Not at all, argues one professor. Daniel Jelski looks at the trends governing what work will look like in decades to come and arrives at an unpopular conclusion: The best bet is to forgo engineering skills and develop empathy by studying psychology and literature instead. Read More »
Collaboration
A nonprofit research center that specializes in long-term forecasting recently released a report detailing the 10 key skills that will be relevant to the workforce of the future. What are they, and are our schools doing enough to instill them? Read More »
The latest IBM CEO study reports, “More than 62% of development projects fail to meet the intended schedule and 30% of project costs are due to rework and poor execution of requirements.” IBM Jazz is working to address these problems through greater support of developer collaboration.… Read More »
Every so often, a friend or relative of mine decides that they want to be able to handle more of their work online, and in my circle, I’m the person that gets asked about how to do it. Just what information I point these friends… Read More »
Distance learning has gone mainstream. The U.S. Department of Education report “Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning” states that “on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.” Consider the following: In the 2006–07 academic year, 66 percent of… Read More »
Many web workers welcome August and September because their kids head back to school, making work a little easier. But some web workers are excited about the fall for another reason: because they’re heading to school themselves. Advancing your education can often make sense: you can learn… Read More »
