Intranet users stuck at low productivity
Editor’s note: Usability guru Jakob Nielsen takes a look at intranets and finds intranet design is improving but hasn’t kept pace with increased complexity in enterprise requirements.
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City and Guilds buys learning technology company Kineo
Vocational education specialist City & Guilds has acquired learning and technology provider Kineo. The move…
What will 2013 bring for L&D?
Editor’s note: Donald Taylor looks at eight factors that will impact L&D in 2013 – what will this mean for the role of L&D? He touches on that too.
Coaching research: how effective is executive coaching?
Editor’s note: Analysis of research into executive coaching. The research looked at the impact of coaching on 42 executives.
Infographic: managing your digital footprint
Editor’s note: Infographic providing simple tips for managing your reputation online. Shared by David Hopkins.
Video: Jeanne Meister on the 2020 workplace
Editor’s note: A seven-minute interview with Jeanne Meister, co-author of The 2020 Workplace. Meister looks at how technology is changing the way organisations work and what this means for the HR function. Thanks to @LearnKotch for sharing.
100 fascinating social media statistics and figures from 2012
Editor’s note: Useful insights on the scale and usage of social media. Thanks to @clairewalsh for sharing
Learning hasn’t changed; social learning and Facebook don’t really add much
Editor’s note: Learning has changed much, says Roger Schank. Social learning is not new either. But “learning to listen and advise well is what separates winning teams from from losing ones.” A great read . . .
Virtual Learning Show day one
Editor’s note: Craig Taylor reviews day one of the Virtual Learning Show – lots of takeaways here for anyone considering, or currently using, live online learning technology.
Innovating Pedagogy 2012
Editor’s note: Yishay Mor points to the Open University’s Innovating Pedagogy report, which was published in the summer – interesting list of 10 innovations.
Neuroscientist creates a large scale model of a functioning brain
Editor’s note: Neuroscientists have built a model brain that “captures many aspects of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and psychological behaviour, which we demonstrate via eight diverse tasks”. In orther words, see neurons at work as the brain works.
Meet Patrick Mullarkey of Mentoring Mullarkey
Editor’s note: Interview with L&D consultant Patrick Mullarkey in which he says his blog helped him secure his first L&D role. Not often you hear how blogging helps land jobs.
Learning and the emerging science of behavior change, aka ‘nudging’
Editor’s note: The emerging field of behaviour change theory suggests new ways in which networked technologies might be used as a form of pedagogical persuasion to influence and shape learners’ behavior, even at the unconscious or irrational level.
How to increase activity in your community
Editor’s note: If you want to understand the best ways to cultivate and grow communities – and that includes learning communities – then this 1hr 18m audio is worth a listen. Richard Millington is the author of the book Buzzing Communities and in this talk he tackles some of the most-asked questions about growing and running online communities. Thanks to Mike Collins for sharing.
Open Badges in healthcare professional education
Editor’s note: Slide deck on Mozilla Open badges from Mozilla’s Dr Doug Belshaw. Slides give a good sense of how the concept works.