The hidden biases in big data
Editor’s note: Examples of how big data can miss the real story – important to understand the biases in the data we collect.
Browsing: Curated
Functional literacy – what is it and why do our children need it?
Editor’s note: This short audio interview looks at functional literacy in children – something that is arguably just as important in adults too.
Redesigning the conference experience
Editor’s note: Video of weelearning’s event on design thinking and how it works. Includes how participants redesigned the conference experience.
What Learners Want!
Editor’s note: Today’s #chat2lrn Twitter chat is on what learners want. So, How learner-centric are your activities?
Learning is not enough: the behavior framework
Editor’s note: Nigel Paine and Nic Laycock discuss behaviours and what you expect from people and how that fits in to learning.
Design for the glance, in a distracted world
Editor’s note: How should we design for the distracted? Keep it simple . . .
The five defining characteristics of Google+
Editor’s note: A ready-reckoner for Google+ – includes the main features and why they might be useful.
The evolution of the networked enterprise: new McKinsey research
Editor’s note: Adoption of social technology is starting to plateau, the next step is overcoming barriers to increase productivity, says McKinsey research into the use of social tools in the enterprise.
The psychology of language: why are some words more persuasive than others?
Editor’s note: A look at how the brain processes language and gives it meaning.
Get started with Twitter and HootSuite
Editor’s note: A useful primer on how to manage Twitter using HootSuite.
Design assessments first
Editor’s note: Better assessments require them to be designed once the performance goals have been established, not when you have designed the course, says Jane Bozarth.
How habits can impact user behavior
Editor’s note: How to change user habits. Think cues and rewards and a whole lot more – all discussed in this practical article.
Disqus CEO Daniel Ha: Four ways web comments will change
Editor’s note: Knowing where people spend their time on a web page and knowing commenting is very important for many users means we can draw our own conclusions about how to develop online learning experiences. Add to this the development of being able to make sense of unstructured data ie user comments and we see how L&D could benefit from sparking and analysing user comments.
Rational thought can override a generous intuition
Editor’s note: Research suggests that our first impulse is to cooperate, but it does not necessarily mean we are genetically hardwired to do so. Instead it may reflect a habit learned from a lifetime of fruitful cooperative experiences.
The chief learning oficer’s seven barriers to making change happen
Editor’s note: Chief learning officers share their barriers to making change happen.