Technology holds vast potential for learning and development (L&D) practitioners. It can improve performance, productivity, engagement and knowledge retention. But if employees aren't able to leverage the potential of these technologies, any investment in them may be wasted. Digital Learning in Organizations shows L&D professionals how to make sure that their workforce is 'digitally ready' and has the skills, capabilities and understanding needed to capitalize on the opportunities created by learning technologies and to feel confident in their ability to get the most out of them. It includes guidance on how technologies can be used to improve both social and personal learning, how the increased flexibility created by technology enables a multi-located workforce to develop simultaneously, and discussion of how to ensure that technology really does facilitate employee development and doesn't become a distraction. Digital Learning in Organizations also includes comprehensive coverage of the ways in which L&D practitioners can engage with learning technologies and digital capabilities such as mobile learning, wearable technology, learning analytics, digital game-based learning as well as augmented, mixed and virtual reality. Packed with insights from leading L&D practitioners and case studies from organizations including Royal Mail, DTE Energy, and the UK National Health Service (NHS), this is an essential read for all L&D practitioners needing to improve employee and company performance in a digital world.
This collection of Steve Wheeler's poetry focuses on the themes of love and heartache. It was written over a period of 40 years, and is a sometimes autobiographical, sometimes fictionalised, but always reflective accounts of relationships that sometimes go wrong, and what happens when true love comes along. With titles such as He Said She Said, Love Is A Metaphor, For Better Or Verse and Idiom Proof, readers will know that Steve is back with more thought provoking verses, witty wordplay, humorous puns and punchy one liners.
In an age where young people seem to have a natural affinity with smartphones, computer games and social media, teachers and lecturers face a big challenge - or a golden opportunity. How can new technology promote learning, engage students and motivate them to sustain a lifelong career in learning? For educators everywhere, our challenge is to take devices that have the potential for great distraction and boldly appropriate them as tools that can inspire and engage. On the back of Steve's hugely popular blog, also named 'Learning with 'e's', he shows how the world of learning is changing, and how new technology - and you and I - can make a difference. The proliferation of digital technologies and cultures is having a profound impact on learning, prompting questions which need answers. How will technology change our conceptions of learning? How will new ways of learning impact upon our uses of technology? How will teachers and lecturers' roles change; what will they need to know; and what will we see learners doing in the future? Grounded in his research and in pedagogical theory, Steve explores the practical ways in which technology is influencing how we learn, and looks toward emerging trends to examine what the future of learning may look like. Subjects covered include: learning with technology, theories for the digital age, digital literacies, pedagogical theories and practices, new and emerging technologies, new learning architectures, changing education, global educators, a 21st century curriculum. For teachers, lecturers, learning and development professionals and anybody who wants to be inspired by the new ways learning is being revolutionised through the use of new and emerging technologies.
Move over Star Wars! This is a superb space opera. Humans and hybrids and strange new creatures fight for survival on Earth and across the galaxies. A superb space adventure from a fresh new voice. In our future worlds the Administration rules the Sphere of Humankind, the Games Board sanctions and funds wars and conflicts, and the Haulers' Collective roams the space routes like the caravanners of old. Marko and his crew of fellow soldier-engineers are sent to investigate an unknown planet. When they encounter strange artefacts and an intelligent but aggressive squid species, they are forced to embark on a perilous journey far from the Sphere. they will have to survive not only other alien encounters but also their own Administration's deadly manipulations. Political factions and galactic media moguls vie for power ... and money.
The second book in the Fury of Aces series and sequel to the action-packed BURNT ICE. Move over Star Wars! This is a superb space opera ... humans and hybrids and strange new creatures fighting for survival on Earth and across the galaxies ... A superb space adventure from a fresh new voice. this is the second book in the Fury of Aces series and follows on from the action-packed BURNt ICE. In our future worlds the Administration rules the Sphere of Humankind, the Games Board sanctions and funds wars and conflicts, and the Haulers' Collective roams the space routes like the caravanners of old. Political factions and galactic media moguls vie for power ... and money.
