Modernising the L&D function: From learning gatekeeper to learning concierge
Editor’s note: Jane Hart explains the difference between L&D professionals as gatekeepers versus learning professionals as providing a learning concierge service.
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Open sourcing the Adapt elearning framework
Editor’s note: A look at Kineo’s Adapt elearning framework and how they intend to open source it.
The hard case for soft skills
Editor’s note: Daniel Goleman on the business benefits of self-awareness, self-management, empathy or social awareness, and relationship management.
Rachel Botsman: how we treat people will ultimately drive our world
Editor’s note: Interesting piece on reputation capital and how reputation will become our very own ‘personal currency’. Includes examples of this in action.
Hi, all: the absurdity of companywide emails, visualized
Editor’s note: A bit of fun to make a serious point. take a look at this Tumblr blog to be reminded of the ‘importance’ of company emails.
Job hunters turned off by ‘unprofessional social media’
Editor’s note: Bit left field this one but it makes a good point – that social media used as just another communications channel misses the opportunity that this transformational technology brings. A lesson for L&D maybe?
Exploring #GoogleGlass for learning and performance
Editor’s note: Good to see a member of the L&D community has got their hands on Google Glass. Follow Dave Kelly’s journey on his blog.
Video: Forty years of learning with the Open University
The first Open University graduates graduated 40 years ago. The BBC marks the occasion with…
How IBM plans to rule mobile
Editor’s note: You may not think of putting IBM and mobile together, but you should as this article explains.
Social media policies
Editor’s note: Great curation of social media policy videos from @allthingsIC – also a lesson in the power of creating playlists on Youtube.
8 great videos about the flipped classroom
Editor’s note: A great resource here for getting up to speed with the concept of the flipped classroom.
Taking emotions at face value
Editor’s note: Unpicking the work of Paul Ekman on the links between facial recognition and emotion.
Combining L&D with CSR
Editor’s note: Does working for a charity as a part of your organisation’s CSR activities provide you with better learning opportunities than those from more formal learning programmes?
Game-based learning: Hype or Substance? – curated tweets from the #chat2lrn Twitter chat
Here are our curated tweets from the #cht2lrn Twitter chat on #games-based learning. [View the…
“OK Glass: hand me the scalpel, please…” GoogleGlass during surgery!
Editor’s note: A surgeon explains how he used Google Glass to stream his operation – and video training for medical students just took an interesting turn.