Learning Hack #011 The Content Concierge, with Stephen Walsh of Anders Pink

The Learning Hack podcast

John Helmer talks to Stephen Walsh, Co-founder of Anders Pink, the company whose digital curation tool helps individuals and teams to stay smart through continuous learning. Why has digital curation become so significant in learning in recent years? How effective are tools such as Anders Pink in combatting the problem of information overload when the volume of content published on the internet continues to grow every year? And will the lustre of these tools begin to fade when curation stops being a fashionable buzzword? 02:16 What does Anders Pink do? 03:53 The gestation of curation 08:17 Curation in the hype cycle 13:57 The clickbait problem 22:18 How does the algorithm work? 29:31 How selective is it? 34:38 AP in the learning ecosytem/stack 39:06 Content in the learner experience 42:30 The data-driven future Stephen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentwalsh/ Anders Pink on Twitter: @AndersPink Sponsor Offers: To learn more about Powtoon's Business solution (and claim your Learning Hack discount), visit https://go.powtoon.com/learninghack/ For a chance to win an Oculus Go VR, take part in Make Real's serious game team challenge by visiting stand G55 at Learning Technologies exhibition London 12th and 13th of February. https://makereal.co.uk Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/