The c-word, the most important word in learning and development?
Editor’s note: 10 words beginning with C that should be at the heart of all L&D activity – compiled by Mike Collins.
Browsing: Curated
Collaboration is the new competition
Editor’s note: Tips and useful links from Ben Hecht, CEO of Living Cities, an organisation that harnesses the collective knowledge of its 22 member foundations and financial institutions to benefit low income people and the cities where they live.
The skinny on MOOCs in 11 minutes
Editor’s note: Jay Cross links to a 11-minute TV report on how free online courses (MOOCs) are changing traditional education.
Measuring and managing culture with big data
Editor’s note: More of an overview of big data and how it can be used in the enterprise to ‘manage culture’.
Researchers find causality in the eye of the beholder
Editor’s note: Study shows the role of our visual systems in establishing cause and effect. Not all causality is figured out by cognitive reasoning – our eyes have a significant role to play too.
BJ Fogg’s behavior model
Editor’s note: A must-read for anyone designing for behaviour change – using a simple model, Stanford University professor BJ Fogg demonstrates the psychology of online behaviour change.
‘Good’ beats ‘innovative’ nearly every time
Editor’s note: This article is a couple of years old but worthy of a read if you have had enough of the word innovative. How about just being good at what you do?
What big data can’t do
Editor’s note: Thanks to Phil Wilcox for sharing this piece on the importance of intuition in the analysis of big data.
Social collaboration: new thinking for 2013
Editor’s note: Certpoint’s Maria van Vlodrop on social collaboration and performance support. She ends with a great quote from Laurie Anderson: “Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.”
Motion graphics: Q&A with JR Schmidt
Editor’s note: Interview with J Schmidt, a motion designer in New York. Are motion graphics the answer to making boring content interesting?
Case Study: Marsh transforms itself with social technology
Editor’s note: Thanks to Charles Jennings for sharing this case study of transformation at insurance brokers Marsh. Success came from developing a global community for employees through which they could tap into the collective skills and experience of the company.
The power of your network is the ‘ask’
Editor’s notes: Some great tips and insights on networks and networking. Are you reaping the rewards of the Law of Accelerating Returns?
McGraw-Hill and Kno offer a peek into the future of textbooks
Editor’s note: How publisher McGraw-Hill is using ‘adaptive learning technology’ to bring its learning content to life.
Internet Time Alliance predictions for 2013
Editor’s note: Principals at the Internet Time Alliance – that’s Jay Cross, Jane Hart, Charles Jennings, Harold Jarche, Clark Quinn and Charles Jennings – share their predictions for the year ahead.
With Puzzlebox Orbit helicopter, your brain is the remote control
Editor’s note: The Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing, which means lots of product announcements. This caught our eye – a mind-controlled toy helicopter. This tech is worth keeping an eye on if you are in the learning profession – we are only just starting to see the application of this type of tech.