WomensLearningStudio

January 2016 blog post that updates what's happening in the online recruiting world, noting that LinkedIn is being imitated by other job listing sites to encourage more LinkedIn-style networking.

boomers who are retiring and working

examples of company career pages

examples of career pages by companies

concise overview of how to use an ESN for L & D in the workplace by Jane Hart--learning challenge=ECO format

Bascuas on workers' desire for training and development

good information about how being poor limits access to high quality experiences online and access to employment and applications online

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.

Patrick Allan from Lifehacker proposes this simple journal template to reflect each day. In the Challenge course with Jane Hart, we are using this at the end of our day as a daily reflection, and then will report via our discussion group about our learning, and respond to others. It is a nice ritual to practice. Part of the exercise at the end of the week is to discuss how we will continue the practice after the 15 weeks are over.

lectures on Freakonomics Radio

article by Mark Athitakis on volunteer management from CEO role in association, February 8, 2016

Most of these tools are brand new to me and worth investigating when we have time and need. by Antonio Tooley, FreelancersUnion

good statement by Steve Folland on when to say no, February 9, 2016

very interesting speculation about Uber's eventual move toward self-driven/robotic cars and what this means for automation of work elsewhere.

Resource from one of the Jane Hart participants about infographic profiles. Good resource, easy to follow, clear.

good questions to ask ourselves

great infographic on risks of having your work become automated--suggests retooling might be in order for many workers

love this page on using a tool for continuous learning, leadership and culture development

great roadmap with examples of how learning environments in elementary, middle, and high schools have changed to PBL led by educators

article by Suki Tranqille on intentional solitude--the need to think to make sense of things