An infographic depicting learning and collaboration in action
Editor’s note: Dan Pontefract shares an infographic depicting learning and collaboration in action at Telus. Thanks to @c4lpt for sharing the link.
Browsing: Curated
Is all learning social?
Editor’s note: A timely piece on social learning from Plymouth University’s Steve Wheeler. Cut through the social learning buzz in this short read.
All together now: cloud collaboration, social and docs
Editor’s note: Analysis of how cloud computing is transforming enterprise collaboration and what the major tech players are providing.
Rise of the robots: what will the future of work look like?
Editor’s note: If machines have already engineered the escape from poverty, then work-sharing is a sensible way of “spreading the work” that still has to be done by human labour, says Rpbert Skidelsky.
Keith Chen: language that forecasts weather — and behavior
Editor’s note: Behavioural economist Keith Chen looks at how the language we speak impacts our behaviour. His work looks at the relationship between how we talk about the future and how we save (money) for the future. According to Chen’s work, it has a big impact.
Science, humanities, design: The three cultures
Editor’s note: A look at a ‘designerly approach’ to knowing from Howard Silverman. Can design thinking help managers overcame managerial challenges?
Learning Technologies Conference Videos 2013
Editor’s note: A rich resource here – all the videos and slide decks from the Learning Technologies 2013 conference sessions.
Miguel Nicolelis says the brain is not Computable, bashes Kurzweil’s singularity
Editor’s note: Had you been at the Learning Technologies conference 2012 you would have heard Ray Kurzweil talking about machines becoming more intelligent than humans – the singularity. Well, Miguel Nicolelis, a top neuroscientist at Duke University, says computers will never replicate the human brain and that the technological Singularity is “a bunch of hot air.”
11 infographics about infographics
Editor’s note: Why would and should you use infographics and what are they good for? Just some of the issues covered using infographics.
Designing for the reading experience
Editor’s note: Taking the main components of a digital experience are content, context and the user, this article explores assessment methods and some considerations that would improve the overall reading experience.
Time calculator shows futility in trying to keep up with Twitter
Editor’s note: Revisiting the issue of information overload raised by Gerd Leonhard at Learning technologies 2013, web developer Koobazaur has created a Tweetulator, a calculator that works out how much time it would take you to read all of the tweets of the people you follow.
The grammar of interactivity
Editor’s note: This line sums up the article; ‘There’s a real value to exploring the grammar of “button wording.” Not only does it allow us to feel more confident about choosing our words, it helps to explain why some sites seem to able to align their wishes so elegantly with those of their users.’
Three examples of the psychology of social networks influencing user behavior
Editor’s note: Twitter favourites, Facebook Graph search and Linkedin 1% – how have they influenced user behaviour?
How we work: Whitson Gordon’s favorite gear and productivity tricks
Editor’s note: Productivity tips site Lifehacker is worth following for tips and tricks on how to make technology make your life easier. Lifehacker is currently running a series on how some of its team uses technology and tools to make their working lives easier. Some useful tools mentioned here.
Teachers as “persuaders”: an interview with Daniel Pink
Editor’s note: Daniel Pink’s new book is titled To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. This interview explores Pink’s thinking in the context of teaching.