Understanding the Job
Editor’s note: If you are trying to improve a learning product or service then it pays to figure out the job that product or service is there to do. Thanks to Nick Shackleton-Jones for pointing to this.
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How Long Should Your Next Video Be?
Editor’s comment: Useful piece of research here into more than half a million videos on Youtube which looks at the relationship between length of video and viewer engagement.
OD and L&D – the space in the middle is where we all meet
Editor’s note: Where does L&D sit in relation to organisation design? This is an interesting piece that suggests OD and L&D overlap on core areas such as culture, change and transformation.
Preparing for the future of learning ~ curated #chat2lrn tweets
Here are our highlights from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on preparing for the #future of…
Deloitte Mobile Consumer 2016
Editor’s note: Great data and insights here into how people use their phones. It includes a great graphic on how phones are used in a typical day and night.
Why Neuroplasticity Might Not Be The ‘Hail Mary’ We’re All Looking for
Editor’s note: This piece is a reminder that the concept of neuroplasticity has its limitations and that the brain is a biological system – no amount of plasticity can change that.
Will Facebook’s Workplace Prove An Effective Productivity Tool?
Editor’s note: Are collaborative tools that focus on chat good or bad or productivity? This article discusses the issues.
A group you cannot see
Editor’s note: This is a really good piece on online learning which includes practical tips on shifting from classroom to online training.
Why you should have your own black box
Editor’s note: This is mostly the talk Matthew Syed gave at this week’s World of Learning conference. It’s well worth watching. Is mindset the key to developing a learning culture?
Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) about to replace us all? Curated #chat2lrn tweets
Here are our curated tweets from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on #artificial intelligence. [View the…
Fitness trackers do not increase activity enough to noticeably improve health
Editor’s note: This story feels to me like a good metaphor for where we are at with technology and how it can help us. Much promise for the quantified self and health apps like Fitbits, but not a lot of evidence to say they are having the expected impact.
Why the FT creates so few clickable graphics
Editor’s note: Great insights here into how the Financial Times is developing ‘scrollytelling’ and other data visualisation techniques to help users make sense of data.
IBM Smarter Workforce Institute
Editor’s note: A lot of research papers here on topics ranging from trust and learning to workforce analytics. Looks like a useful resource.
Online Education Is Now a Global Market
Editor’s note: In this interview, Simon nelson who heads up FutureLearn, talks about the future of MOOCs. This is an interesting, unfolding narrative for employers.
Top 200 Tools for Learning 2016
Editor’s note: Jane Hart has produced the tenth top tools list for learning. This is a great resource for new tools and technologies.