Editor’s note: Rachel Miller’s Storify from yesterday’s Engage for Success event in London. If you haven’t seen Engage for Success then check out their site, which provides lots of tools around employee engagement.
Editor’s note: Should we – and can we – measure informal learning? Andrew Jacobs opens up the debate and lots of people have commented.
Editor’s note: SMARTeacher has figured out how to use galvanic skin response (GSR) technology to map students’ emotions. Using a GSR sensor embedded into a wristwatch like device, the company is able to consistently monitor student engagement levels while the device is worn.
Editor’s note: Some 17 Linkedin groups related to elearning. This is a useful resource if you want to see what groups are out there.
Editor’s note: Article pointing to developments in artificial intelligence and ‘deep learning’.
Editor’s note: This study attempted to investigate the relationship and differences (if any) of five variables, motivation, self monitoring, internet literacy, internet anxiety and concentration of students when engaging in online studying – studying a language.
Editor’s note: A three-year project with 400 eight to 10-year olds found that using interactive “smart” desks can have benefits over doing maths on paper, and that pupils are able to improve their fluency and flexibility in maths by working together.
Editor’s note: If you are interested in informal learning and the idea of facilitating learning and the role of the facilitator then you might be interested in the work of Carl Rogers. This article is an overview of his work with a focus on informal learning.
Editor’s note: Mike Collins shares some tips on how he has made his presentations more social and shareable.
Editor’s note: Wonderful mind map from Mark Britz showing what ‘real’ learning looks like.
Editor’s note: And the elements are autonomy, competence and value based on varies research and studies.
Editor’s note: So what holds L&D professionals back from doing new things, showing the way with new tools, techniques and thinking on learning? Does L&D constrain itself? Thought-provoking post from Mike Collins.
Editor’s note: If managers in part hold the key to the development of their teams then they themselves need to be happy and productive in their roles.
Editor’s note: 2013 could be the year enterprise collaboration software has ‘its moment in the sun’. But will organisations be ready to implement it effectively?
Editor’s note: Infographic that gets to the heart of how we use ereaders.