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Martin Vögeli schrieb / wrote: Website: KurzweilAI.Net: This is not really a blog, but it has also a newsfeed – and what’s most important – a lot of interesting news! ‚KurzweilAI.net features the big thoughts of today’s big thinkers examining the confluence of accelerating revolutions that are shaping our future world, and the inside story…

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007053.asp schrieb / wrote: Paper: How to Manage Smart People: ‚After spending nine years at Microsoft managing some of the smartest people in the world, Scott Berkun has a few tips to share on the art of managing the best.‘ More manifestos (sorted by popularity). http://www.changethis.com/13.SmartPeople phpBB(Topic1161|Post1607)

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007055.asp schrieb / wrote: Paper: Learning Organizations: I followed a link by George Siemens to this paper on Peter Senge’s principles of the learning organization. It has a nice description of mental models and shows why they are so important. http://home.nycap.rr.com/klarsen/learnorg/ phpBB(Topic1160|Post1606)

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007059.asp schrieb / wrote: Article: A Problem Shared Is a Problem Solved: Nice thoughts on open-source innovation: Innovation is not a department. Make sure it’s job number 1 for everyone. Bring back the company suggestion box, but make it virtual and transparent. Don’t just ask for ideas, clearly formulate the problem, and then ask for…

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007060.asp schrieb / wrote: Book: Mind Wide Open – Improving Learning Through Understanding of Brain Science Research: I started reading Steven Johnson’s ‚Mind Wide Open‘. It’s a wonderful book on the ’neuroscience of everyday life‘. Johnson main objective in writing this book is to help us discover our inner-self by using neurofeedback gadgets like the…

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007061.asp schrieb / wrote: Article: On Maneuvers With the Army’s Game Squad: This is true empathic design: ‚America’s Army, a video game developed as a Pentagon recruiting tool, has gained an avid following. Now the Army has put the game developers through a boot camp to acquaint them better with the soldier’s world.‚ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/17/technology/circuits/17army.html?ex=1266382800&en=40f0632d1a77b329&ei=5088 phpBB(Topic1098|Post1603)

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007067.asp schrieb / wrote: Vote: 100 Most Influential Works in Cognitive Science: The Center for Cognitive Sciences at the University of Minnesota has voted on the 100 most influential works in cognitive science from the 20th century. (thanks Mind Hacks) http://www.cogsci.umn.edu/OLD/calendar/past_events/millennium/final.html phpBB(Topic1109|Post1602)

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007068.asp schrieb / wrote: Article: University of Phoenix puts technology at learning’s forefront: A behind the scenes look at how University of Phoenix uses simulations: ‚… the university’s online simulations ask students to make decisions based on information provided to them in the simulation and on the knowledge they’ve gained through reading assignments and group…

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007069.asp schrieb / wrote: Article: ‚Mirror Neurons‘ Track Thoughts and Intentions: This finding gives more reason for designing learning based on eliciting different perspectives and opinions. Guess that’s why blogs are so ‚mentally‘ engaging. In research published in PLoS Biology, scientists led by Marco Iacoboni discovered that the brain’s ‚mirror neurons‚ are active when we…

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007070.asp schrieb / wrote: Article: We Have to Operate, but Let’s Play First: This makes sense when you realize that playing video games is a form of practice, although most of the time the pattern you practice are quite basic. In this case, however, the manual dexterity pattern finds a useful application: ‚The complex manual…