One of the toughest subjects in classrooms at the moment is the recruitment and retention of teachers. Their level of pay is often cited as a problem – and possibly part of a solution.
In England, the public sector pay freeze of recent years has meant real terms pay cuts for many teachers. More...
Surveys are not the best way to measure the performance of Australian universities
Depending on who’s doing the reading, the 2017 Employer Satisfaction Survey shows the overwhelming majority of employers think graduates are well-prepared for jobs. Or it might show universities need to do more to address the needs of graduates and employers. Or even that universities are not delivering to businesses. More...
Approches individuelles et collectives pour améliorer la performance de vos équipes
Par Isabelle Grenier et Pierre Maurin. Nous voyons apparaître fréquemment de nouveaux concepts et techniques pour former les leaders, améliorer leur efficacité et les aider à prendre des décisions pertinentes dans un environnement en constante évolution. Le développement du leadership et de la performance d’équipes deviennent des disciplines à part entière, et les organisations les intègrent dans leur stratégie globale. Plus...
Atout GRH - Aide régionale au conseil pour la performance industrielle

Atout GRH - Aide régionale au recrutement pour la performance industrielle

Boosting student performance with robot learning
Techno-News Blog. Remote learning is a growing means of delivering education. A downside is with student engagement. This can be overcome, according to new research, when robotic assistants are used. The Michigan State University research has concluded that online students who elect to use the innovative robots can feel more engaged and connected to the instructor and students in the classroom. More...
Subscription Learning as Performance Support Coaching
Subscription Learning as Performance Support Coaching
Will Thalheimer, Subscription Learning, 2017/09/19
Will Thalheimer describes an interesting performance support application called Trek. "Using employee's smartphones’ sensors (camera, audio and video recorder, and GPS)... employees captured evidence of their critical actions at each step in their learning path. More...
The Future of Work: Intelligent Training That Adapts to Employee Performance
The Future of Work: Intelligent Training That Adapts to Employee Performance
Rallyware, 2017/09/14
This is basically marketing content but I'm including it today as evidence of a wider trend in learning toward workplace performance support over formal in-class training. As the headline suggests, performance support needs to be context-aware, knowing not just what the learner is doing but also what they've done (and learned) in the past. More...
Performance funding is not the way to improve university teaching
This issue has deep roots in university history. University students were (and are) expected to be much more self-directed than school students. Partly as a result, the academic workforce did not make university teaching into a profession. More...
Study Questions Effect of Performance Funding
By Paul Fain. A growing number of states -- 35 so far -- have created performance-based funding models that tie portions of appropriations for public colleges to outcome measures such as degree production or student graduation rates. A new research paper examines results of performance-funding formulas in Ohio and Tennessee, which are home to two of the most established of such policies. More...