Innovation and Technology in Education
Editor’s note: Tune into what John Seely Brown has to say about education and learning – it is must-listen-to stuff, especially his thinking on content, skills and dispositions.
Browsing: learning
Don’t go back to school: how to fuel the internal engine of lifelong learning
Editor’s note: A lot here on education but more generally about learning – the kind of debate and thinking that will impact how business and learning functions operate.
Video of the week: Howard Gardner: Five minds for the future
Howard Gardner, Hobbs professor of cognition and education at Harvard Graduate School of Education, shares…
Video of the week: Born to learn
A short film about how we learn – provocative and inspiring at the same time…
8 important characteristics of adult learners
Editor’s note: useful list to follow on from yesterday’s link on gender differences in learning.
We need new words by Jane Bozarth
Editor’s note: Jane Bozarth on the challenges of what we call learning, after all learning is existential. What words would you use?
What is the role of the learning professional?
Editor’s note: a simple question which Jane Hart expands on, which in turn is leading to some interesting discussion.
Learning: a field guide
Editor’s note: Nick Shackleton-Jones pulls together all the ways in which he has observed learning taking place. A work in progress but a very informative read.
Learning is like…
Editor’s note: A bit of Friday fun from Andrew Jacobs . . . what is learning like?
Video of the week: What can science tell us about learning?
Ahead of his keynote to the 2011 learning Live conference, Professor Robert Winston shared his…
Enterprise Community Management: “joining up” learning and working
Editor’s note: Jane Hart explores how enterprise community management can help bring learning and work together.
Apple co-founder Wozniak discusses importance of self-learning and mobile in letter to student
Editor’s note: Some insights into mobile and learning from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
An infographic depicting learning and collaboration in action
Editor’s note: Dan Pontefract shares an infographic depicting learning and collaboration in action at Telus. Thanks to @c4lpt for sharing the link.
Learning is changing
Editor’s note: The global nature of personal communication coupled with the easy of use of doing it – through mobile devices – is changing the way we learn, says Steve Wheeler. This will have a big impact on the role of schools and work-based learning.
Performance support-ing learning
Editor’s note: Clark Quinn looks at performance support and looks at the opportunities to use it for wider learning versus in the moment productivity gains.