Make the most of #LearningLive backchannel
Editor’s note: What is an event Twitter backchannel and how useful is one if you cannot attend an event? Find out in this article and follow the event tweeters from the event over the next two days.
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Studyhall launches a peer-to-peer learning and collaboration network for students
Editor’s note: A Yammer for college students? Aside from the tech itself, which will be worth a look, this is the type of collaboration tool students will be ‘used to using’ when they hit the workplace. Ready?
Why curation will transform education and learning: 10 key reasons
Editor’s note: In this article, Robin Good says: “If we learn not by memorizing facts, but by collaborating with others in the creation of a meaningful collection-explanations of specific topics/issues/events then, for the first time in history, we can enrich planetary knowledge each time we take on a new learning task.” He goes on to expand on 10 ways in which curation can revolutionise learning.
Touch and go
Editor’s note: So what is the impact of iPads and other tablets in education? Steve Wheeler says the empirical data is only just emerging. He also highlights some emerging research and case studies.
Investing in people, skills and education for inclusive growth and jobs
Editor’s note: A look at the 2012 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators, which provide a feast of information on education around the world.
Bionic revolution: The tech getting the disabled into work
Editor’s note: From bionic limbs to virtual careers fairs, a look at the central role tech will play in the process of getting people into work.
Blue Jeans Network brings video conferencing software to Salesforce
Editor’s note: Interesting to see Blue Jeans Network extending into Salesforce. The cloud-hosted video conference service already works with Cisco, Polycom, LifeSize, Skype, Microsoft Lync and Google Video Chat.
Survey results on informal learning from BILD
Editor’s note: A snapshot of how British Institute of Learning and Development members are using informal learning. This is included in our story on the latest GoodPractice research into informal and mobile learning.
How to fuel the innovation engine in learning
Editor’s note: A look at Tina Seelig’s new book Ingenius: A Crash Course on Creativity and how her Innovation Engine concept works.
Research reveals reality gap in mobile and informal learning
The expectations for mobile and informal learning in UK organisations are outstripping adoption rates, according…
A new approach to evaluation
Editor’s note: BP’s Nick Shackleton-Jones has been working on a tool that helps turn training events into behaviour change. He shares his thinking and hopes for what the technology will achieve.
A brief history of the to-do list and the psychology of its success
Editor’s note: A look at the most pervasive of all workplace performance tools. From motivator to inhibitor, it is the source of much happiness and frustration . . .
Scholar: the most successful e-learning project you’ve never heard of
Editor’s note: A look at what has made elearning software Scholar so successful for students in Scotland. It has been running since 1999 so there is a lot of learning into what makes elearning effective.
100 ways to use iPads in your classroom
Editor’s note: Great list with many ideas for anyone with a tablet. This list also gives a good sense of what could be achieved in workplace learning.
Evernote updates sharing interface and adds new features
Editor’s note: Evernote has announced enhancements to the way users can share documents for its web, Mac, and Windows apps.