Editor’s note: With all the big data hype, this article looks under the skin of big data in education and whether data can provide actionable pedagogical insights. The article raises some interesting issues around how video, for example, can be usefully measured in terms of learning impact and whether data can be captured to help educators understand how to create a greater impact.
Editor’s note: A useful list for managing projects – has an education slant but these tools will still be useful in different learning contexts.
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Author of the book Drive, Dan Pink, takes a look at motivation, arguably the most…
Nigel Paine, former chief learning officer at the BBC, continues his series on rewiring corporate…
Editor’s note: Recollecting Facebook posts is easier than recalling the same information in a book. It also takes less effort to remember posted patter than someone’s face, according to new research.
Editor’s note: Research suggests that consciousness isn’t ‘filtered’ sensory information, but an active ‘conclusion’ drawn from information distributed across senses, space and time.
Editor’s note: Some useful nights in here – this is a transcript of a conversation of participants on a brain fitness course.
Editor’s note: Short round-up of three tech companies who have received funding to develop their learning technologies – WizIQ, KnowRe and Area9.
Editor’s note: A personal perspective on using Twitter, finding people and finding purpose in it all by L&D manager Sukh Pabial.
Learning and development professionals are being asked to donate elearning resources to organisations in the…
Editor’s note: Today’s #chat2lrn Twitter chat is on the subject of crowd sourced learning. Read the background and join in today at 4pm GMT.
Editor’s note: Hans de Zwart is a senior innovation adviser for global HR technologies at Shell, which is why I think his reading list for 2012 is worth a look – covers innovation, learning and beyond.
Editor’s note: With Davos underway, the Guardian has produced five data sets looking at unemployment, climate change, inequality, government debt and growth. A macro look at the world but one that sets the context for working life for us all.
Editor’s note: Short and to the point with three commonly used strategies people use to cope with boredom.