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"How to Get the Applicant Tracking System to Pick Your Resume" from bigInterview. Good explanation of how ATS work, the history of ATS, why used by more and more employers. Also good easy checklist of tips for resume writing for ATS.

"Applicant Tracking Systems 101 for Job-Seekers: Understanding the ATS Technology That Dominates Online Job Search" Follow up to their annual report: Have Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) "Ruined" Recruiting and Hiring and Job Search? which I already have added to our Diigo group. Great overview of how ATS works and what to do about it.

site that allows you to paste your resume into a form with the job description of the position you are applying for, and gives you immediate feedback on what to prioritize, what you might be missing, and what changes you can make to get past the resume screeners.

"Optimizing and Formatting Your Job-Search Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems" gives a detailed description of how to format your resume, and what to include. Goes into more depth than the checklist already in Diigo.

"Beat the Robots: How to Get Your Resume Past the System & Into Human Hands" from theMuse by Mark Slack and Erik Bowitz. Good, simple 4 step process for optimizing resumes for ATS.

"The Easy How-To Guide to Formatting Resumes for Applicant Tracking Systems" by Lisa Rangel on LinkedIn. Quick, easy to read explanation of what ATS is, how it works, and how to format a resume for ATS success.

Interesting article in Educational Psychologist 50(4), 313-334, 2015 Constructivist Gaming: Understanding the Benefits of Making Games for Learning by Yasmin B. Kafai and Quinn Burke. Although the research is about k-12, there are implications in this article for all learners.They used existing research (using specific criteria to choose appropriate research) about gaming use and principles, and then used constructivist theory to posit a new way of gaming design. Gaming is very effective in building coding and computational concepts, practices, and perspectives as identified by other researchers, but the authors go further in applying the constructivist theory of personal, social, and cultural tenets to these categories. They argue that student-designed gaming is an effective way to build social networks around a work purpose, and that iterative processes are going to be the norm.

Barbara Bray and Kathleen McClaskey of Rethinkinglearning have, with the input of those who took their Personalized Learning eCourse, revised the chart for the Stages of Personalized Learning Environments. They now have a chart for Personalization vs Differentiation vs Individualization, an adapted chart to transform learning to Personalized Learning, and the Stages of Personalized Learning Environments chart. This bookmark brings you to the page to download all 3 charts, as well as their report explaining the Personalization vs Differentiation vs Individualization chart.

Excellent catch, Lisa. I commented on Barbara's page about its utility and shared the cpsquare.org page with her on our inquiry last Fall and our use of Jane Hart's matrix on the evolution of the learning support professional's role.

Maria Popova's blog, brainpickings, on Carol Dweck's work on mindset. Even in children, open or growth mindset is a key factor in learning, while fixed mindset is too focused on being perfect or the best or knowing all the answers. Growth mindset leads to curiosity, learning, exploration, and creativity. Fixed mindsets lead to the status quo and adhering to what exists. Growth mindset sees problems and challenges as growth and learning opportunities, fixed mindset views challenges as failure and underperforming. Great graphic of the 2 mindsets from Dweck's book.

Brian Anderson discusses continuous improvement using a Kata process (understand the direction or challenge; grasp the current condition; establish the next target condition; iterate toward the target condition). He discusses single and double-loop learning to achieve the Kata model. Good graphics of KATA as well as single and double-loop learning.

by Maud Purcell. States that scientific evidence supports journaling accesses your left brain, which is analytical an rational, but also allows your right brain to be free to create, intuit, and feel. This removes mental blocks and allows one to use all of your brain.

description and definition of triple loop learning with a clear diagram with the differences between single, double, and triple loop learning.

good description of the history, development, uses, and framework of single-loop and double-loop learning as defined by Argyris and Shon. Examples of double-loop learning in organizational and educational settings, and actions taken at each step in the process.

Adapted from the Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development, this pdf has concise, clear definitions of single, double, and triple-loop learning. Single loop = follow the rules; double-loop = changing the rules; triple-loop = learning about learning

This Slideshare from ALIS on Strategic Foresight and Scenario-based Planning has a good graphic on slide 10 of single, double, and triple-loop learning.

from Tiny Buddha. T his article by Loran Hills discusses the use of journals for well being, healing, reflection of growth. Has 10 tips to start journaling.

Although from a religious viewpoint, the authors Ian Grayling and Kevin Commons have a concise definition of single, double, and triple-loop learning as well as a great chart of the modes of learning each one requires.

from InstructionalDesign.org, their page on Double Loop Learning and the theory of action outlined by Argyris and Schon. Double loop learning assumptions underlying current views are questioned and hypotheses about behavior publically tested.

from Creative Writing Now: reasons for keeping a journal: preserve memories; improve writing skills; sharpen your senses Good links to practical steps to begin and continue journaling

from themuse.com 8 steps to begin journaling and make it a daily routine. Contrary to the other resources, this one suggests journaling before you get out of bed in the am instead of at the end of the day. They also suggest using an app so you can access your journal throughout the day, writing in sentence fragments to get the ideas down, write on a calendar, make a template, find fun prompts, choose your time frame (once a year, week, month, etc).