Samsung’s (very) early attempts at thought-controlled mobile devices
Editor’s note: OK, so it is early days but we are fascinated by wearable tech and how we might use our brains to control devices . . .
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Work isn’t working: Microsoft ‘envisioner’ Dave Coplin on why the office must change
Editor’s note: Interesting piece on the future workplace and how we are failing to use technology to its full potential.
Does exercising with apps actually get you fitter?
Editor’s note: A good question – is the quantified self movement actually helping people to change their lives for the better?
The rise of EdTech
Editor’s note: A mini tour of how technology is changing the way teachers and students operate – includes some of the new tech tools being developed in this sector.
Roll out a barrel…
Editor’s note: Andrew Jacobs shares more of his thinking on how the CIPD could be more relevant to L&D professionals.
Encounter cooperation
Editor’s note: John Terrell, Regenstein Curator of Pacific Anthropology at Chicago’s Field Museum, on learning about cooperation from biology and anthropology.
When giving reasons leads to worse decisions
Editor’s note: Research shows that in some situations introspection can interfere with using our feelings as a reliable guide to what we should do
Put social learning tools on your map
Editor’s note: Interesting perspective on the LMS and social tools using the Google Maps acquisition of Waze as an example.
Infographic: learning theories
Editor’s note: learning theories through the ages in graphic form.
Dan Pontefract talks ‘Learning by osmosis’
Editor’s note: Dan Pontefract on learning as a collaborative, continuous, connected and community-based mindset.
Live online learning: curated tweets from #chat2lrn
Theses are our curated tweets from chat2lrn #twitter chat on #live online learning which took…
Beware the IT training black hole
In this guest opinion article, Paul Bavington, director with business intelligence consultants, Budgeting Solutions, looks…
Economist Debates: Technological progress – is it accelerating?
Editor’s note: fascinating debate on whether technological change is accelerating. The debate is between Andrew McAfee, associate director and principal research scientist, MIT Centre for Digital Business and Robert J. Gordon, professor, Social Sciences, Northwestern University.
See – Attend – Act: a summary
Editor’s notes: Attend to the ‘weak signals’ in the organisation and make sure they are not crowded out by group-think.
To get the most out of tablets, use smart curation
Editor’s note: An exploration of the tablet as a curation tool, including a useful list of apps.