Designing and developing communities of practice as a competitive advantage
Editor’s note: Some useful insights from the community manager at Yammer on developing communities of practice.
Browsing: Curated
Avoid the wrong reasons for interactive learning
Editor’s note: Gaming and simulations are easier and cheaper to design and implement than ever before but unless you are clear about what you are trying to achieve they can just as easily fail.
Cognitive dissonance and the denial of social/informal learning
Editor’s note: Are L&D professionals suffering cognitive dissonance when it comes to social and informal learning, asks Mark Britz.
Introduction to cooperative learning
Editor’s note: Mentioned at yesterday’s Learning Directions by Elliot Maisie, the site of the Cooperative Learning Institute for all things on cooperative learning.
Using stories in learning
Editor’s note: Tomorrow’s #chat2lrn Twitter chat is on storytelling in learning. Does it have a place in organisations? This post sets the context for the discussion.
Adaptable leaders may have best brains for the job, study finds
Editor’s note: Researchers have linked adaptive leadership skills with brain functioning and psychological complexity measures among active leaders.
PsychSource
Editor’s note: PsychSource is the new way to access a wealth of resources from the British Psychological Society – needless to say, a useful resource.
What is the role of the learning professional?
Editor’s note: a simple question which Jane Hart expands on, which in turn is leading to some interesting discussion.
50 education technology tools you can start using today
Editor’s note: Education focused but a pile of tools worth looking through.
To dwell is to garden: An empathic approach to employee experience design
Editor’s note: A look at experience design and how to design employee experiences within dysfunctional organisations.
The ever changing state of the learning technology industry
Editor’s note: A look at the development of corporate training and training technology from analyst Josh Bersin.Thanks to @s0ngbird for sharing.
The future of learning and development: leaving the classroom and embracing the iPad?
Editor’s note: A look at the success of learning content at Dixons and a wider discussion on what the future of learning might look like.
Learning: a field guide
Editor’s note: Nick Shackleton-Jones pulls together all the ways in which he has observed learning taking place. A work in progress but a very informative read.
Nobody wants to be engaged
Editor’s note: HR director Neil Morrison pours water on the rather fashionable term ’employee engagement’. Worth a read if you talk ‘engagement’ at work.
See Infosys’ new source of revenue
Editor’s note: The company’s former HR head Nandita Gurjar is setting up a new line of business looking at enterprise capability and knowledge management. The company is setting up with 50 staff. This type of investment just goes to show the importance of knowledge capture and transfer for big companies.