How to encourage online learners to take responsibility for their own learning
Editor’s note: A look at learning models that assign responsibility to the learner and how these principles can be applied to online learning.
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Kenexa Releases the industry’s first social LMS, an integral part of its learning suite
Editor’s note: Hot on the heels of being bought by IBM, Kenexa announces the latest version of its learning management system. The company claims it is a ‘social’ LMS, which means it has a range of collaborative features in-built.
Infographics and visualizations as tools for the mind
Editor’s notes: Infographics are powerful tools for collating and presenting data and should be considered as such. This article explores the history of visualising data and how to make them work effectively.
The eyes have it: men and women do see things differently, study of brain’s visual centers finds
Editor’s note: Is neuroscience going to blow apart theories around how we learn? This study shows differences in the way men and women process visual information.
The new multi-screen world
Editor’s note: An infographic produced by Google to show how we consume information, including the number of screens we use. If you design learning content then this research is significant.
A golden age of discovery in neuroscience
Editor’s note: So what’s all the fuss about neuroscience? This article provides a good overview of the progress being made in neuroscience and the benefits we could see from advanced brain scanning.
Using ipads at Northwest Kansas Technical College
Editor’s note: How a technical college adopted ipads as an integral part of its learning. Impressive results for both the learners and the college.
Teaching to the world from central New Jersey
Editor’s note: A professor reviews running his first massive open online course (MOOC), which attracted 40,000 students from 113 countries.
Gestural interaction in the digital everyday
Editor’s note: A research project into our digital gestures by Curious Rituals makes for a great – and well illustrated – read. A freely-available PDF of the research results is worth a download.
100 ways to use Facebook in your classroom
Editor’s note: So your colleagues are mostly using it but the organisation is concerned that colleagues use it too much. So, why don’t we just use Facebook to help colleagues learn? There are lots of ideas on how to in this list.
Timothy Ingold on the social brain
Editor’s note: A set of videos in which social anthropolgist Timothy Ingold sets out his thinking on the social brain. Lots to watch and consider for learning professionals.
The optimism bias in science
Editor’s note: A review of Tali Sharot’s book The Optimism Bias by a neuroscience blogger. Interesting insights into a bias that will affect learners, their behaviours and performance.
Study: dumb robots cause students to learn more quickly
Editor’s note: Study shows Japanese children learn English quicker when they correct the intentional translation errors of a toy robot – exploiting a well-known fact among educators that students learn best when they help teach others.
The progression of learning
Editor’s note: How can you analyse what you don’t know? Interesting look at why some amount of rote learning could be a good thing.
Being a digital native isn’t enough
Editor’s note: Digital natives need guidance to navigate the digital world–both in terms of learning how to discern important and relevant information from a large swath of data, and also to be able to inquire and solve problems that take time, thought, and energy.