Ethnography is everywhere
Editor’s note: A good primer on ethnography as a research tool, especially in design and user experience.
Browsing: Curated
Five reasons to use performance support
Editor’s note: A range of reasons to use performance support, from fear to it’s happening anyway. So, to stay relevant L&D must embrace it now . . .
New research: flexibility versus face time
Editor’s note: Research of nearly 1,000 high potential employees and their attitudes and experiences of flexible working.
Data, smartwatches and the future of fitness, with RunKeeper’s Jason Jacobs
Editor’s note: A look at the future of wearable tech and sports apps – application for behaviour change in organisations?
Using Twitter to provide some quick and interesting lesson starters
Editor’s note: Thanks to @janebozarth for sharing this – inspirational ideas for how to use Twitter for teaching and learning.
2013 ICF Organizational Coaching Study
Editor’s note: Summary from International Coach Federation research into the state of coaching – namely how it is being used.
Advocates and the many hats they wear
Editor’s note: Discussions on the role of advocates in communities – the attributes for each role type are interesting in the community context.
Social innovation: how to deal with rising complexity of global networks
Editor’s note: A look at the increasing interdependencies between the world’s technological, socio-economic, and environmental systems and why we may have to redesign global networks. Big picture perspectives that point us to where we might be headed.
Should webinars be recorded?
Editor’s note: A simple and eye-catching question from Clive Shepherd, posed as a result of reading Wired for Speech by Clifford Nass and Scott Brave.
Relationships that make you smarter
Editor’s note: How they act of teaching – helping others learn – can develop your knowledge and skills. Why wouldn’t you have mentoring in the organisation knowing this.
Learning from social learning
Editor’s notes: Interesting insights from Ben Betts who has been running a social learning lab – a kind of mini-MOOC. If you design elearning then read the bit on curation.
Digital storytelling: A tutorial in 10 easy steps
Editor’s note: Lots of good points here – be aware that there are some great apps that can help simplify some of the process.
Goodbye Skype: why we need an #agile approach to learning technology in the #SocialAge
Editor’s note: Jukian Stodd reflects on his company’s decision to switch off Skype. Time to think about developing a more open tech ecosystem in organisations?
AT&T’s system can ‘self-destruct’ emails after they’ve been sent – and even read
Editor’s note: Could organisational communication be transformed with this forthcoming piece of technology?
The longest webinar
Editor’s note: Reflections on the world’s longest webinar (well, it’s awaiting official verification).