Oct 26, 2013

Flipped Classroom

A new method of teaching -  flipped classroom. Would flipped classroom be worth practising?

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Oct 24, 2013

International Business Culture across 31 countries

The guide will give you information and links to external sources of information on the following topics:
 
·         Business communication
·         Business etiquette
·         Business meeting etiquette
·         Internship and student placements
·         Cost of living
·         Work-life-balance

·         Social media guide

Oct 23, 2013

About incentives and motivation

Autonomy, mastery and purpose are the three elements of true motivation - presented by Daniel Pink in this video clip. 

Oct 11, 2013

The expected impacts of the technological revolutions of the 21st century on US labour market outcomes are discussed in the following paper:
THE FUTURE OF EMPLOYMENT: HOW SUSCEPTIBLE ARE JOBS TO COMPUTERISATION?
Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne (University of Oxford, 2013)

Oct 10, 2013

Collaboration tool Trello

Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process.
Want to learn more? Check out Getting Started with Trello or take a tour of Trello.

Oct 9, 2013

Massive Open Online Courses

Several big-name schools, such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University have signed on to the idea of MOOCS. See The Wall Street Journal Report.

Oct 8, 2013

Challenge Based Learning

Challenge Based Learning web site (link)

CBL "is an engaging multidisciplinary approach to teaching and learning that encourages learners to leverage the technology they use in their daily lives to solve real-world problems. Challenge Based Learning is collaborative and hands-on, asking students to work with peers, teachers, and experts in their communities and around the world to ask good questions, develop deep subject area knowledge, identify and solve challenges, take action, and share their experience." 

Oct 7, 2013

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013 – the results of the 7th Annual Learning Tools Survey. The list was compiled by Jane Hart, Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologie from the votes of over 500 learning professionals worldwide. (Released 30 September 2013).
“A learning tool is a tool for your own personal or professional learning or one you use for teaching or training.”