A convenient untruth
Editor’s note: A well referenced article by Steve Wheeler on why not to get hung up on learning styles.
Browsing: Curated
What’s better for business: logic or emotion? Answers from neuroscience
Editor’s note: The start of a very interesting series. Liked this quote: ‘We possess two amazing superpowers – imagination and the ability to collaborate and pass down learning through language.’
10 startups that turn complexity into simplicity
Editor’s note: Useful tools that are making our lives simpler – learning for learning tech here?
The realities of MOOCs
Editor’s note: Ben Betts explains the different types of MOOCs and also looks at the one his company has just created.
Do SMEs need to ‘get’ engagement?
Editor’s note: Is employee engagement something SMEs understand or actually need?
Your least engaged employees might be your top performers
Editor’s note: The wonders of data analytics. Match engagement data with appraisal data and what do you find? The worst performing employees are the most engaged.
Designing interactions? Perhaps you shouldn’t bother…
Editor’s note: Fresh from his recent elearning Network talk, Craig Taylor shares his thinking on designing learning interactions.
50 suggestions for implementing 70-20-10
Editor’s note: A series of indepth articles by Jay Cross exploring the much touted 70:20:10 model for corporate learning.
Rediscover your creative
Editor’s note: A review of the book Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie, which looks at how corporate America sucks out the creative juices we all had when we were kids.
Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook Home, money, and the future of communication
Editor’s note: One to read. With a billion users of hios service, Mark Zuckerberg shares some interesting insights into the growth of social interactions.
‘Facebook Home could change our brains’
Editor’s note: Neuroscientist Susan Greenfield on the Facebook Home app and why living ‘in the moment’ could be damaging for us.
How continuous employee learning helps boost performance
Editor’s note: Article looking at the value of continuous learning and how it can boost organisational performance.
Stanford expands its online innovation program
Editor’s note: interesting and useful resources on innovation – and Stanford says it has had success in the way it delivers the course online too.
Minecraft in education: pros and cons
Editor’s note: Useful discussion on the merits or otherwise of gaming in education. Also a good background read when considering gaming in organisational learning.
The future of enterprise collaboration is social – and seamless
Editor’s note: A foreword (and link) to the Accenture Technology Vision 2013 report looking at the enterprise shift to ‘seamless’ collaboration.