http://learn2adapt.com/blog Occasional prattle on life and learning in the 21st century Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://learn2adapt.com/blog/2012/01/31/l2a-links-for-january-31st/ http://learn2adapt.com/blog/2012/01/31/l2a-links-for-january-31st/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:03:21 +0000 Jeff Kelly http://learn2adapt.com/blog/?p=296

The Agile Learning Train is Leaving the Station | Unmanagement –

Human Resource Executive Online – Spending Up For Learning, Development – Organizations are shifting money and commitment back to their learning and development plans — as ways to build skills and retain talent. The format of such training continues to evolve, and employees are increasingly taking ownership of the process.

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How To Generate A Good Idea –

The Surprising Benefits of Solitude – I'm looking forward to the book by Cain that Andrew refers to. It reflects my hypothesis that great ideas germinate in solitude and then are nurtured to fruition by input from a group of interested, engaged individuals.

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How to Improve Learning Outcomes With Performance Support | Social Learning Blog – Good to hear that someone is still beating the EPSS drum. I've long been an advocate, but it seems it lost much of its thunder once the Google/YouTube second brain came along.

Highly cost effective video-based learning –

Stop creating, selling, and buying garbage! –

Forget Cramming: Molecular Pathways May Reveal the Best Learning Strategies – A computer has modeled the most efficient form of learning, that is, if you're a sea slug running from a lobsters. Scientists hope it might eventually work for a human studying for a calculus mid-term.

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Collaborative eLearning and mLearning Creation – A collaborative SaaS solution for developing eLearning? I'm anxious to try it out!

eLearning Technology: Flash Dead for eLearning – This has HUGE implications for e-learning developers. I have been uncomfortable with Flash based on the fact that its closed design undermines SEO and network effects. Apples lack of support continues to concern me as learning goes mobile (and the world goes iPad). And now that Adobe is dropping Flash for HTML5 it is time for us all to re-think our e-learning development foundations.

Why we crave creativity but reject creative ideas – Some science to back up the resistance we all encounter when leading change or introducing new ideas.

Search Engines Change How Memory Works | Wired Science | Wired.com – Our brave new world's impact on the plasticity of the human mind continues.

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Friends Don’t Let Friends Take Education Advice From Peter Thiel – Peter Thiel's experiment is certainly raising hackles here and there.  It will be interesting to see how it plays out.  I do agree with his "education bubble" thesis, but I don't know that his experiment makes sense or will prove anything.

Ruby for kids – I haven't tried it out yet but this site is building good buzz for helping kids unleash their inner developer.

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MIT OpenCourseWare Turns 10: What’s Next for Open Education? – An early paragon of Learning 2.0 turns 10.  It is really amazing what is available to anyone with Internet access and a passion for learning. 

Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Corner: Podcasts – A treasure trove of "on the commute" learning for entrepreneurs and OD professionals alike.

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Consumers Under 35 Ditching Browser for Apps, Study Shows – Interesting trend that, taken with Tim Berners-Lee recent statements, raises questions about the future of HTML.

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Tracking What 21st Century Schools Should Teach -

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Tim O’Reilly Explains the "Internet of Things" – Marshall Kirkpatrick shares two great videos (one from Tim O'Reilly) about the Internet of Things. The other video from IBM provides a great illustration of moving from data to wisdom.

eLearning Innovation 2010 – Top 30 : eLearning Technology – Nice summary piece by Tony Karrer on some of the more interesting things going on in the elearning realm these days.

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Wikinomics – The Collaboration Paradox: Why E2.0 Efforts Fail – Steve Guengerich has a very intriguing post about the "Catch-22" challenges that exist whenever you bring together a team of "large, virtual, diverse, and composed of highly educated specialists" to work on a project.

bubbl.us – free web application for brainstorming online – Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.

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