Workplace Trends: wellbeing and performance
Editor’s note: A review of the Workplace Trends conference, which this year focused on health and wellbeing – two key factors to improved performance and productivity.
Browsing: Curated
Why L&D professionals need to take a little time
Editor’s notes: Donald Taylor urges L&D professionals to take time to reflect on their practice in order that they themselves can learn and develop.
Theories for the digital age: Connectivism
Editor’s note: Great series on learning theories for the 21st century from Steve Wheeler. This article takes a look at connectivism – very relevant for our networked world.
Follow the DevLearn 2012 Conference backchannel
Editor’s notes: The DevLearn 12 conference starts today. Follow all the action in the event backchannel.
Top 5 technologies that you have to know
Editor’s notes: A useful list, most of which will be on the mind of your IT team . . . and it’s always good to know what’s on their mind.
Empathy represses analytic thought, and vice versa: Brain physiology limits simultaneous use of both networks
Editor’s notes: Research shows for the first time that we have a built-in neural constraint on our ability to be both empathetic and analytic at the same time. Implications on learning styles?
The HR carnival UK arrives!
Editor’s note: Sukh Pabial has organised the first UK HR and L&D blog carnival. Featuring a range of HR, L&D and OD practitioners it is packed with blog posts on ‘When potential comes to fruition’.
Enterprise social network start-up NationalField Raises $1.5m to take on Yammer and others
Editor’s note: NationalField aims to fix the problem of activity tailing off after the launch of a social network. Interestingly the technology was built to simplify communications between in-the-field campaign volunteers and regional campaign offices in the 2008 US presidential campaign.
Presentation: building a next generation talent systems strategy
Editor’s note: Presentation from Elearnity founder David Wilson which he gave at last week’s HR Tech Conference. Good insights into the challenge of integration and how organisations can move on from their ‘patchwork’ of best of breed systems.
#mlearning in medical schools: how the iPad is changing medical education
Editor’s note: An overview of how tablets are changing the way medical students and their tutors are learning, teaching, sharing information and accessing knowledge.
5 psychology studies for smarter web design
Editor’s note: Not aimed at the learning content design but the many of the principles still apply – five useful tips on web design backed up by research.
Update from Masie Learning Conference and HR Tech Europe
Editor’s note: Josh Bersin delivered sessions at learning 2012 and the HR tech Europe Conference. Here he reflects on the themes that emerged for L&D and HR professionals.
Blogs: vastly underused teaching and learning tool
Editor’s note: Donald Clark continues his series on learning technologies with a post about blogging – why it is good for learners, educators and how it helps the learning process.
Tin Can and performer support – “Just Enough – Just in Time – Just for Me”
Editor’s note: Great post on the Tin can API and the possibilities around monitoring what is shared, asked for and received, shifting the concept from learning experiences to what we actually do and therefore opening a whole new world of opportunity.
I’m off to #DevLearn – would you like to come with me?
Editor’s note: Craig Taylor is attending this week’s DevLearn Conference in Las Vegas and is happy to ask questions on your behalf . . . Craig is also speaking on mobile learning at the event.