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.
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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?
The case for paying people more
Editor’s note: Interesting analysis of how paying workers more might actually help the economy.
Moves to help more disabled people into the workplace
Editor’s note: The UK government has announced new efforts to help disabled people get into work. Less than 50% of the UK’s seven million disabled adults are in work currently.
Infographic of the week: Megatrends shaping working lives
This infographic is taken from a new research from the CIPD into trends impacting on…
The neuroscience of everybody’s favorite topic
Editor’s note: Why, in a world full of ideas to discover, develop, and discuss, do people spend the majority of their time talking about themselves?
Top ten learning management systems
Editor’s note: Craig Weiss provides an update on his list of the top learning management systems. Success Factors in at number four?!
The rise of UX leadership
Editor’s note: User experience is the new fashion in business – and rightly so. What does UX leadership look like?
Top 5 benefits of open badges for corporates
Editor’s note: Get up to speed with badges and their application in corporate learning care of Ryan Tracey.
Working out loud: a #SocialAge trait
Editor’s note: Talking out loud, or rather narrating your work, ideas and thinking, seems to be all the rage. Here Julian Stodd reflects on his working out loud.
Slidedeck of the week: Quantifying the invisible audience in social networks
This deck from Michael Bernstein of the Stanford Computer Science Department, shares research on how…
Pew: teachers believe digital tools encourage sharing and collaboration in classrooms
Editor’s note: According to a Pew survey, the majority of middle and high school teachers believe digital tools increase student collaboration with apps like GoogleDocs, and help them share their work through social media.