Do no allow your training budget to limit you. This could possibly sound expensive. It doesn’t have to be though. We currently live in an economic boom that seems to last forever. Organisations have a strong focus on people and how to engage, develop and retain their employees. However, we all know nothing lasts forever. […] Read more
Skolkovo is a new urban community in Moscow, Russia, with a new University as its centerpiece. Designed by Herzog & De Meuron, the building is now open to students after five years of construction. The outer ring – 280 meters in diameter – accommodates faculty offices, administration areas, and meeting spaces, while the inner rings house […] Read more
DuoTrainin, the advanced learning technology company, announced the introduction of several course suites and hundreds of courses today. DuoTrainin is now your key destination for Talent Development, Workplace Essentials, Health & Safety / Quality Management, Languages and your own trainings / corporate compliance Learn faster: the same training is different for everyone with built-in intelligence […] Read more
The Waldorf School of Orange County, California, USA, is a set of buildings made from 32 shipping containers. It took 99 days to build the four free-standing buildings which provide 10,000 square meters of classroom space, administrative offices, a science lab, a library, a student lounge and an auditorium. Most of the framing and electrical […] Read more
We have become the speed-daters of mobile learning. With learners glued to their phones, you have only a couple of minutes to catch their attention. Let alone stick in their memory. Based on various researches, between 55 and 63% of all worldwide internet sessions are mobile. Moving toward a mobile-first experience means drastic changes in the way […] Read more
In April 2016, knitknot — an international collective of architects, urban planners, artists, and thinkers — unveiled plans for a low-cost school. The design team were crowdfunding the project, and were seeking $24,000 to complete the scheme. More than two years later, having secured the required funds, the architects behind the ambitious project have shared […] Read more
Virtual Reality, when done right, is a complete immersion that leads to mental transportation to another place. Your brain should feel like it is somewhere else, despite where your body is. I experienced this at the Dutch company ASML, who provide products and services to mass produce chips on silicon. Their operators train on the […] Read more
In the heart of New York City, Manhattanville by Renzo Piano is taking shape. Manhattanville is the new Columbia University campus. The long-term master plan will be completed in successive phases, the first of which includes the Jerome L. Greene Science Center, the Lenfest Center for the Arts, and the newly completed University Forum. While […] Read more
Why did the busiest person in the world, former U.S. president Barack Obama, read an hour a day while in office? Why has the best investor in history, Warren Buffett, invested 80% of his time in reading and thinking throughout his career? And did you know that Bill Gates reads a book a week? And […] Read more
According to architects BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), the design for WeGrow — the first school of office-sharing brand WeWork — seeks to ‘undo the compartmentalisation often found in traditional school environments and reinforces the significance of engaging kids in an interactive environment.’ Modular classrooms, tree houses, and a vertical farm have been designed by BIG […] Read more
