Stop evaluating training!
Editor’s note: Thanks to don Taylor for sharing this link. The article looks at the Brinkerhoff Success Case Method and includes a video of the man talking at Learning Technologies.
Yearly Archives: 2013
Education tech vendors launch apps contest
Editor’s note: So why isn’t this happening in the corporate learning technology space? Be interesting to see what apps come out of it.
Google Glass: Everything you need to know
Editor’s note: Glass may still be in beta but it is coming to the masses in the coming months. This article provides a run down on what Google Glass is, how it works and how it migh develop.
Exploring curation as a core competency in digital and media literacy education
Editor’s note: Paper on curation as a digital literacy and a framework for how curation could work in education. Interesting points plus a look at Storify as a curation tool.
Study shows the differences in L&D assumptions and business realities
A recent study into leadership of technical professionals by performance improvement solutions provider GP Strategies…
Video of the week: What makes us feel good about our work?
Dan Ariely shares experiments about the purpose of work. Thanks to Wesley Gransden for sharing.
Applying social media to business
Editor’s note: A useful read on how social media has impacted business. Not a learning focus here, but a broader look at impact on sales and customer relationships.
Sony reveals prototype 13.3-inch e-ink slate with stylus, aims to put it in students’ bags
Editor’s note: A bit of tech for a Monday. Here’s Sony’s prototype tablet – designed to educate.
How corporate culture drives competitive advantage
Editor’s note: L&D professional Dan Pontefract interviewed on his new book Flat Army.
Conscious computing: how to take control of your life online
Editor’s note: Technology has taken over our lives. Could it help us reclaim our lives too? The conscious computing advocates think so. Thanks to @c4lpt for sharing.
Are you inside the circle or outside?
Editor’s note: A great way to make a very important point. I’ll let you think about the implications . . .
Desire2Learn LMS puts predictive analytics into the learning mix
Learning management system Desire2Learn has launched its latest version featuring predictive analytics capabilities, which the…
Microsoft says Yammer sales are booming
Editor’s note: Update on Yammer, post Microsoft’s purchase and a wider look at the enterprise social networking landscape.
Co-creating as disruption to the dominant cultural framework
Editor’s note: A deep dive into co-creation by Jon Husband. It’s a term that’s getting increasingly bandied around. So what is it and why is it so appealing?
Alternative’s to Kirkpatrick: Brinkerhoff’s Success Case Method
Editor’s note: Been seeing some recent references to Brinkerhoff as a way of evaluating L&D work. This article looks at the approach.