Government service design manual
Editor’s note: A useful resource on delivering digital services from the UK government.
Browsing: Curated
Apprenticeship
Editor’s note: A look at the role of apprenticeship in helping adolescence transition into adulthood.
Why schedules help even when they’re wrong
Editor’s note: Forget whether a schedule is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. Even if a project ends up months behind it probably did several important things, says Scott Berkun.
Thinking about our hourly wage stops us from smelling the roses
Editor’s note: Thinking about the monetary value of our time prevents us from being able to enjoy those moments when we’re not working, according to research.
Flexible working works
Editor’s note: What does meta analysis of 46 individual studies that featured 12,883 employees tell us about working from home?
Why do some ideas spread?
Editor’s note: A look at the new book from Jonah Berger entitled, Contagious: Why Things Catch On.
What UX methods to use and when to use them: measuring usability
Editor’s note: A good overview of usability testing methods. If you need to get up to speed on this fast, then this is a useful resource.
Learning Futures Lab
Editor’s note: This looks like a useful resource – a place of experimentation that will look beyond current teaching practice.
The learning content pyramid
Editor’s note: Donald H Taylor starts his post by asking how much learning content you produce in your organisation and then follows on with a discussion of the different types. Is this what learning content looks like in your organisation, he asks.
Alexander Graham Bell on creativity, innovation, and success
Editor’s notes: Some great insights here from the inventor of the telephone.
We’re not ‘appy. Not ‘appy at all.
Editor’s note: A look at why the Government’s Digital Service is choosing HTML 5 over native apps. Thanks to @danroddy and @maberdour for sharing.
Connectability
Editor’s note: Mark Britz on the skill of connecting and why it’s one for all L&D professionals to adopt.
Alan Sugar’s attitude to apprenticeships is all too typical in Britain
Editor’s note: The Observer’s Will Hutton on why apprenticeships are important for the UK, employers and learners and why they have an image problem right now. This week is national Apprenticeship Week, by the way.
Social bookmarking: a gateway to social media literacy?
Editor’s note: Mike Taylor of the usefulness of social bookmarks for saving and sharing what you are reading, watching and listening to.
Barrier to scale?
Editor’s note: Clark Quinn on the need for mechanisms to ‘handle meaningful activities’ that will lead us to deeper understanding. Something a MOOC potentially cannot offer.