After Learning Technologies 2013
Editor’s note: Kate Graham ran the ‘Twitter army’ at Learning Technologies 2013 and was in and out of many sessions. Her round-up give a good flavour of the show.
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Learning in verse
Editor’s note: BP’s head of online learning Nick Shackleton-Jones delivers his talk at Bett 2013 using verse – and here is the video.
Learning Technologies 2013 Conference backchannel: curated resources #LT13UK
Editor’s note: Stay up to date with all the content generated in and around the Learning Technologies Conference 2013 courtesy of backchannel curator extraordinaire, Dave Kelly.
Video: Gerd Leonhard’s learning futures
Futurist Gerd Leonhard delivered a keynote at the Learning Technologies 2013 conference entitled, ‘Beyond the…
Empathy: the key to social and emotional learning
Editor’s note: ‘Science is starting to show that there is a very strong integration between social and emotional skills and learning,’ says a quote in this article. This piece is focused on the importance of emotional and social skills in children. Maybe areas we tend to forget for adult development?
L&D Connect Unconference Storify
Editor’s note: The second L&D Connect unconference took place in London on Monday. David Goddin provides a flavour of the event through his curated tweets from the event.
Mobile learning unlikely or off the agenda completely for over 65% of today’s #LT13UK visitors
Editor’s note: Good Practice surveyed visitors to the Learning Technologies 2013 exhibition on a range of hot topics. This survey on mobile was interesting for the fact mobile was a huge buzz both in the exhibition and conference. Is there still such a large gap (disconnect?) between what organisations are doing and what the general population and vendors are doing?
10 steps to successful social learning
Editor’s note: Jane Hart shares her slides on social learning that she delivered at the Learning Technologies conference 2013. A timely deck considering all the buzz around social at the conference.
My reflections on Day 1 of #LT13UK
Editor’s note: Craig Taylor reviews day one of Learning Technologies 2013. These are frank reviews from a learning technologies manager – useful insights and he mentions our Curation Camp.
Video: Steve Wheeler on future learning environments
Associate Professor at University of Plymouth, Steve Wheeler, delivered a keynote at the Learning Technologies…
The power of cartoon faces: telling complex stories simply
Editor’s note: If storytelling is a key part of learning then cartoons are just one of the many tools we can use to create and share more compelling content.
The ten most violated homepage design guidelines
Editor’s note: Usability guru Jakob Nielsen Jakob Nielsen looks at theten usability mistakes that about two-thirds of corporate websites make. Note: this article is nearly 10 years old, so see how far you have come in this time.
Training is like Mexican food
Editor’s note: Andrew Jacobs likens training to making Mexican food. As he says, ‘Over used, the dish is ruined. Too little, and it’s bland and tasteless. Welcome to the L&D world of activities.’
Learning about management from open source projects
Editor’s note: Scott Berkun shares some insights on open source working from his time working at the open source publishing platform WordPress.com.
Curated tweets from Nicholas Negrponte’s #lt13UK keynote on rethinking learning
Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the One Child Per Laptop initiative, opened the Learning Technologies Conference…