Get comfy and ignore your emails for five minutes - it's time to catch up on the week's L&D news and opinion, as picked out by us.
Let us know what you think in the comments below, and tell us about any articles you've enjoyed reading recently.
Skills
- Microsoft wants autistic coders. Can it find them and keep them? (Fast Company)
- 3 steps to build visibility & credibility (Mike Taylor blog)
- The humility-confidence seesaw: The untold secret of great leaders (Buffer)
Industry
- My first Learning Live! (Krystyna Gadd, LPI)
- The Creativity Zone at Learning Live (Amys MOOC blog)
- Courseware LMSs – Good or bad for the industry? (E-Learning Info 24/7)
Performance
- Passion projects the future of learning? (Anne Marie Rattray, LinkedIn)
- Why fads and gimmicks should be resisted in the classroom (Chronotype blog)
Education
- How Google is schooling Apple and Microsoft in the battle for America's classrooms (Fast Company)
- University of Essex improves conditions for postgraduates who teach (Times Higher Education)
- Cut-throat academia leads to 'natural selection of bad science', claims study (The Guardian)
Social
- Social Learning: A window into what’s really going on in your business (HT2 blog)
- Comfort, solidarity and advice – benefits of a Social Age (Sea Salt Learning)
