The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This is a fascinating article about differences in language, and shows how things can truly be “lost in translation.” My husband, a native Spanish speaker and I will have heated debates about English because he’s translating in his head, and some expressions he’ll claim he’s never heard (despite living in this country for almost 35 …
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Average job seeker completes 400 applications each taking at least one hour. Average “job” site increases work and frustration without providing any value-added. This could be a market changer! Article About Employma Kickstarter Page for Employma Phi Beta Iota: They have selected Amazon as the payment channel, instead of PayPal, BitCoin, and other more popular …
This is a great blog post by Clark Quinn, e-learning guru whom I think highly of. His post talks about whether there is a science to learning (spoiler: there is) and how e-learning professionals should frame it as learning engineers. It got me wondering how content engineers and other technical communicators beyond those in the …
I found this article rather intriguing, as the student looked at both traditional and alternative methods of learning, and found that in some cases, alternative methods yielded the same or better results than traditional methods. As a former online grad student, I can tell you that it was a little difficult, even as recently as …
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This is one of those fun things that as a geek mom, I had to share. I also think it’s a cool project to do if you have the parts. This is the sort of thing I would’ve loved to have done as a kid. (I do want to get my hands on a Raspberry …
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Charlie Southwell (@charliesaidthat) brought this article to my attention. It’s an interesting analysis on how to bring content strategy together. As Rahel Bailie posted on Charlie’s Facebook account where he posted this, she noted that much of this article could be talked at even longer length about some of these components, and she’s right. Take …
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Yay for the Smithsonian! They are making available files to reproduce historical items on 3D printers for teaching purposes. Excellent use of 3D printing! Smithsonian X 3D Provides Great Resources for Teaching Using 3D Models and Artifacts Smithsonian x 3D is a platform that provides teachers and educators access to a wide variety of 3D …
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