The New World, Nothing but the Truth
Editor’s note: Really interesting programme on the notion of ‘post truth’. Why does this matter to L&D? Because getting to good, useful and accurate information from trusted sources is getting harder.
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Learn or Lose
Editor’s note: Prof Nick Van Dam’s acceptance speech for the professorship in Corporate Learning and Development at Nyenrode Business Universiteit is a must-read for L&D professionals. It’s a pragmatic, research-based look at the future focus for L&D.
eLearning Trends 2017
This report amalgamates findings from various research reports to paint a picture of the elearning market. You will need to give quite a lot of information before you can download it!
How to find the knowns and unknowns in any research
Editor’s note: In our ‘post-truth’ era we need the skills to sort information and establish its provenance. Some goods here on how to do this with published research.
Open Badges: A record of achievement or a childish gimmick? #chat2lrn curated tweets
Here are our Twitter highlights of the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on #open badges. [View the…
The Secret Online Lives of UK Managers – curated tweets
Here are our edited tweets from the launch of #good practice’s #research into how UK…
Does game-based learning work? All the #chat2lrn tweets
Here are all the tweets from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on game-based learning. [View the…
Glacial pace of change in L+D prompts Towards Maturity to focus on tactics that work
Despite the fact learning and development professionals want to change the way they design and…
Evidence-based management – the basic principles
Editor’s note: What is evidence-based management and what can learning professionals learn from it? This paper explains all and provides some practical example of evidence-based practice.
Collective intelligence
Editor’s note: Margaret Hefferman suggests that through collaboration organisations can reap the rewards of collective intelligence. This article explores and explains the concept.
Sandy Pentland: Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread
Editor’s note: The work of Sandy Pentland was mentioned a couple of times at the CIPD’s annual conference. Here Pentland talks through his concept of social physics and how it explains how we behave as social beings in the workplace.
The future of the professions: how technology will transform the work of human experts
Editor’s note: Daniel Susskind talks through the book The future of the professions which he co-authored with his father Richard. There are some great insights here into what innovation could like like for L&D and HR.
On the Face of It: The Psychology of Electability
Editor’s note: Psychologist Alexander Todorov researches the way we perceive others and the information that actually helps us make decisions about others. His work has important implications for recruiting and promoting others.
The importance of buy-in ~ curated #chat2lrn tweets
Here are our edited Twitter highlights from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on #buy-in. [View the…
Five Ways to Use Snapchat to Drive Employee Engagement
Editor’s note: Can ephemeral content produced by the likes of Snapchat be useful for learning within the organisation? Quite possibly, according to this article.