"Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard" (Dressler, 2005)
Last week, I began exploring the 2017 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report, which looked at the challenges ahead for businesses and HR professionals. I have been looking at it from a faculty development perspective. The report is based on analysis of a survey of more than 10,400 business and HR leaders globally, and noted… Read more Faculty Development Experience
I am in the first week of the five week-long massive open online course (or MOOC) – E-Learning and Digital Cultures, offered by Coursera through the University of Edinburgh. The course is being taught by Jeremy Knox, Sian Bayne, Hamish Macleod, Jen Ross, and Christine Sinclair. To quote from the course information page: “E-learning and… Read more EDCMOOC Week 1: Utopias and Dystopias
My buddy Jeff Nugent passed me an interesting YouTube video Thursday night entitled “We Think.” It is an amazing four-minute journey through the possibilities of the semantic web. Shared ideas are the currency of the 21st Century. I went looking for more information on the creator and discovered Charles Leadbeater’s website. One of Charles Leadbeater’s… Read more The Innovation Dilemma