Opinion: Human psychology (with emphasis on the human)
Editor’s note: Technology augments but cannot supersede intuition, argues Annette Karmiloff-SmithSource.
Browsing: Curated
Life-tracking app Expereal is your personal weapon against cognitive biases
Editor’s note: Cognitive bias plays a part in how we recollect events which means we tend to remember events as being more positive or neagtive than they were at the time. This app plans to change that. Potentially useful approach to documenting learning/work experiences?
The pedagogy of MOOCs
Editor’s note: Paul Stacey’s article acts more like a ready-reckoner for MOOCs. Read this and you will be up to speed on their development and impact on pedagogy.
Emotional response to climate change influences whether we seek or avoid further information
Editor’s note: A look at how we make sense of risk and in particular our responses to media content. How much do biases inform our response to what we read, hear and watch?
Massive open online courses: higher education’s digital moment?
Editor’s note: This Universities UK report looks at how MOOCs are, and will continue, to disrupt higher education. A good read for issues aroumnd MOOCs, what students will be experiencing in education and how MOOCs might work in conjunction with, and for, employers.
Top 10 app errors that good QA helps you avoid
Editor’s note: If you are working on learning apps then read this – it’s based on experience of developing apps. Thanks to @epictalk for sharing.
New Google+: Stream, Hangouts, and Photos
Editor’s note: Yesterday Google announced a slew of new product developments for Google+ – they are listed here on the Google blog.
How mind maps can inspire collaborative learning
Editor’s note: A schools focus but the thinking here could be applied in the workplace – a look at mind mapping tools as collaboration tools.
Corporate learning trends: An Overview [INFOGRAPHIC]
Editor’s note: Thanks to @designedlearnin for sharing this infographic. Not loads of depth but a useful snapshot of learning trends.
Professional development in social learning: 3 different skill areas
Editor’s note: Jane Hart outlines here thinking on the types of skills L&D professionals will need to embrace social learning and social media tools for learning.
Teaching with Glass – Andrew Vanden Heuvel
Editor’s note: Teacher Andrew Vanden Heuvel is blogging about how he is using Google Glass as a part of his teaching.
DO’s and DON’Ts for Building Your (Virtual) Personal Learning Network (PLN)
Editor’s note: Tomorrow’s #chat2lrn Twitter chat is on personal learning networks – and here is the background reading for the chat.
An occasional paper on digital media and learning Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century
Editor’s note: In-depth report in online participation by Henry Jenkins, Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Stop evaluating training!
Editor’s note: Thanks to don Taylor for sharing this link. The article looks at the Brinkerhoff Success Case Method and includes a video of the man talking at Learning Technologies.
Education tech vendors launch apps contest
Editor’s note: So why isn’t this happening in the corporate learning technology space? Be interesting to see what apps come out of it.