Will you lose your job to a robot?
Editor’s note: Economist Tyler Cowen, who is well worth a read, sets out the salient points . . .
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Free online courses for professionals
Editor’s note: This list is based on Coursera data but features some interesting courses that will be starting late August and September.
Decision-making practice in elearning – curated tweets from #chat2lrn
Here are our edited highlights from the Chat2lrn #twitter chat on #decision-making practice in elearning.…
#chat2lrn curated tweets: Why L&D needs business acumen
Here are our curated tweets from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on #business acumen. If the…
Video of the week: Carol Dweck ‘Mindset – the new psychology of success’
The work of Carol Dweck is referenced in the book Bounce by Matthew Syed. Here…
Using analogies and metaphors to enhance learning – #chat2lrn curated tweets
Here are our curated tweets from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on using #analogies and #metaphors…
Learning collaboration from Tiki-Taka Soccer
Editor’s note: You don’t need to be a footballer to get a lot from this article – really interesting is how football coaches are experimenting with different approaches to a way of playing that hasn’t changed for a long time.
The neurochemistry of positive conversations
Editor’s note: A look at brain chemistry that offers an explanation as to why we remember negative feelings for longer than positive feelings.
A New Culture of Learning
Editor’s note: Douglas Thomas, co-author of The New Culture of Learning talks through the main concepts of the book – this is a compelling vision for corporate learning (with less attention on gaming maybe).
Slidedeck of the week: Designing the good life: the ethics of user experience design
Thanks to @burrough for recommending this wonderful deck on user experience. What are we really…
Christensen’s disruptive innovation after the Lepore critique
Editor’s note: Great analysis of the theory of disruptive innovation following its recent high profile critique by Jill Lepore.
The strength of the strongest ties in collaborative problem solving
Editor’s note: Bridging the literature on team performance and information networks by studying teams’ problem solving abilities as a function of both their within-team networks and their members’ extended networks.
10 scientific ideas that scientists wish you would stop misusing
Editor’s note: A good list for checking how you describe scientific ideas – are you using these ideas correctly?
Curated tweets from the #chat2lrn Twitter chat on what L+D can learn from start-ups
Here are our tweets from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on what L&D can learn from…
Curated tweets from Donald Clark’s #ltsf talk on tech trends that could change learning forever
Provocative stuff here from Donald Clark, who presented three tech trends that will change learning…