Editor’s note: Thanks to @mikecollins007 for sharing this article on the networking tools that Google has been developing for Google Plus. We are currently trying hangouts, which are simple ways to video chat and record conversations. Features such as communities make Google plus a powerful network/collaboration tool.
Editor’s note: Online learning consultant Sam Burrough is curious about the Tin can API and provides a post sharing his curiosity and where it has taken him so far. A good read if you think Tin Can could replace the LMS and are interested in debates around the technology.
Editor’s note: Interesting insights fro Dan Roddy into why a part of an organisation does not want to use elearning. Lifts the lid on the level of understanding of what effective elearning could provide.
Editor’s note: If you don’t have any spare time to fill then here is a great list of events to follow. Provides insights in to the hot topics and speakers.
Editor’s note: Clark Quinn looks at performance support and looks at the opportunities to use it for wider learning versus in the moment productivity gains.
Editor’s note: Cognitive health is becoming more and more mainstream. So what is driving this change and what might this mean for us all?
Editor’s note: Nick Shackleton-Jones explores anxiety in learning and how and why it has become a part of schooling. He then looks at the role of affective context and how this can be used to flip the experience. Interesting look at how we learn and how we can improve the learning interventions we provide.
Editor’s note: A comprehensive slide deck with 147 slides providing context (ie where we have come from) and where interactive design is headed.
Editor’s note: Some useful tips here. This line sums up the article: ‘It’s time to face up to the new reality: by potentially exposing any dismissal to public scrutiny, social media makes your customers and the public into de facto stakeholders in your internal HR policies and processes.’
Editor’s note: The people behind content curation tool Spundge are pulling together useful reads on curation and it is turning into a useful resource.
Editor’s note: A review of the International Digital Curation Conference, held in Amsterdam. Includes links to resources from the event.
Editor’s note: In the first two terms of implementing an iPad programme, Longfield Academy in Kent have noticed a great impact on teaching and learning – read more of the findings from the programme.
Editor’s note: Older people tend to dislike e-readers, but expend less cognitive effort using them than when reading real books. This research looks into how we perform as readers across different devices.
Editor’s note: Slidedeck from Karl Kapp on immersive learning through games, gamification and virtual worlds.
Editor’s note: Reflective piece by Clive Shepherd on synchronicity in learning – can we make more of being together, learning together? Shepherd thinks so.