(in other
words: I was eavesdropping.)
Three people,
in their twenties, were busily discussing a Project - one was talking about
flash, another, nerve endings and neural paths.
I couldn't
help myself. I turned around and asked - 'what are you talking
about?'
One - a young
doctor - told me that he'd had an idea. He'd spent a lot of time playing
GeoQuest on facebook (disclosure: I love that game) and had discovered, to his
surprise, that he'd developed a lot of geography knowledge by doing so. That
set him thinking - 'anatomy is hard, games are fun, you learn from games, so
why not teach anatomy with a game?'
With no
knowledge of the industry, the technical standards or anything else, this
industrious group of clever young people were planning to create their own
elearning resources for their peers. I could have cried, it was so
touching.
I gave them
some hints, and left them with my email in case they wanted a hand. But the
thing that got to me was this: that elearning made enough sense to these folk
that they were willing to draw on their expertise, have a go, and make some
themselves.
I salute them,
and I hope to see many more.
