This paper discusses the cognitive, social and technological prerequisites for collective intelligence.
Key findings:

•     Collective intelligence emerges when there is a balance between technology, governance and joint goals.
•     Collaboration builds on our cognitive capabilities to think as we and have joint intensions.
•     Technology should make visible the assemblages of information and support the modification of knowledge.
•     Organisational models must mimic cultural transmission allowing for imitation, appropriation and combination.

The report includes a detailed case study of the Missing Maps project engages thousands of volunteers to map vulnerable areas for humanitarian intervention and disaster relief using satellite imagery and Openstreetmap, an open data-mapping platform. This is a powerful example of collective intelligence which allows us to analyse what are the prerequisites for new forms of collaboration.
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This research, undertaken by the Open University, set out to investigate the part-time student experience of higher education across the UK, in the context of a well-publicised contraction in the sector, and increasing divergence between policies affecting part-time study in the four nations.
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Les foyers bénéficiaires du RSA
2,44 millions fin mars 2015
« Fin mars 2015, environ 2,44 millions de foyers bénéficient du revenu de solidarité active (Rsa) versé par les caisses d’Allocations familiales (Caf) en France métropolitaine et dans les départements d’Outre-mer (Dom).
Les effectifs augmentent de 5,7 % entre mars 2014 et mars 2015, soit à un rythme similaire à celui observé entre décembre 2013 et décembre 2014. Cependant, l’évolution du nombre de bénéficiaires est différente selon les composantes… »
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A new study suggests that UK nations have the biggest skills gaps between young people who are not in education, employment or training and those in work, the BBC reports.
They had the widest literacy gap out of 22 countries included in an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) analysis.
They also had the biggest gap in problem-solving skills, says the study. More...

La DARES a publié une étude menée sur les publics accompagnés au sein des SIAE. Les salariés des ateliers et chantiers d’insertion (ACI) et des entreprises d’insertion (EI), plus éloignés de l’emploi, sont plus souvent accompagnés que ceux des associations intermédiaires (AI) et des entreprises de travail temporaire d’insertion (ETTI) et ce, tout au long de leur passage par ces structures.
Consulter Dares Analyses n° 34 de mai 2015.
En savoir plus sur La formation des salariés en parcours dans les SIAE de Poitou-Charentes en 2012 sur le site d'IRIS. Voir l'article...

What’s the secret to effective learning? A recent study by a group of neuroscientists from the University of California, the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University found that the less you work your brain when learning, perhaps, the better. More...