The five informal learning methods described in yesterday’s post on Learning in the Workplace have one thing in common. They are all relatively simple. Most of today’s larger companies have a complicated structure. Over time, to enable growth and efficiencies, more processes have been put in place. It’s time to simplify. MORE >>

Magyar, A.E. 2012) "Plagiarism and attribution: an academic literacies approach?" Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education , 4. In many Higher Education courses in the UK the ability to write extended academic prose is central to assessment and therefore to student success. link] Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom, 2012. MORE >>

As a prelude to a small webinar I’ll be doing next week (though it also serves to tee up the free Best of mLearnCon   webinar I’ll be doing for the eLearning Guild next week as well, here’re some deliberately provocative thoughts on mobile: According to Tomi Ahonen , mobile is the fastest growing industry ever. And more. MORE >>

[This post first appeared on the Getting Results From Crowds book website ]. Over the last two weeks I have delivered 8 keynotes or workshops on crowdsourcing across Western Europe. Most of them have been highly interactive sessions, bringing out new ideas or highlighting common issues or concerns. There is much to share. Crowdsourcing Enterprise 2.0 MORE >>

Health information obesity: the new epidemic? is a free talk organised by the Career Development Group, Yorkshire and Humberside Division in collobaration with the University of Sheffield's iSchool. The speaker is Vicky Grant. Date: Thursday 24th May. Time: 4:00 - 5:30pm. Photo by Sheila Webber: "John's van", Sheffield University, April 2012. MORE >>