Cisco announces new collaboration capabilities and services for enterprises
Editor’s note: Some announcements from Cisco’s Collaboration Summit Cisco – mostly around shifting its tools into the cloud.
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How to ignite passion in your students: 8 ways educators can foster passion-based learning
Editor’s note: Is it the role of L&D to spark a passion in learning or to support those who already have that passion? If you see that as your role then this list of tips is worth a read . . .
Trust and autonomy make for a great workplace, says Henry Stewart
Trusting people and letting them get on with their job in their own way enables…
Intensity in learning?
Editor’s note: Elliott Masie argues that there needs to be intensity in learning – not all the time but there are moments when it can be really powerful. This is an area learning designers need to consider, he says.
Research highlights necessity of simulation training for improved operative performance and increased patient safety
Editor’s note: Been hearing more and more people talking about how simulations will increasingly be used in learning. This research suggests it has a significant role to play in helping to develop doctors’ skills.
You must fail to succeed
Editor’s note: Interesting post on failing using the TV programme Failure Club . . . I liked this quote: “It isn’t necessarily the goal which must be very clearly defined, but it is the journey to that goal. You must be open to the process, but more importantly, you must be willing to abandon the original plan when necessary and change direction as long as this will take you to your final goal.”
At Stanford, scholars debate the promises, pitfalls of online learning
Editor’s note: Not directly related to the business application of online learning but some useful insights into the efficacy of online learning in the higher education sector.
BYOD and mobile videoconferencing: hype and reality
Editor’s note: In-depth look at the reality of videoconferencing from your own mobile device plus a look at where this technology is taking us.
“Any time, any place, anywhere, any device” – the new formula for L&D
Learning and development teams will need to enable learners “any time, any place and on…
The ultimate guide to infographics
Editor’s note: Find out what an infographic is and how they work and then check out the further reading shared in this short article.
Can self-awareness be taught?
Editor’s note: As learning is mainly a collaborative, social process then surely we all need to have some self-awareness for the learning process and outcomes to be as good as they can be? So, how do we become more self-aware?
Raspberry Pi: the small computer with the big ambition
Editor’s note: An interview with Eben Upton, founder and trustee of the not-for-profit Raspberry Pi Foundation, who is trying to reconnect children with learning programming skills.
Aggregation rumination
Editor’s note: Not heard of the term ‘aggregation architecture’ but this post looks into it. The focus is on MOOCs but the thinking could be applied across all learning systems and for all learners.
Tin Can: what SCORM isn’t
Editor’s note: A look at the benefits of the Tin Can API – platform agnostic, mobile, improved data . . . the list goes on.
Noddlepod one year on – an interview with Ollie and Stephen Gardener
News articles, blogs, L&D conferences and events – what’s everyone talking about? Collaboration. That would…