Jay Cross

AUGUST 21, 2015

The research: University of Melbourne researchers Kate Lee, Kathryn Williams, Leisa Sargent, Nicholas Williams, and Katherine Johnson gave 150 subjects a menial task that involved hitting specific keystrokes when certain numbers flashed on a computer screen. HBR, September 2015. Gazing at Nature Makes You More Productive.

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Jay Cross

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Neuroscience researchers have discovered that we feel first and think later. On my birthday, July 5, I shifted the focus of my research from informal learning & working smarter to assessing the impact of employee well-being on performance and how to help workers lead more fulfilling, satisfying lives.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The GGSC is unique in its commitment to both science and practice: Not only does it sponsor groundbreaking scientific research into social and emotional well-being, it also helps people apply this research to their personal and professional lives. “The Science of Happiness” is a prime example of the GGSC’s work.

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APRIL 14, 2008

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Massive Open Online Courses Views & Research – The Conversation. Participant support on massive open online courses | Kop | The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. Rita Kop and Hélène Fournier, National Research Council of Canada, John Sui Fai Mak, Australia (2011, November). McAuley, A.,

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Jay Cross

DECEMBER 18, 2010

He cites the remarkable recent work of the epidemiologist John Ioaniddis, who has presented evidence that “ most published research findings are false.&#. The test of replicability, as it’s known, is the foundation of modern research. Why do researchers focus on technical training instead of enlightenment in general?

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Jay Cross

JULY 20, 2012

Research is a large part of my work, so I’ll be applying and building on what I’ve learned about search for years to come. He managed User Experience Research for Apple before going to work for Steve Jobs as head of Apple’s Knowledge Management Technologies Lab. Search has become a process, not an event. For me, yes.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 3, 2012

From my pal Curt Bonk at Indiana University: My research team and I from the Instructional Systems Technology Department at Indiana University are conducting a study titled, “Collecting Stories of Extreme or Informal Learning.”

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

My research methods — my personal knowledge management system, if you will — are also different from yesteryear’s. Email subscriptions to research services and blogs I don’t want to miss. My personal research page at [link] , a general jumping-off point for looking things up. I use Google to search my own work.).

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Jay Cross

APRIL 6, 2013

Research has found that the most important factor in translating formal learning into improved performance is the expectation set by managers before the training takes place 13. Citrix sponsored the research and writing of much of the material in this set of posts. To learn more, visit www.gototraining.com. About the author.

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Jay Cross

OCTOBER 15, 2012

DML2012 John Seely Brown Keynote from DML Research Hub on Vimeo. Jane Hart pointed me to this presentation by John Seely Brown on the Entrepreneurial Learner. Entrepreneurial learners are makers and tinkerers. This is where knowledge and practice meet.

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Jay Cross

JUNE 6, 2013

Yet research finds that people forget the majority of what they learn in workshops and classrooms. Remembering is vital. In fact, remembering is as important as learning itself. There’s no point in learning something if you forget it before you can put it to use.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 3, 2015

2] New research into MAOIs indicates that much of the concern over their dangerous dietary side effects stems from misconceptions and misinformation, and that despite proven effectiveness of this class of drugs, it is underutilized and misunderstood in the medical profession. [3] The current regulations were set for pills, not patches.

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Jay Cross

JANUARY 24, 2013

Character Strengths Research. From an early interview : Suzie: What are some useful tips you can provide people on using their strengths in their daily lives? Chris: Be mindful of what I call strengths occasions, and rise to them. Also, practice, practice, practice.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 28, 2010

Insights and pointers on learning, corporate performance, research. Jay’s Research page. Increasingly, posts about learning will appear in the Informal Learning Blog. More tentative, experimental, and personal items will show up here on the Internet Time Blog. Informal Learning Blog. Left brain dominant. Internet Time Alliance.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

My research into what front-line managers need to be doing in the 21st century workplace has led me to precisely the same conclusion. Our research suggests that business in general may be facing a “Customer Spring.” The widening gap may lead to rebellion à la Arab Spring; he calls it corporate spring.

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Jay Cross

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Glossary | Jay’s Research Pointers | Important Stuff bookmarks | Jay’s Bookmarks |. Here you will find inspirations from Doug Engelbart, Tim O’Reilly, Kevin Kelly, Dave Snowden, John Dewey, Ivan Illich, Roger Schank, and others.Perpetual beta, never up to date but contact me if you have suggestions on how to improve the list. Just Jay'

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 13, 2012

Researchers have correlated well being with academic performance. My presentation on Well-being and Corporate Learning to the Learning and Skills Group. Happy employees are 31% more productive on the job and make 37% more sales. They are 200% more creative than their sad peers. Happiness is but one aspect of well being. Lead a happier life.

