I've been thinking a lot lately about positive questions and their connection to professional development. Last week I talked about the power of positive priming and how brain research shows that when we have negative expectations for learning and development, we are less likely to learn from our experiences. Let me know what you think. MORE >>

It’s obvious that mobile is booming, as you can tell from this shot taken as I deplaned at Heathrow Airport on my way from  mLearnCon conference to an engagement. It made me reflect on an interesting tension that emerged at the conference. The resolution will happen, so it’s a question of when, not if, but it’s still a pain. MORE >>

The RIN information-handling working group are seeking views on the Researcher Development Framework / SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy mapping that they have been working on. They have set out a short consultation document on the RIN website, at [link] and they welcome feedback by 15th July. MORE >>

I read an interesting article in the Neiman Labs blog, Is Twitter writing, or is it speech? Why we need a new paradigm for our social media platforms.      It asks the question: Is Twitter writing, or is it speech? It clarified the reason for this question as we treated these two forms of expression quite differently. MORE >>

Each year, I attend the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston to get some visibility into where social and collaboration technologies are headed.  I attended the keynote speeches Tuesday, comprising eight presentations of 15 minutes each delivered rapid-fire style.  This post is the second of what I expect to be three "echoes" from these keynotes. MORE >>