This week’s curated content includes links exploring the following: tips for cropping photos in elearning a look at the hype and substance linked to design thinking an example of big data and A.I. being applied to learning and development a unique look at the role encouragement plays in performance a …
This week’s curated content includes links exploring the following: Why Apple’s next iPhone could be AR’s tipping point A new source for interactive video inspiration – Netflix How to make VR more accessible to those with disabilities Examples to add peer-based learning to your work An overview of the current state of AR and …
This week’s curated content includes links exploring the following: How to better vet Big Data narratives What AI may look like to HR Alexa as a learning tool How Walmart is using VR Highlights from Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report How to Call B.S. on Big Data: A Practical Guide by Michelle …
In one of my LinkedIn groups, American Evaluation Association this week, we’ve been discussing the term, “best practices” and how it’s become a term that’s basically been abused so much to be meaningless. What does the term mean? One of the people in the discussion pointed to the fact that US …
When Google Reader was discontinued my whole blog reading pattern stopped. The number of blogs I had in Google Reader was not manageable so I just picked a few and added them to Feedly. It wasn’t the same. Unfortunately, I missed a bunch of my favorites in the transfer and …
Today, January 27, 2014 is Community Manager Appreciation Day (CMAD). The day was an initiative in 2010 by Jeremiah Owyang who wrote a now seven-year old article called The Four Tenets of the Community Manager. For L&D those four tenets look something like this: Advocate: Representing the learner (listening, monitoring, being active …
OK, so I should warn you here that this isn’t exactly an upbeat blog post. It’s loaded with words like “don’t.” It was…how shall I say…a challenging, invigorating, and humbling 2013. I transitioned from seven-ish years as an L&D analyst and researcher to an L&D practitioner/director. Here’s are some random …
I feel the torch and pitchfork crowd coming after me when I tell them the Guild Academy offers “courses.” That’s because the “course” is sometimes called out as what is wrong with corporate training. I have to call BS on that. What is a course (US version)? LMGTFY. Individual subject Often …