Three free guides to understanding Tin Can
Editor’s note: Learning designer and Tin Can API Working Group contributor Andrew Downes shares some Tin Can resources
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What do kids really learn from education tech?
Editor’s note: In the race to adopt new technology what do we actually know about how new tech is helping children learn?
Survey uncovers big trends in online learning
Editor’s note: The HotChalk Education Index surveyed more than 25,000 students, teachers, parents, and tutors – here is an overview of the results.
#msloc430 Chat debrief: What contributes to meaningful digital connections?
Editor’s note: Interesting insights into what masters students see as the ingredients for making meaningful digital connections.
Creating the best workplace on earth
Editor’s note: Researchers have been asking executives what they would include if they could design their dream company. So, what would that dream company look like?
Curated tweets from #chat2lrn chat on stories in learning
Here are our curated tweets from the chat2lrn Twitter chat on using #stories in learning.…
Some eye-catching talks at the CIPD’s HRD conference 2013
This year’s HRD conference features 32 conference sessions covering learning and development, coaching, technology for…
Three local councils prove that innovation in the public sector goes beyond doing ‘more for less’
Editor’s note: Thanks to @andrewjacobsld for sharing this link to some new CIPD research into innovation in local councils. You will need to be a member to access but the release sounds interesting: ‘More open leadership behaviours help to create climates of trust and self-belief, giving staff at all levels the confidence to explore both incremental and radical ways of changing the way they work.’
The 5 most common LMS complaints from end users
Editor’s note: Great list from Craig Weiss which will come as little surprise to users and vendors alike.
How the crowd is solving an 800-year-old mystery
Editor’s note: A great tale of how crowdsourcing is helping researchers in their attempts to find the grave of Genghis Khan.
Designing and developing communities of practice as a competitive advantage
Editor’s note: Some useful insights from the community manager at Yammer on developing communities of practice.
Avoid the wrong reasons for interactive learning
Editor’s note: Gaming and simulations are easier and cheaper to design and implement than ever before but unless you are clear about what you are trying to achieve they can just as easily fail.
Cognitive dissonance and the denial of social/informal learning
Editor’s note: Are L&D professionals suffering cognitive dissonance when it comes to social and informal learning, asks Mark Britz.
Introduction to cooperative learning
Editor’s note: Mentioned at yesterday’s Learning Directions by Elliot Maisie, the site of the Cooperative Learning Institute for all things on cooperative learning.
Using stories in learning
Editor’s note: Tomorrow’s #chat2lrn Twitter chat is on storytelling in learning. Does it have a place in organisations? This post sets the context for the discussion.