Dirtyword launches issue 8 at Learning Technologies Exhibition - and it's a belter
Hold onto your lanyards, folks - Dirtyword: The E-Learning Magazine is back at LT with a vengeance. Issue 8 officially drops at the Learning Technologies Exhibition, and if you thought learning mags were all corporate jargon and lifeless case studies… think again. This one kicks the beehive.
From ripping up rule books to facing down cyber sharks, Issue 8 doesn’t pull its punches. It’s brash, bold, and absolutely buzzing with features designed to make you rethink the way you learn, teach, and design digital education.
Here’s a taste of what’s inside:
Never mind the b@llocks
Lewis Carr channels his inner Sex Pistol and asks why we’re still playing nice in L&D. This one’s for the disruptors.
We’re gonna need a bigger boat
Dr. Ace Hulus introduces the JAWS Protocol - a fresh approach to tackling gender bias in edtech that’s ready to bite.
Horror Scope
Dirtyword’s own Mark Gash peers into the critical-thinking-devoid future of AI-driven learning.
Sanity not vanity
Jennifer Bailey of Bongo Learn calls time on shallow vanity metrics. It’s all about business outcomes, baby.
Cyber threats in the classroom
SonicWall’s Spencer Starkey sounds the alarm on digital security in education - because your LMS shouldn’t be a backdoor.
The skills-based organisation and the luddite in me
Totara’s Matt Linaker wonders what skills actually matter in a world where AI writes your emails, your CV, and maybe even your next lesson plan.
Shooting the breeze
We get hands-on with the new Insta360 X4 camera and ask: is this the future of immersive video in learning?
Microlearning vs. Manipulation
Michael Wright from BuildEmpire asks the big question - are we training people… or tricking them?
Caught in the crosshairs
Mark ditches H5P and gets hands-on with 3DVista. Spoiler: he’s not looking back.
In and out of the walled garden
Moodle OG Joseph Thibault shares his open-source philosophy, one metaphorical vegetable at a time.
S.E.N. superhero
We sit down with Joanna Gibbs from SENsational Tutors to talk educational gaming for learners with special needs. Capes are optional, impact isn’t.
Lost in the woods
Empica’s Natalie Birrell explains why every online course needs a marketing trail and how to figure out the PR wood from the trees.
Live. Die. Learn.
Sam Harold takes a video game approach to learning - because sometimes, you’ve got to fail forward.
The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad L&D landscape
Lee Turner from Skillpod cuts through the fluff to ask what really matters in modern learning.
Find the Dirtyword crew at Stand N35
We’re handing out free limited edition print copies of Issue 8, a collected show edition of previous issues, and just the right amount of attitude.
Don’t miss your chance to pick up the mag everyone’s talking about - the one that’s not afraid to ask WTF is going on in L&D?
Dirtyword is the essential bi-monthly magazine for E-Learning, EdTech and Learning & Development. Featuring articles, tutorials, and reviews from guest contributors across all areas of the learning community, Dirtyword takes a sideways, humorous and irreverent look at the industry.
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