Just this morning, I came across MIT Media Lab’s announcement for its  Learning Creative Learning  online course. You can read  about it  or skim the  outline  to make your own judgment; I’m enjoying the laid-back description, which tracks with my previous massive open online course experience: “This is a big experiment. Things will break. We don’t have all the answer.” ” “We hope that participants will jump in as collaborators rather than passive recipients.” ” “Check out our shiny new platform. ORIENT: Find out where stuff is. MORE >>

Managers need to demonstrate daily evidence of disciplined work habits and unflappable confidence in decision making.  This effort can be diminished if, like me, you are an email junkie.  Below are three signs that you may have an addiction and could benefit from tips on how to detox. You often glance at your phone to [.]. eLearning email inbox inbox detox Jillian Bichanich managers marsha egan MORE >>

TALK During your lifetime you have probably experienced inspirational educators, or witnessed inspiring lectures. But, what about you? Are you such an educator? If not, why not? In this talk, I explored some of the ingredients top educators in the 21st century have, and how we can learn from them to reinvent ourselves to reach our true potential as an educator. This talk was given on the 9 February (2013) at Jazan University (Saudi Arabia). PRESENTATION SLIDES Here we go: DNA of a 21st Century Educator Simplified! from Zaid Alsagoff What do you think? :). MORE >>

Even the best managers can fall into the trap of defining influence as something they do to someone else to get what they want. More than ever before, people in today’s organizations know when self-serving tactics and techniques are being used to influence them. Even the best managers can fall into the trap of defining influence as something they do to someone else to get what they want. The alternative is to use real influence to inspire buy-in and commitment. One of the key lessons we learned is this: Do more than others expect before and after your interactions with them. Chance? MORE >>

So much information; so little time. This is a universal dilemma of the 21 st century. We are inundated with email, tweets, blog posts, Linkedin updates and comments, Facebook news feeds and messages, rss feeds, in addition to old-tech media like newspapers, magazines, TV, and radio. It’s more than the human brain can comprehend. But the solution is at our fingertips. It’s called curation! The title "curator" used to be reserved for someone who cares for the content of large cultural institutions such as galleries, museums, and libraries. Aggregators of online information, such as Scoop.it MORE >>