Designing user interfaces for older adults: myth busters
Editor’s note: More myth busting today – this article looks at designing user experiences for older workers.
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Memory and learning: myths and truths
Editor’s note: Useful run down of myths about memory and learning from Dr Piotr Wozniak. Thankyou to @rapidbi for sharing
The alternative is nothing
Editor’s note: A must-read for anyone look at mobile learning. This article looks at the broader perspective of mobile as a disruptive technology. Remember, for millions of people mobile is the web.
The CEOs are wrong: smart machines will replace millions of jobs
Editor’s note: Gartner says smart machines will take over ‘professional’ jobs in the next 15 years. Agree? The impact of smart machines is what we need to keep an eye on.
Everything counts
Editor’s note: Andrew Jacobs reflects on measurement in L&D and ask whether L&D professionals are collecting the wrong data in their pursuit of busyness.
Extreme dogmatism
Editor’s note: A look at political ideology as a cognitive bias and how that links to ideology and dogma.
Toyota e-learning upgrade aims to cut mechanics’ training time by up to a year
Editor’s note: Toyota aims to reduce training times for technical teams by a year by adopting a new elearning programme.
The newsonomics of 10 ways we’ll judge 2014
Editor’s note: News trends show us how tech is transforming the media – worth keeping an eye on to get a deeper understanding of trends in publishing information.
The books that inspire America’s CEOs
Editor’s note: Useful list of books. if your CEO is reading them, then maybe worth having a look too . . .
The big data arms race part two: consumer perceptions
Editor’s note: The second in a two-part look at how technology and data is changing the marketing profession. Here we look at consumers’ perception of the data companies hold on them and how that is used for marketing purposes.
The big data arms race part one: marketers’ perceptions
Editor’s note: The first in a two-part look at how technology and data is changing the marketing profession. Worth a look not only to see the impact on marketing but also to get some idea on what this means for L&D.
The myth of multitasking
Editor’s note: Clifford Nass, author of The Man Who Lied to His Laptop and professor of communication Stanford, on why multitasking is a myth.
BYOD service Enterproid raises $12M from Google Ventures and changes name to “Divide”
Editor’s note: Divide’s service allows for customers to move files between the cloud and an on-premise business environment. Interesting to see these apps develop and their impact on the learning space.
Billion pound brain project under way
Editor’s note: The neuroscience equivalent of the Human Genome Project is underway . . .
20 wonderful effects exercise has on the mind
Editor’s note: A list of ways in which exercise is good for the mind – all including links to research sources.