The 70:20:10 model is flavour of the month, according to the UK Learning Trends Index
The really hot learning intervention of the moment is the #70:20:10 model. This model works…
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In social networks, group boundaries promote the spread of ideas, study finds
Editor’s note: Research into networks shows how ideas spread. Some good insights here into how groups affect the sharing of information across a network.
Adults and online learning: lessons from the private tuition sector
Editor’s note: This article opens with a sobering statement, “With at least a fifth of Britain’s population lacking the skills required to use the internet.” It goes on to look at how adults are learning online. Clearly technology opens many doors to learning and this piece shows that – and that many adults are lacking in the skills needed to use the web.
How we learn once more
Editor’s note: Nick Shackleton-Jones on the Affective Context Model – and how we ‘encode’ reactions that then shape our learning.
Elearning. L&D’s hard to kick habit?
Editor’s note: A simple, powerful point from Dan Roddy about thinking differently as an L&D professional.
10 Oculus Touch ideas that bring VR within reach of learners. Let’s do it!
Editor’s note: Donald Clark looks at how VR will potentially help transform learning experiences (especially now the headsets will come with virtual hands).
Cognitive biases in learning – #Chat2lrn curated tweets
Here are our edited highlights from the Chat2lrn Twitter chat on cognitive biases in learning.…
Content curation – more reasons for L&D to take notice
Over the last few weeks some of the bigger technology companies, including Apple and Twitter,…
This Is Twitter’s Top Secret Project Lightning
Editor’s note: The new tool will give the company a way to show the best of Twitter to both logged-in and logged-out users on a variety of platforms. It will have instantly loading videos and rich images, and will occupy a front-and-center location in an upcoming version of the Twitter app.
Can Curation Save Twitter?
Editor’s note: Steve Rosenbaum, author of Curate This!, argues that Twitter’s real value in the future will be to enable users to curate content.
What Twitter Can Be.
Editor’s note: A great analysis of Twitter’s development so far and why curation has to be a part of its future development.
Introducing Curator, a new way to find and display great Twitter content
Editor’s note: Twitter sees curation as an important part of its development which explains the launch of its Curator tool.
Flipboard Users Can Now Add Their Own Voice, Opinions And Photos To Their Magazines
Editor’s note: Flipboard enables users to create their own curated magazines. it’s a great tool and it just got a bit more useful as it now enables users to add voiceovers to their magazines as well as their own images.
Stuart Brown: Play is more than just fun
Editor’s note: Following on from the opening keynote on play at this week’s Learning and Skills Group summer forum we look at the research of Stuart Brown who has been studying play for years.
Getting L&D strategy on the front foot
Editor’s note: This is a great conversation between Andrew Jacobs at Lewisham Council and Nigel Paine on the role of L&D and strategy.