A self-directed learning model for 21st century learners
Editor’s note: This is school focused but a useful lens for looking at corporate learning. If school children were learning this way then imagine what corporate learning would become?
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How telepresence is revolutionizing the business meeting
Editor’s note: It sounds like the stuff of Star Trek but telepresence tech is getting cheaper and browser-based, which will lead to lots more possibilities for virtual meetings.
Happy workaholics need boundaries, not balance
Editor’s note: This quote sums up the difference between boundaries and balance when it comes to work: ‘Bad boundaries lead to either being overwhelmed or withdrawal. Good boundaries lead to wholeness and synergy.’
10 surprising Twitter statistics to help you reach more followers
Editor’s note: More of a marketing focus here, but if it works for marketing it is probably worth exploring for learning.
Putting technology in the driving seat of learning
Editor’s note: This Thursday’s #chat2lrn looks at tech driving change in learning, as opposed to tech enabling learning. A subtle but significant difference. This post will get you thinking . . .
Which technologies are changing the way people learn?
Editor’s note: David Kelly, program director for the eLearning Guild’s face-to-face events and conferences, looks at how much organisational learning has changed in last 15 years.
How Google sold its engineers on management
Editor’s note: A look at Google’s use of data to improve management performance.
Social media in HR infographic
Editor’s note: Only 32% of employees use social media for L&D and other stats from recent CIPD research into social media.
It’s an interesting world where Wikipedia is more accurate than both the CIA and the Wall Street Journal
Editor’s note: This piece raises questions around the accuracy of content and it shows Wikipedia to be more accurate than ‘official’ sources of data.
Video of the week: How Google proved management matters
How data has powered management performance at Google.
The stories that mattered most to professionals this year
Editor’s note: LinkedIn has shared its most read stories for the year. It hows that workers want management wisdom and are keen to know how to spot talent, act ethically and lead with purpose.
Online education disruptors
Editor’s notes: Slide show of 10 of the disruptors in online education. Think Khan Academy etc – useful list which is easy to scan.
The power of #bchannel #sketchnotes – #OEB13
Editor’s note: I liked this sketch from Online Educa showing why Twitter backchannels are good.
The moderation glitch
Editor’s note: In his new book, Malcolm Gladwell points out that our expectation is that most things will respond in a linear way. Here Seth Godin looks at why we need to embrace moderation.
Towards Maturity publishes its ‘New Learning Agenda’
Research and benchmarking organisation Towards Maturity has published a nine-point learning agenda based on its…