Storify of day one at the CIPD conference 2012
This is our view from afar of day one of the CIPD Conference 2012 being…
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Animation: 10 learning technology trends
Kineo and elearning Age have put together a report on 10 trends in learning technology…
#PunkHR: social learning – productive anarchy
Editor’s note: A more anarchic view of learning in the organisation from Perry Timms with a look at what social learning could actually look like.
How should we deliver learning?
Editor’s note: Donald Taylor makes the point that L&D should be shifting from talking about ‘delivering training’ to ‘supporting learning’ – that’s why training departments changed their name to L&D, he says.
Why corporate training programs often fail
Editor’s note: Eduardo Salas, a professor of organizational psychology at the University of Central Florida, has studied corporate training programs for more than two decades. What happens before and after a training session, he says, is just as important as the actual instruction itself.
The Professor or The Great Danton: what type of L&D professional are you?
Editor’s note: Patrick Mallarkey looks at the two magicians in the film The Prestige – The Professor and The Great Danton – and reflects on what type of magic L&D professionals need to bring to learning events.
HR and big data
Editor’s note: Data is everywhere and we are generating it all the time. It is also freely available if we know how to extract it from our various systems. So what are we going to do with this data in HR and L&D? Sukh Pabial asks the question and presents some scenarios. One thing is for sure – this is an area of huge potential for organisations but it will require looking well beyond one’s business silo in order to act on it effectively.
Skills, guilds and capabilities
The end of the year means many things to people. One thing is for sure:…
Learning in a social workplace: the impact of social media
Editor’s note: A slide deck from Jane Hart’s recent presentation to the Canadian Society of Training and Development’s Conference on social media and social learning. Worth looking at the traits of a ‘smart worker’.
5 perspectives on the future of the human interface
Editor’s note: Worth keeping an eye on how tech hardware is developing and how that could impact human interaction with devices. This article is a useful, future looking primer.
The layers of the Tin Can onion
Editor’s note: A review of the Tin Can API by Mike Rustici, whose company Rustici Software is responsible for developing Tin Can.
10 TED Talks perfect for the eLearning industry
Editor’s note: All of these videos are worth a look – a great piece of curation here and a valuable set of videos.
Oppikirjamaraton: How to write an open textbook in a weekend
Editor’s note: Great article on how to write a book with 20 others in the room at the same time – kind of crowd source project with the crowd pulled together physically. Not only does the article look at how the process worked but also what tech was used to author the book. Could L&D do this within an organisation or for itself even?
Infographic: What is an LMS?
Making the case for an LMS is this infographic from Tellonline (yes, they are an…
List of eLearning professionals that use Twitter: Part one
Editor’s note: A great list and a great resource – 100 elearning peeps on Twitter. and it’s only part one . . .