A true story

...So, I was sitting at the pub reading a book, when I couldn't help overhearing the conversation at the table next to mine.

(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.