Move over Star Wars! This is a superb space opera... humans and hybrids and strange new creatures fighting for survival on Earth and across the galaxies. there is life everywhere throughout the Milky Way Galaxy. It takes forms that will astonish and frighten, that will challenge and terrify as they exist within the greater fight of existence: eat or be eaten. But to the crew of the frigate Basalt, those alien life forms that exist in the near vacuum of interplanetary space only serve to be of fascination in the crew's quest for knowledge. And there is a vicious conflict brewing as the Octopoids test the occupants of an outer planet of Humanity, in all its varied forms, probing and looking for the weaknesses of the marshalled forces. But who is the enemy really? 'Wheeler has crafted a world overflowing with technological realism, imaginative depth and rollicking adventure.' Dominion Post (NZ)
We are living in dark and discouraging times. This darkness has a way of draining us of any hope that we might have for better days. When we do get a glimpse of hope, there seems to an unbeatable giant to face or a raging river to cross. Any hope we have is quickly cast down. It is in those moments that God wants to show Himself mighty on our behalf. He wants to rout our enemies and put them to flight. He wants to strengthen us so we stand up and defeat the giants that seem unbeatable. He wants to part the waters so we can cross over into His land of promised blessing and prosperity. He wants to be ImmanuelGod with us. Endorsements: Immanuel Moments is one mans testimony of how God is with us even in our darkest hour. It reminds us that, truly, all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose. It reminds us that we cannot escape the love of our Father even though we wonder far from home. Steve Leach Awesome book full of moments when God stepped into Steves life to send a message of encouragement, love, hope, and strength to him. This book will inspire you to seek the plans and purpose you were created for and challenge you to remember and share the Immanuel Moments in your own life. Tamra Garman
There is a saying that everyone has a book inside them. Some individuals might say that is exactly where it should stay, inside them. The Tears of a Clown has been bubbling away inside of me for quite a few years now and I think it's high time that the world should read it. Although this book is set as a novel, the main character, Brian Wilson, is very much autobiographic. At least ninety per cent of the events and emotions portrayed are taken from my own experiences and recollections. Brian was brought up in a household completely dominated by females. This book provides a candid view on the embarrassments and problems that this caused him. When he reaches fourteen years old, the problems at home and peer pressures reach fever pitch. Earth shattering events take place that will influence the rest of his life.
Steve Wheeler's latest collection of poetry is humorous, hard-hitting, tender, fast flowing and infectious. His word play is masterful and his sense of rhythm compelling. The poems are soaked in the trivia of modern life, long-marinated in popular culture and steeped in anxiety, hope and longed-for experiences. Steve takes pot shots at just about everything - from the greed of commercialism to the tragedy of homelessness, the pomposity of organised religion and the stupidity of acts leading to climate change. They're all fair game for this poet. His cheekiness comes out in 'I went out with your friend', his concerns about the planet are voiced in 'Still writing as the ship goes down' and his bizarre creativity erupts in the surreal 'Error 404.' There are plenty of laughs in imaginative pieces such as 'Orchestral stabs' (where an orchestra goes beserk) and 'I ate a planet' (which rivals Monty Python's Monsieur Creosote sketch), and 'Previously ... on deja vu', an exploration of false memories. Shocks and Stares is a heady blend of styles and themes that echoes his life. The lines are suffused with his outrage at injustice, his impatience with pomposity, his fascination with science and his love of black humour.
When ten Oregonians travel to the Gulf Coast in August 2010 to plumb the devastation wrought by the Deepwater Horizon spill, they discover that “Oil and Water” is just the first of the insoluble contradictions. Between the tarred sands of Grand Isle and the fouled waters of the Louisiana bayou, they come to find out that Gulf Coast residents are economically dependent upon the very industry that is wreaking havoc on their environment. In the shadow of the greatest ecological disaster of our time, they are forced to reassess their roles as witness, critic and environmental steward.
This collection of poems and short stories will transport you back to childhood where imagination ran riot, nothing was impossible and where every day was a fresh opportunity to explore, discover and learn something new. Written in a variety of styles, from humorous to reflective and from nonsense poetry to stories with a twist, Small Lights Burning is a book that will delight children everywhere, no matter what their age.
Revelations for a New Age is a tale of a biological super computer set in the not too distant future. This heuristic computer, Bioptonic Intelligent Computer, or BIC, takes on a personality of its own and follows a prime directive of protecting the human race. When a fundamentalist Christian organization gets wind of this abomination, it's convinced that this is the beast foretold in the Bible's book of Revelations. Things get worse when the chief engineer's wife becomes involved with the church. BIC detects a comet that is on a collision course with the Earth and and acts to protect the people. But its actions are seen as supporting evidence to the church which fuels the fires of their accusing finger. The showdown pits BIC against the radical fundamentalist church members who are bound and determined to save the Earth from the anti-Christ, using terrorist-like tactics to destroy the harbinger of the end of times.
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