What would happen if you got a 15-20% free spaces to learn and work on your own projects during your working hours? Google’s 20% time has resulted in, for instance, Gmail among other things, while the outcome of 3M’s 15% time is e.g. the Post-it. However, in order to connect …
The power of a story can be limitless. In the digital era, this method from Ancient times also reinventing the main communication-channel from this age, namely word-of-mouth. Today this does not necessarily mean one-to-one-communication that spreads through a closed local network; instead millions could be ready to engage in the …
The Masterpiece-project that is running on all levels in the school system of France aiming to put achieved knowledge of theory and talent into practice. It allows the learner to express her talents related to her future job. As the project forms a bridge between school and working life. Another …
Let your senses guide you, embrace self-awareness/adaptability, collaboration/collegiality and empathy, in other words, use your emotional intelligence (EQ) as the key to success in your working life. These are the advice in Harvard Business Review by James Runde, the author of the book UNEQUALED, with 40 years of experience from …
Research on learning motivation until now has been rather general, according to Dr Julia Dietrich of Friedrich Schiller University in Jena (FSU). In a research project in collaboration with Jaana Viljaranta (University of Eastern Finland), Julia Moeller (Yale University) and Bärbel Kracke (FSU) the team is bringing the first building …
Designing an invisible interaction that plays with the senses are a key trend in design thinking, where the experience of the receiver somehow beyond the visual outlook should be hands-on-useful. This could mean sound, touch or something else that attract attention for the human senses. Designing for the senses Hana Tanimura, …
Catherine Solazzo, vice president of developer engagement for IBM Digital Business Group, points out two areas where AI will develop higher education: “To impart learners with skills that will help them succeed in the new world of AI; and for use by administrators to leverage that technology and understand how …
A multi-disciplinary research team from the University of Minnesota, USA, University of Waterloo, Canada, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada, Old Dominion University, USA and University of Basel, Switzerland has developed a research method to use psychology models to research the impact of gamification. The purpose to improve the research …
“We want to build a self-evident and everyday contact between science and citizens why we encourage with the current promotion of research institutions and researchers to establish lasting models of collaboration – because only a continuous cooperation with the citizens for a longer period creates optimum conditions for mutual learning …
The seeds to an extended virtual reality future for all kinds of contents are already growing and where there is content there is also a growing ground for different kinds of marketing innovation. In addition, it is a new field of gold for great storytellers as technology improves. VR Content …