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Jay Cross

DECEMBER 8, 2012

Microsoft Bob was based on Nass and Reeves’ research. ” My research on well-being at work has sensitized me to the impact of negative emotions. ” It proved tough to put the theory into practice. But the results weren’t all bad: Bill Gates married Microsoft Bob’s marketing manager, Melinda.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 5, 2012

An academic tells me the 70:20:10 numbers are without basis because six PhD students who combed the past 50 years of peer-reviewed articles couldn’t find any empirical research to back them up. He says the numbers are therefore meaningless and the issue is not debatable. I think he is using the wrong yardstick.

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Jay Cross

JULY 4, 2012

Researchers have correlated well being with academic performance. The gist: Happy employees are 31% more productive on the job and make 37% more sales. They are 200% more creative than their sad peers. Happiness is but one aspect of well being. Join Jay to talk about the notion of well being and its importance on the job.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 30, 2010

The researchers also measured brain activity in 32 adults aged between 18-35 years of age. “Almost nothing in the brain gets done by one area it’s more of a circuit,&# said University of Illinois psychology professor and Beckman Institute Director Art Kramer, lead researcher. .

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 11, 2015

Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at Dominican University in California, says you are 42 percent more likely to achieve your goals just by writing them down. Take our brief survey. Create your own user feedback survey. Dominican reports that participants in Matthews’ study were randomly assigned to one of five groups.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 28, 2011

During my research month in Carmel, we had several conversations about what makes story-telling so valuable a tool for 21C leaders (that’s all of us). As you listen to a story, you tell another story to yourself. This wires the tale into your neural circuits. Terrence Gargiulo helps organizations learn through stories.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The definitive research I’m aware of concerns scoreable hard skills: programming, procedures, engineering, specs. I imagine I’m spending 75% of my time slow learning right now as I research a new field. __. * Slow but steady learning wins the race. What do you think about Slow Learning?

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Jay Cross

DECEMBER 21, 2009

The inaugural issue of Impact, the Journal of Applied Research in Workplace E-learning just appeared on the web. Jay’s learning research page. You can read this first issue on the web for free. Disclosure: I am on Impact’s Editorial Board.). I’ve read a little over half of the 14 articles.

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Jay Cross

JANUARY 26, 2013

Christopher Peterson, the godfather of personal strengths research, died this month, leaving behind a treasure trove of findings and insights. ” Marty Seligman on applying your strengths and increasing Flow: Latest research. In the Newsletter, Ryan Niemic provides a research update on character strengths.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 12, 2012

Could be a nice kick-off for researching well-being. We’re going to motor down to Monterey on Monday, stay at the Del Monte Hyatt, and ogle the cars on Carmel’s Ocean Avenue on Tuesday. Last year knocked my sox off. Amazing machinery. And owners love to talk about their cars. Perhaps I’ll make a video this year. “What?

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Jay Cross

APRIL 29, 2011

Other findings remind me of how primitive DNA research can be. But they’re also wrong: My ear wax (if you must know) is dry. I have an extreme alcohol flush response (I turn beet red). Not at increased risk for a heart attack? I’ve had three. Every now and again I receive email that a potential fourth cousin wants to talk with me.

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

To mark the end of the 2009 as the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, the UNESCO Chair in e-Learning UOC is offering an international platform for presenting OSL related research and practices, with an eye on mapping new trends in the field of open online education at all levels.

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Jay Cross

AUGUST 21, 2012

research and conversation. The ease of sharing of information has lead to a cultural phenomenon, which relates to our topic at hand; people are used to being able to get the answers to their questions – to learn – of their own accord through. But this way of learning – autonomous searching and social collaboration – has not yet been re?ected

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Citrix sponsored the research and writing of much of the material in this set of posts. His educational white papers, articles and research reports persuade people to take action. He is currently researching the correlation of psychological well-being and performance on the job. To learn more, visit www.gototraining.com.

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Jay Cross

JULY 1, 2012

research chemists). I rejiggered Harold’s model to suit my own purposes: Conversations are the stem cells of learning, and social networks are the carriers of conversation. These networks operate behind the firewall (e.g., the corporate activity stream) and external (e.g.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

I first heard the term informal Learning from the late Peter Henschel, then director of the Institute for Research on Learning (IRL), who told me: People are learning all the time, in varied settings and often most effectively in the context of work itself. “Training&# ? formal learning of all kinds ?

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Research finds it takes four positive thoughts to balance one negative thought. Bhutan’s fourth Dragon King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck is forever quoted but his country is not like any place I’ve ever been. It helps that most of these guys are Buddhists, too. The Gross Domestic Happiness meme starts in the mountain kingdom. By a little.

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Jay Cross

JUNE 14, 2010

Research usually finds that around 80% of workplace learning is informal. People learn socially and informally. This is of course an average; the value depends on the context and the individual learner.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 25, 2014

Reichheld thinks that maybe market research firms can’t find a way to make money administering something so simple. Unlike a product that will be delivered in two business days, it takes a while for lessons to sink in and/or to disappear due to the Forgetting Curve. You may be wondering why Net Promoter Score hasn’t taken the world by storm.

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