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It’s Time To Focus On Remote Workforce Management

WhatFix

Within the sub-set of non-self-employed, remote work had already grown by 159% between 2005 and 2017. . Such a work environment could be fostered through online soft skill development sessions or even group activities (such as online icebreaker games to welcome new joinees). This statistic could also apply to remote employees.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): What if "This is your brain on drugs".was a good thing?

Mark Oehlert

Im on board with that but then comes this article in The Escapist, " This is your brain on smart drugs." " So now Im thinking, wow, that really puts a Flowers for Algernon or Terminal Man spin on the whole "made not born" issue doesnt it? " OK.so Is it from The Edge or his book?)

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): " Visual Thinking, Imagery, and the Brain" (Eide Neurolearning Blog)

Mark Oehlert

Moreover, they indicate some of the conditions under which perceptual or motor representations are most likely to be activated." I think Im going to go read the full article and then probably look at this again. How does that impact us from a design standpoint? where I am linking to all the Lewin stuff I find.

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e-Learning Acupuncture: Technology, Colleges and Community Online Conference

E-Learning Acupuncture

You might ask, what do I think about when Im shoveling? Well, its a bit out of my budget for the moment; however, Im going to Hawaii in another sense this spring. All the presenters and attendees stay in their current locations yet everyone joins together in synchronous and asynchronous activities for three days (April 15-17, 2008).

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Tell me your latest/greatest books on learning.

Mark Oehlert

Im also usually working on two or three books at a time, not because Im that smart but just because I usually have one staked out in a couple of different locations. I love Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Neil Postman. The Experience Designer by Brian Alger is also a pretty worthwhile read.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Does anyone else see "Student Records" in "Data Portability"?

Mark Oehlert

Learning takes place within a community and is a collaborative activity. If I was evaluating the white papers and Im not, I would really look for one that included a process for investigating and evaluating how all of this other work might integrate with the search for SCORM 2.0. So I was reading the SCORM 2.0 How should SCORM 2.0

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: The Blog Book Tour - Week Two

Mark Oehlert

Main | Im tired people, so Im only going to say this about 1,000 more times. He/she needs to think about the negative reaction that could come about if the enterprise has something like IM deployed but the boss won’t let the Gamer see if he is online or available. This is how they build virtual friendships.

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