Editor’s note: Editor’s note: No matter how well you design the mobile learning experience if you can’t access it, you can’t access it. We should be thinking about how we optimise content for devices, not designing standalone pieces of content.
Editor’s note: A perennial, thorny and much debated topic made more complex by social learning. Julian Stodd provides a useful piece on how to approach measuring the ROI of social learning.
Editor’s note: Apologies to Android users but this list provides many great apps for personal use and for use by and with colleagues.
Editor’s note: The exponential growth in data on the web means we will need strategies to manage it and to surface and share relevant and timely information. This post from John Curran outlines some of the skills we will need to be effective curators. I’ll be talking at tonight’s Weelearning event on this topic.
Editor’s note: Although US focussed, this infographic tells an interesting story of the benefits to workers – and the world – of working from home.
Editor’s note: An interesting article in many ways. What does deeper learning look like for students and how could this be applied in the workplace? And what if students arrive in the workplace with these skills. Will employers be ready for them?
Editor’s note: Most document sharing in the enterprise takes place via email, probably the worst type of technology for sharing and collaboration. This info graphic is a good reminder of that fact.
Editor’s note: A look at the in the future of mobile learning and the technologies that will impact/affect the future of mobile learning and learning in general. Thanks to the elearning network for highlighting this article.
Editor’s note: Two recent studies show the scale of planned spending by enterprises on unified communications – voice and vieoconferencing technology, in particular. A more mobile workforce is a big driver.
Editor’s note: Some announcements from Cisco’s Collaboration Summit Cisco – mostly around shifting its tools into the cloud.
Editor’s note: Is it the role of L&D to spark a passion in learning or to support those who already have that passion? If you see that as your role then this list of tips is worth a read . . .
Editor’s note: Elliott Masie argues that there needs to be intensity in learning – not all the time but there are moments when it can be really powerful. This is an area learning designers need to consider, he says.
Editor’s note: Been hearing more and more people talking about how simulations will increasingly be used in learning. This research suggests it has a significant role to play in helping to develop doctors’ skills.
Editor’s note: Interesting post on failing using the TV programme Failure Club . . . I liked this quote: “It isn’t necessarily the goal which must be very clearly defined, but it is the journey to that goal. You must be open to the process, but more importantly, you must be willing to abandon the original plan when necessary and change direction as long as this will take you to your final goal.”
Editor’s note: Not directly related to the business application of online learning but some useful insights into the efficacy of online learning in the higher education sector.