City & Guilds Kineo to launch Elearning Apprenticeship Academy
City & Guilds Kineo have announced plans to launch an elearning academy and apprenticeship programme.…
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The 3 future waves in design, and how to ride them
Editor’s note: A product designer’s view of the future of design. Interesting perspective for learning designers.
The ambient economy
Editor’s note: Smart watches will give us access to even more information that will be tailored to who we are. But what will be the impact of this ambient revolution?
Social business: What it can mean for HR
Editor’s note: Research by Deloitte looks at what makes a social business and how HR could embed more social approaches to organisational processes.
The growing intricacies of responsive web design
Editor’s note: The methods and techniques for optimizing multidevice accessible Web sites are becoming more complex. Here’s a look at how responsive design is evolving.
Online time can hobble brain’s important work
Editor’s note: Why endless scanning of the web won’t help you retain certain bits of information.
Recognise intrapreneurs before they leave
Editor’s note: Lots of advice here on how to identify intrapreneurs and stop them leaving. Why? Because entrepreneurs tend to form an idea whilst working with an organisation before leaving to turn that idea in to a business.
10 magical effects music has on the mind
Editor’s note: Research-backed list which makes you wonder why music does not feature in many people’s working lives.
Is teaching to a student’s “learning style” a bogus idea?
Editor’s note: This looks at (and for!) the academic research and evidence to support the idea that teaching to someone’s learning style is more effective. There is very little evidence to support this notion.
Five ways to get your employees talking
Editor’s note: This is for office-based workers – simple things to do that can enable a bit more conversation.
Reweaving corporate DNA: building a culture of design thinking at Citrix
Editor’s note: @samburrough shared this link in yesterday’s #chat2lrn Twitter chat on design thinking. Take a look to see how the approach transformed Citrix.
Design thinking in L&D: curated tweets from #chat2lrn Twitter chat
Here are our curated tweets from the chat2lrn #twitter chat on #design thinking. [View the…
The digital native myth: Why we still need to teach kids HOW to use the iPad
Editor’s note: I liked the angle on this piece – cut through the myths and you find kids need help on tablets. And then think about adults in the workplace. Wouldn’t they benefit from some help too?
The growing move to measure everything, including basketball
Editor’s note: When we consider performance and measurement in learning maybe it would be useful to see what that looks like in other areas of life. Here is what measuring performance in basketball is going to look like.
Has L&D become its own worst enemy?
Editor’s note: Is talking up new ways of learning and tech just sounding the death knell for L&D?