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An amazing slideshare presentation by Jane Hart on 20 small steps to take to modernize workplace learning, JUne 2014 with links to 6 key features of the way we now learn. Can purchase resources behind slideshare for 20 euros.

great article on 5 drivers changing modern workplace learning

Hart's five step change process for modern workplace learning

Link from Beth Kanter's blog to infographic about the modern learner and how overwhelmed they are. From Bersin/Deloitte site. Says that only 1% of a typical workweek is all that employees have to focus on PD, and 80% of them are developing and accessing personal and professional networks to obtain info about their jobs.

Another way of developing PKM skills by Jane Hart, a workshop online for five works, starting May 5.

Absolutely remarkable summary of how learning has changed by Jane Hart, June 2014.

I like the requirements on the freelance gig Modern Tribe advertises for on this page. I clicked on this heading on our WordPress dashboard wondering if they might offer the technical support that we need.

Wonderful summary blog post by Jane Hart on learning in the workplace evolution and how our roles have changed from trainers to learning guides to workplace learning advisor, October 26, 2014.

Amazing post by Jane Hart on how L & D professionals are in two camps: traditional "training" leavened with social interactions, mentors, but they are the gatekeepers of knowledge. The other camp is modern workplace learning practitioners--the radicals leaving LMS and authority-driven content provision for performance driven world.

An article view by Jenna Wortham at the New York Times of different online learning sites for mastering computer codes and programming, March 27, 2012. Mentions Codecademy, Girls Develop It, Treehouse, General Assembly, etc. Excerpt: "Peter Harsha, director of government affairs at the association, said the figure had been steadily climbing for the last three years, after a six-year decline in the aftermath of the dot-com bust. Mr. Harsha said that interest in computer science was cyclical but that the current excitement seemed to be more than a blip and was not limited to people who wanted to be engineers. "To be successful in the modern world, regardless of your occupation, requires a fluency in computers," he said. "It is more than knowing how to use Word or Excel but how to use a computer to solve problems." "

blog by Chuck Thompson, June 2009, in Men's Journal. To improve your athletic performance and to feel clearer all the time, start with the most fundamental act of life. Excerpt: "We all come into the world with the ability to take full, unencumbered breaths, but as we get older we forget how to breathe properly," says Don Campbell, a journalist turned wellness expert who champions a new movement among doctors and athletes known as "conscious breathing." A host of challenges conspire against our breathing well, Campbell says: "Poor posture, restrictive clothing, bad habits such as smoking, diets that lead to high blood pressure and racing hearts, increasingly rapid and emotionally stressful lives, lack of exercise, multitasking, polluted environments, and slouching in front of computers are just a few of the things that literally take our breath away, creating a lifestyle that's incongruent with proper breathing." Modern life causes the average person to use about a third of his natural lung capacity, while drawing about 15 breaths a minute." Breathing exercises: Relearn How To Breathe Do this exercise five times a day and you'll start thinking and performing better in no time: 1. Inhale deeply 2. Exhale with a short burst (as if blowing out a candle). This helps activate your diaphragm, which most people don't use. 3. Exhale with a long, slow finish to empty the lungs. Breathlessness comes from not expelling enough CO2. 4. Inhale, filling your lungs from the bottom to the top, instead of taking short sips. Most use a third of their lung capacity. 5. Hold for a moment to allow oxygen to saturate the cells. 6. Exhale slowly and completely. 7. Repeat steps 4 through 6 for five minutes. Read more: http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/you-re-breathing-all-wrong-20130227#ixzz2t8BfTHcj Follow us: @mensjournal on Twitter | MensJournal on Facebook

Unusually good assessment IMO by Jane Hart of how modern learning differs from traditional training practices, 4/28/2014. She identifies six key features: autonomy small and short continuous on demand social anywhere, anytime, on any device Are these features then the new standards for learning concierges, learning coaches, learning stewards and facilitators? As well as for the learners themselves?

Women using online dating services "out" men who are harassing them with explicit, ugly messages, especially on Tinder and OKCupid. They post the messages on either instagram, twitter, their dating site profile, or other places and not only stop or greatly reduce harassment, but attract men who want to get to know them better. A new problem for the modern age.

interesting job of the future--professional triber--someone who puts together project teams on demand

"The way mothers and fathers spend their time has changed dramatically in the past half century. Dads are doing more housework and child care; moms more paid work outside the home. Neither has overtaken the other in their "traditional" realms, but their roles are converging, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of long-term data on time use. At the same time, roughly equal shares of working mothers and fathers report in a new Pew Research Center survey feeling stressed about juggling work and family life: 56% of working moms and 50% of working dads say they find it very or somewhat difficult to balance these responsibilities."

article by Bryant Nielson on how to develop new skills--online courses, study LinkedIn for certifications held by people in youer field. 

The scoop on what happens in audio conference calls--Katie Hafner, December 4, 2015. 

blog post written by Phillip Burton for skillsyouneed.com, apparently a British company.  

all about skills needed to work online/network-great summary

In depth discussion of goal setting...what kinds, how, etc.