Can the everyday influencer still exist?
Editor’s note: A marketing slant but interesting for insights into the impact on inluence of recent changes to Twitter and Google.
Browsing: Google
A handy visual guide to Google+
Editor’s note: A cheat sheet for using Google+ – a useful aid to getting to grips to Google’s social network.
The value of using Google+ Hangouts within your organisation
Editor’s note: Following on from yesterday’s Google links is this article on why it makes sense to use Google Hangouts in the enterprise. Shared by @janebozarth.
Rewiring corporate learning #4: Do Data
Nigel Paine, former chief learning officer at the BBC, continues his series on rewiring corporate…
The future of Google Plus, and its path to social-media domination
Editor’s note: Thanks to @mikecollins007 for sharing this article on the networking tools that Google has been developing for Google Plus. We are currently trying hangouts, which are simple ways to video chat and record conversations. Features such as communities make Google plus a powerful network/collaboration tool.
Slidedeck of the week: Eye tracking study comparing mobile and desktop
This study by Google shows the differences in where people look on a desktop and…
Top 10 ways to speed up and beef up your Google searches
Editor’s note: We all use it but how good are we at using it? Great set of tips on how to search more effectively using Goggle search tools.
Top 5 elearning communities at Google+ that you should join
Editor’s note: Christopher Pappas shares five Google+ communities for elearning professionals.
Google makes you stupid if by stupid you mean informed
Editor’s note: This quote sums up the piece: ‘Access to facts and “lower-level” knowledge provides a more fertile ground for higher-level learning. And just because the process of finding such knowledge is simpler doesn’t neuter or de-authenticate the learning; rather it frees up the learner for more important thinking that a computer can’t duplicate.’
Google Story Builder
Editor’s note: Google Story Builder enables users to experience the power of Google Docs by creating a story and making a sharable film out of it. This link takes you straight to the tool.
Anthropological study by Google on our magic relationship with mobile devices
Editor’s note: What is the emotional relationship people truly have with the mobile space and how they make meaning there? Google carried out some research to find out . . .
Google award for Do Something Different
Editor’s note: Behaviour change app Do Something Different has won the Google Outstanding Use of Technology in the Field of Diversity’ category at the European Diversity Awards, 2012. The app is worth a look – it is on your mobile and based on the neuroscience of behaviour change ie doing lots of small, achievable activities to make change happen.
Google says apps for education now has more than 20 million users
Editor’s note: Changing the way students and teachers collaborate? Apps for education is growing at five million new users a year . . .
Google launches free tool to let you run your own online courses
Editor’s notes: Google launches Google Course Builder, which just goes to show how much interest there is in this space. You can join a Google hangout with creator Peter Norvig to find out more – see article for details.
The new multi-screen world
Editor’s note: An infographic produced by Google to show how we consume information, including the number of screens we use. If you design learning content then this research is significant.