The presenter had been doing this for more than a year to engage staff in development when they felt they had no time.

It works by setting a one or two week plan of activities everyday but they are only 10 – 30 minutes in length and some are group ones. It works because it is short, flexible, just in time learning that uses communities of practice.

To put it into practice you need to choose a topic to teach and then think about 2 – 3 tasks that you can get staff to undertake. There are issues around keeping people engaged in all the days and it can be labour intensive for the lecturer because you have to engage everyday and different times as well hence the focus on one or two weeks.

To increase engagement you can prime participants with an e-mail 5 days before they start and one on the day this starts but very early in the day. You need to remind them they signed up and that you have spent time but that they have agreed to participant in some group stuff as well.