School leavers lack the right experience and attributes for the modern workplace, CBI report finds
Editor’s note: Yet another call for school reform from the CBI based on their research showing skills gaps in many industry sectors.
Yearly Archives: 2013
Design implications of the Experience API (Tin Can API)
Editor’s note: Slidedeck from last week’s mLearnCon from Jason Haag, research analyst at The Tolliver Group.
Blended learning and mobile performance support
Editor’s note: A look at how mobile learning solutions can be designed into an overall blended learning campaign.
Recent reflection #3 – a challenge
Editor’s note: Niall Gavin reflects on his ‘pitch’ to redesign compliance training at last week’s Learning and Skills Group summer conference.
Slidedeck of the week: Creative communities and sustainable qualities
This deck by Ezio Manzini, professor of industrial design at Milan Polytechnic, looks at the…
Learning to learn faster: the one superpower everyone needs
Editor’s note: Why we need to concentrate on hacking our superpower – our ability to learn.
Why we need “decimated reality” aggregators
Editor’s note: Taking the filtering of content to the next level so we stand a better chance of making sense of it all.
Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure
Editor’s note: Learning from failing seems to be the hot skill, but the reality is that we are not very good at it. This article explains why.
Why do I think better after I exercise?
Editor’s note: One for all you sedentary workers out there. If we know exercise makes us think better why isn’t it programmed into our working day?
Breaking the L&D bubble at #AMC13
Editor’s note: Craig Taylor previews a marketing conference he is attending and in so doing shows why it is important for L&D to look outside of what he calls the ‘L&D bubble’ for different perspectives.
Innovation and Technology in Education
Editor’s note: Tune into what John Seely Brown has to say about education and learning – it is must-listen-to stuff, especially his thinking on content, skills and dispositions.
How to turn knowledge into a tangible asset
Editor’s note: Reflections on knowledge management. Best place to start? Figure out what to capture.
Cornerstone CEO Adam Miller on building a $2B cloud startup
Editor’s note: You may or may not be a client of Cornerstone OnDemand but the company has an interesting history to share. It now boasts 11 million users in 189 countries.
Don’t go back to school: how to fuel the internal engine of lifelong learning
Editor’s note: A lot here on education but more generally about learning – the kind of debate and thinking that will impact how business and learning functions operate.
Twitter makes crowds less predictable
Editor’s note: The social physics of highly connected crowds based on the uprisings in Turkey.