Engagement biggest priority for HR
Editor’s note: According to this survey of 300 HR pros, engagement, L&D and health and wellbeing are all priorities for the year ahead.
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The science behind coffee and why it’s actually good for your health
Editor’s note: For many coffee is seen as a necessary evil. But is it evil? According to this article, science tells us it has its benefits.
Report: comScore unveils insights in main mobile development for 2013
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Releasing team creativity
Editor’s note: Professor Mike West on team creativity and his research into positivity in teams, especially teams in the UK’s National Health Service.
Bridging the work/social divide: the emotional response to organisational social networking sites
Editor’s note: This is an abstract of research which might be worth looking into a bit more deeply. The abstract suggests research shows use of social networks at work leads to positive emotional response from those who use them and this impacts positively on their work. But managers can feel isolated.
20 eye-opening stats you probably didn’t know about mobile learning
Editor’s note: More data points from us today . . . a good set of research and stats to set the scene for current mobile learning use and future trends.
Why living in the moment is impossible: Decision-making memories stored in mysterious brain area known to be involved with vision
Editor’s note: Scientific research suggests the idea of “living in the moment” may be impossible as there is an area of the brain area responsible for using past decisions and outcomes to guide future behavior.
‘Steady state to ready state’ webinar series to cover intuition and cognitive science
The CIPD LinkedIn members’ group has announced dates for the next three webinars in its…
Video: Beyond the buzz of learning technologies – an interview with Towards Maturity’s Laura Overton
The Learning Technologies conference 2013 was bigger than ever with a lot of interest in…
Naace: the iPad as a tool For education – a case study
Editor’s note: In the first two terms of implementing an iPad programme, Longfield Academy in Kent have noticed a great impact on teaching and learning – read more of the findings from the programme.
Subjective impressions do not mirror online reading effort: concurrent EEG-eyetracking evidence from the reading of books and digital media
Editor’s note: Older people tend to dislike e-readers, but expend less cognitive effort using them than when reading real books. This research looks into how we perform as readers across different devices.
If you give people virtual superpowers, will they use those abilities for good or evil?
Editor’s note: Can computer games make us more empathetic? This research suggests they can. Thanks to @canhoto for sharing.
Teenage usability: designing teen-targeted websites
Editor’s note: Thanks to Owen Ferguson for sharing these insights into teenage usability from Jakob Nielsen. Cuts through the stereotypes about what teenagers want online, giving a taster of the web skills of future employees.
Moving L&D from ‘steady state’ to ‘ready state’
The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development last week shared the first update in its ongoing…
Neural networking: online social content easier to recall than printed info
Editor’s note: Recollecting Facebook posts is easier than recalling the same information in a book. It also takes less effort to remember posted patter than someone’s face, according to new research.