What we’ve learned about responsive design
Editor’s note: In-depth look at responsive design which includes practical examples. This article will bring you up to speed on the topic and how to actually do it.
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Scaffolding pockets of social learning: ideas for practical implementation
Editor’s note: Julian Stodd looks at why it is important to build in some spaces for reflection and discussion within the social learning journey and also shares some ideas on where to build them.
Why bother with an unconference?
Editor’s note: Dan Slee on why unconferences are useful events. The article includes nine pifalls of unconferences and how to avoid them. Thanks to Meg Peppin for sharing this.
Mobile learning: promise and practice
Editor’s note: Okay, it’s 90 slides but this slide deck from Prof Philip Uys, director, strategic learning and teaching innovation, Charles Sturt University, some great examples of how students are using mobile to capture and share content, talk to each other and get assessed.
CRM, virtualization and collaboration show strongest growth in software market
Editor’s note: Analyst IDC has released research that shows collaboration software is one of the fast growing areas of application software.
Putting the design back into instructional design #DevLearn
Editor’s note: Kineo’s VP of learning design Cammy Bean shares her presentation from DevLearn 2012. Great insights into the role and importance of design when designing learning experiences.
13 concrete examples of better feedback for learning
Editor’s note: Thanks to Nick Shackleton-Jones for sharing this on Twitter. This list does exactly what it says on the tin – some great ideas.
Ethiopian kids hack One Laptop Per Child laptops in five months with zero instruction
Editor’s note: What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they’ll start teaching themselves English . . .
#CIPD12 day 1: am I an HR hippy?
Editor’s note: An interesting view of day one of the CIPD annual conference from L&D manager Flora Marriott. On the one hand, an aspirational view of where organisations are headed, and on the other the realities of here and now. Never the twain shall meet?
What happened in Vegas, won’t stay in Vegas – thanks to #Devlearn
Editor’s note: Craig Taylor’s insights, reflections and takeaways from the DevLearn 2012 conference. Lots of practical tips for any L&D professional.
Moore’s Law and the 48 core smartphone – telepresence options
Editor’s note: Useful reflection on the implications of the super fast changes in tech development and what they could mean for videoconferencing and telepresence.
#PunkHR: social learning – productive anarchy
Editor’s note: A more anarchic view of learning in the organisation from Perry Timms with a look at what social learning could actually look like.
How should we deliver learning?
Editor’s note: Donald Taylor makes the point that L&D should be shifting from talking about ‘delivering training’ to ‘supporting learning’ – that’s why training departments changed their name to L&D, he says.
Why corporate training programs often fail
Editor’s note: Eduardo Salas, a professor of organizational psychology at the University of Central Florida, has studied corporate training programs for more than two decades. What happens before and after a training session, he says, is just as important as the actual instruction itself.
The Professor or The Great Danton: what type of L&D professional are you?
Editor’s note: Patrick Mallarkey looks at the two magicians in the film The Prestige – The Professor and The Great Danton – and reflects on what type of magic L&D professionals need to bring to learning events.