in my professional life as “The Year I Met my Online Personal Learning Network and Lived to Tell the Tale (Ad Nauseum)”. On average, every month I have met at least two people from my … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 6, 2013 by Helen Blunden | 10 Comments