- Adult Online Learning: The Experience of Skill Building in the GT OMSCS ProgramPIs: Julia Melkers (Arizona State University) and Ruth Kanfer Project: Online skill building graduate programs are rapidly gaining popularity among adults seeking to reskill or upskill their competencies in bright prospect fields, such as computer science. The GT OMSCS program has … Continue reading “Adult Online Learning: The Experience of Skill Building in the GT OMSCS Program”
- Harvard Next Level Lab Speaker SeriesThe Harvard Next Level Lab is based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education within the larger research group known as Project Zero. Their work is focused on synthesizing the findings of cognitive science, neuroscience and learning sciences as an … Continue reading “Harvard Next Level Lab Speaker Series”
- The National Academies: Human-AI Teaming Webinar now availableTo view the public webinar, please click the link.
- Network Research Highlight: Batch Your Smartphone NotificationsBy: Keaton Fletcher Work Science Center Network member, Kostadin Kushlev, recently set out to find the answer with other researchers. In his recent publication, Kushlev and the other researchers conducted a field test to see how changing the intervals of … Continue reading “Network Research Highlight: Batch Your Smartphone Notifications”
- How to Use LinkedIn for HiringBy: Keaton Fletcher Social Media, specifically LinkedIn, has played an increasingly important role in connecting job seekers with employers and recruiters. In an article recently published in Personnel Psychology, Roulin and Levashina (2019) presented data from two studies exploring how … Continue reading “How to Use LinkedIn for Hiring”
- WSC Network Research Highlight: The Social Price of SmartphonesBy: Keaton Fletcher Smartphones have become pervasive. Work Science Center Network Member, Kostadin Kushlev, recently published a review on the social costs of smartphone usage. Smartphones are designed to capture our attention, and increased use has been shown to increase perceived distraction … Continue reading “WSC Network Research Highlight: The Social Price of Smartphones”
- Mapping Signs of Trust in RobotsBy: Cathy Liu Advancements in automation in the workplace have created opportunities for increased collaboration between humans and machines. A recent article on Axios about human trust towards robots emphasized the importance of “calibrating a human’s trust to a machine’s capability.” Humans must find … Continue reading “Mapping Signs of Trust in Robots”
- Robot-Assisted Surgeries: Technology Changing Team DynamicsBy: Pooja Juvekar & Keaton Fletcher The introduction of new technology to the workplace can influence the way employees complete their tasks, including how they coordinate with one another. A case study published in the International Journal of Social Robotics (Cunningham, et … Continue reading “Robot-Assisted Surgeries: Technology Changing Team Dynamics”
- Technology and EmotionsBy: Keaton Fletcher As the role of technology in the workplace increases, we have to continue to examine what the role of humans is, and will be. One quality of humanity that sets us apart from technology (so far) is … Continue reading “Technology and Emotions”
- Network Research Highlight: Cyber-Vetting May Be Limiting Talent PoolsBy: Elizabeth Moraff & Keaton Fletcher A recent paper published by Debora Jeske, Sonia Lippke, and Work Science Center Network Member, Kenneth Shultz, in the Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, highlights the increasingly confusing role of social media in job … Continue reading “Network Research Highlight: Cyber-Vetting May Be Limiting Talent Pools”
- Healthcare Goes High-TechBy: Catherine Liu Modern healthcare organizations are adapting and innovating in response to the boom in artificial intelligence. A recent paper details two distinct branches of use for artificial intelligence in healthcare: virtual and physical. The virtual branch encompasses the use of … Continue reading “Healthcare Goes High-Tech”
- Millennial cyberloafing: Why it’s costly & how to approach the problemBy: Jacqueline Jung With access to technology and the internet nearly ubiquitous in the modern workforce, organizations are struggling with a relatively new phenomenon: cyberloafing. Cyberloafing is the use of technology at work for non-work-related purposes (e.g., checking social media, … Continue reading “Millennial cyberloafing: Why it’s costly & how to approach the problem”
- WSC Distinguished Lecture: Ken CatchpoleDate: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Ken Catchpole gave the second of the WSC Distinguished Lectures, titled “Task, Team, Technology Integration in High Technology Teams”
- Bruce Walker Interviewed for Inaugural ScienceMatters PodcastDate: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Bruce Walker, Professor of Psychology at Georgia Tech, and friend of the Work Science Center was recently interviewed for the inaugural ScienceMatters Podcast at GeorgiaTech. During this interview, he discusses data sonification and ways of making data and results … Continue reading “Bruce Walker Interviewed for Inaugural ScienceMatters Podcast”
- What is the Ideal Robot Teammate’s Personality?By: Keaton Fletcher What kind of robot would you want for a teammate? A recent theoretical paper argued that robot personality will influence individuals’ and teams’ motivation. To better understand robot personality, we must first briefly describe personality traits in humans. The … Continue reading “What is the Ideal Robot Teammate’s Personality?”
- Automating FashionBy: Xinyu Chu Although automation and robotics has long impacted manufacturing jobs, with recent technological advances, even more traditional office jobs are feeling the change. A New York Times article by Noam Schieber discusses the role automation is playing in the fashion … Continue reading “Automating Fashion”
- Did You Google It? Enterprise Social Media Enhances Autonomous LearningBy: Keaton Fletcher It has become expected by both employers and employees that jobs will require continued learning over the course of one’s career; enterprise social media is one method that companies can use to facilitate learning. According to a conference … Continue reading “Did You Google It? Enterprise Social Media Enhances Autonomous Learning”
- Reading the IT Leaves: NSF’s ITEST Program & the Future of WorkBy: Keaton Fletcher Technology is clearly changing the entire workforce, but how can workers change to keep up? To help this massive transition, The National Science Foundation sponsored ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers). ITEST works to connect students from … Continue reading “Reading the IT Leaves: NSF’s ITEST Program & the Future of Work”
- SIOP 2017 Shaken & Stirred Presentations
- After Automation: Will There Be Enough Jobs?By: Keaton Fletcher Will your job be replaced by a robot? A report by McKinsey Global Institute suggests probably not. Most people in the workforce today have, like those before them, wondered whether they will be replaced by new technology. The concern is so … Continue reading “After Automation: Will There Be Enough Jobs?”
- Newsletter Issue No. 1
- Science Fiction in Work: New Technologies in the WorkplaceBy: Keaton Fletcher In a recent article, CNN highlighted seven ways in which technological advances are potentially changing the way we work. For example, humans are generally pretty terrible at cybersecurity. Many companies have started to use biometric authentication (e.g., iris … Continue reading “Science Fiction in Work: New Technologies in the Workplace”
- Back to the Future: How Current Technological Changes Are Nothing NewBy: Keaton Fletcher In a recent podcast, Peter Grumble of Mckinsey Global Institute spoke with Susan Lund (a partner at McKinsey) and Richard Cooper, Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics at Harvard University, about the concerns regarding the changes advances in technology may bring … Continue reading “Back to the Future: How Current Technological Changes Are Nothing New”