The meaning of open
Editor’s note: Four years old but very much worth a read – this note on the Google blog on the meaning of “open” as it relates to the Internet, Google, and users. Thanks to @donaldhtaylor for sharing.
Browsing: Curated
The implications of agile for UX
Editor’s note: Anthropologist Natalie Hanson has written a series of blog posts regarding Agile methods and the implications for user experience work.
Five best web-based video chat services
Editor’s note: A useful list of free and paid-for tools for video meetings.
Siemens announces their vision for enterprise collaboration
Editor’s note: Project Ansible is the Siemens answer to enterprise collaboration. So what’s it got that the competitors don’t have?
Higher education: The attack of the MOOCs
Editor’s note: The Economist looks at the MOOC market . . .
Brave new work: Making the 9-5 somewhere you want to be
Editor’s note: Microsoft’s chief envisioner on how we need to change the 9-5 routine and get staff engaged with work.
What happens when everyone makes maps?
Editor’s note: We are all cartographers now – or can be if we want to be. Interesting to see how technology is shaping the way we map the world.
Heading towards cloud learning and ambient intelligent HRD
Editor’s note: Ger Driesen pees into the future of technology and the implications for learning.
Interaction design: What we know and what we need to know
Editor’s note: Steve Whittaker, professor of human-computer interaction at the University of California at Santa Cruz, on the current state of play of interaction design.
‘Camp Grounded,’ ‘Digital Detox,’ and the Age of Techno-Anxiety
Editor’s note: A camp without technology. What are the effects? This is a thoughtful piece on our reliance on technology.
It’s not just Britain – the rest of the world is ageing too
Editor’s note: The implications of an ageing workforce for employers are writ large. Great analysis of what lies ahead.
Khan Academy trains teachers to use its videos and tools
Editor’s note: I like the way Khan Academy is going in to classrooms to help teachers. Not sure what this says about technology and face to face other than we are in a big transition period between the two.
Does neuromarketing work? Poor data, secret analysis, and logical errors
Editor’s note: Will L&D be following in the tracks of marketing by taking scientific methodologies and making them their own? L&D could learn from marketing on this.
Megatrends: What’s revolutionising the world of work
Editor’s note: Useful research that highlights the big trends that are affecting our (working) lives.
A new vocational paradigm?
Editor’s note: It bridges education and work but how could vocational education be developed?