We the data
Editor’s note: Great resource on big data including a range of videos covering topics such as crowd sourcing and personal data.
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Explosive growth in the corporate training market
Editor’s note: Analyst Josh Bersin looks at the growing corporate training market and where the investment is training is being spent.
OECD educationtoday: What makes a NEET?
Editor’s note: This OECD blog post defines NEETs and provides some links to related research and resources.
The days of cheating on exams using Twitter are coming to an end
Editor’s note: The tension in an exams-based approach to teaching versus open sharing of information on social networks. The answer it seems is to monitor the networks for cheating. . .
How do Finnish kids excel without rote learning and standardized testing?
Editor’s note: Thanks to David Smith for sharing this article that looks at the importance of social and collaborative skills in learning versus the current testing knowledge approach to education.
How to build agility into your learning design
Editor’s note: Advice from the Elearning Network’s Rob Hubbard on how and why to take an agile approach to elearning design.
Kineo expands UK headquarters
Learning technology provider Kineo is expanding its head office operations in the UK. The company’s…
Speakers — LEARNING LIVE
Editor’s note: Interesting mix of speakers at Learning Live – check them out here.
Untrack: Letting Go of the Stress of Measuring
Editor’s note: Big thanks to @andrewjacobsld for sharing this on measuring what we do. Great piece on why not to measure every minute detail of L&D.
P&G’s Innovation Culture
Editor’s note: Building a sustainable and scalable innovation process at Procter and Gamble.
Is Performance Support Training? Nah, No Way.
Editor’s note: Tom Spiglanin’s exploration of performance support. It’s an experiential thing not formal training, he says.
The New Digital Age by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen – review | Books
Editor’s note: Review of a new book co-authored by Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt which looks at the coming of hyper-connectivity to billions more people.
Why L&D should get involved with National Learning at Work Day
Learning and development teams should be using National Learning at Work Day launch new learning…
Deliberate practice: Is that all it takes to become an expert?
Editor’s note: Research paper on practice and expertise. Slays some myths (10,000 hours, for example) and looks at why scientists need to work together to have a better understanding of how we become expert at something.
The future of tablets in education: potential versus reality of consuming media
Editor’s note: A four-part series to explore four dimensions of using tablets, such as the iPad, in educational settings.