Subscribe to FeedGood Questions Identify eLearning 2.0 Opportunities
I'm a big fan of questions (see Better Questions for Learning Professionals) and as I'm preparing a workshop (Revolution in Workplace Learning) one of the things I stumbled upon is what seems to be a great new question:Given that eLearning 2.0 (web 2.0, wikis, blogs, social networking, etc.) represents new ways of supporting learning and work ... as a learning professional, what are the new questions that I need to ask as part of analysis?There must be new questions that we need to ask in order to figure out if and how eLearning 2.0 approaches apply to given performance improvement ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, July 3, 2008 - CommentsVideo Ratings
I received a question today and thought I'd ask blog readers if they can help with answers. The question comes from a blog reader who captures a lot of different videos within their organization. They have "over a couple of thousand of video and audio clips that new hires and tenured employees are currently using for on-boarding and training." What they want to do is to help employees better access the video content. They've seen viddler which allows people to tag specific sections within the video. They are interested in that capability, but also in rating the videos, and ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - CommentsFirewall Problems and Solutions
I would love to hear back from people on this as I received a question around firewall problems and solutions that I've not heard as much in the past couple of years. This blog reader provides eLearning content to a variety of customers from their hosted solution. Their solution uses a variety of technologies including: .wma files, JavaScript, Flash, HTML and downloadable PPT.Their issue is that they are running into customers who are tightening their firewall settings and it causes some of their content to not work.My sense is that the days when IT was doing things like ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, June 27, 2008 - CommentsRevolution in Workplace Learning
Just wanted to announce that I'll be doing a full-day workshop in Cincinnati (actually in nearby Kentucky) for the Greater Cincinnati ASTD on July 15. I think this is going to be an interesting and fun workshop. I'm hoping that a few folks who read this blog will go.You can go to their site: http://gcastd.org to find out more about specific place, time ... in Workplace Learning Tools such as blogs, wikis, social networks, social bookmarking, and RSS ... author of the award-winning eLearning Technology blog. Dr. Karrer earned both his M.S. and ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, June 16, 2008 - CommentsSkimming Strategy
... so sure. Yes, we need opportunities to reflect, but for me that's blogging. I'm reflecting on his article as I write. But, indeed, I skimmed through passages.
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - CommentsLearning Organizations, eLearning 2.0 and Edupunk
Janet Clarey wrote an interesting blog post in response to the relatively recent edupunk meme which is basically an ideology that DIY learning and repurposing content is the way to go (and somewhat the ONLY way to go). Janet juxtaposes ... tools (such as blogging and social bookmarking) for themselves that are different than the corporate tool (the LMS) do ... their engagement at the company? Do you show them the internal blogging tool only?The answers are going to depend on the ... to be easily searched. Etc.But I would claim that if you are talking about blogging as an ongoing learning ...
eLearning Technology - Saturday, June 7, 2008 - CommentsTopic Diversity
Through the post on Conference Balance an in thinking about the keynotes at ASTD that I attended (ASTD Keynote - Malcolm Gladwell, Dysfunctional Teams), I realized that one of the reasons that I like going to conferences is it forces me (sometimes slowly and painfully) to get exposed to a diversity of topics. Through my PWLE methods (reading blogs, etc.) I would not have run across the concepts in Dysfunctional Teams. This was a good topic to go through and think about - and to have captured in my blog.But, if I'm suggesting that conferences should head towards participation and ...
eLearning Technology - Saturday, June 7, 2008 - CommentsWork Literacy Launch
I'm very happy to announce that Michele Martin and I have just launched Work Literacy - a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work.This venture comes partly from my experiences doing presentations, workshops, blogging around eLearning 2.0. When discussing new(ish) tools like blogs and social bookmarking, and discussing ... tag: WorkLiteracy Comment Blog your thoughts. When you blog, include the term workliteracy or better yet a link ...
eLearning Technology - Sunday, June 1, 2008 - CommentsWhat to Say When a Colleagues' Family Member Dies
This is fairly off topic for this blog, but this is something that's come up several times recently for me, and I've struggled with it each time. This morning I received a note from a colleague to tell me that their mother died last night and that they couldn't do our scheduled call. I'm always at a loss as to what to say ... I honestly sat in front of the email this morning trying to figure out what I should be saying. And I rewrote the email a bunch of times. I never felt the words in the email were the right words. I'm generally okay with saying something about being sorry for ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, May 29, 2008 - CommentsBlogging Advice - It's Good for You
Just saw this article - Blogging -- It's Good for You. I've added that link to one of the most bookmarked pages on this site: Top Ten Reasons To Blog and Top Ten Not to BlogThanks to Donald Clark for pointing to this.Reminder that Blogging and Social Networking Boosts Your Social Life. Are we sure we don't want Mandatory Blogging?
eLearning Technology - Thursday, May 22, 2008 - CommentsCorporate Social Bookmarking Tools
I was just asked on twitter about use social bookmarking tools that work behind the firewall. I thought I had blogged about this before, but I'm not finding the post.Here are the social bookmarking tools that I commonly cite in presentations:BEA PathwaysCogenzConnectbeamdel.irio.us - perl based, very similar to del.icio.usIBM Lotus ConnectionsScuttle ⬠Open SourceWSSsearch - SharePoint add-onAny others? Good comparisons of these?I originally included: Jive Software - because I thought they had it, but it appears they don't.
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - CommentsCorporate Policies on Web 2.0
Computing GuidelinesOther company policies or discussions of guidelines I've seen around blogging, social media, web 2.0:Feedster Corporate Blogging PolicyThomas Nelson Blogging GuidelinesPlaxo Public Internet Communication PolicyHill & Knowlton Blogging policies and guidelinesYahoo Employee Blog GuidelinesBBC Blog GuidelinesSun's Policy on Public DiscourseGrooveWhat Should Your Corporate Policy Be On Blogs?However, I'm not really sure how many organizations have ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - CommentsDissertation Wiki
Karyn is asking for help via a post on her blog - So, how did you get started... and what difference has it made? Basically, it's about the use of Social Media by learning professionals. She is looking for first had experiences. I hope she's successful in finding them and publishing about them.She also made one comment that was very interesting:To the consternation of my rather conservative university, I am submitting the dissertation in the form of a wiki (although ... . If I could have done it via a combination of blog posts and a wiki, that would have been a completely ...
eLearning Technology - Saturday, May 17, 2008 - CommentsBlog Discussion
Dave Ferguson just raised the issue of blog discussion that has come up before when I talk about Learning and Networking with a Blog. The issue he raises in Mandatory Blogging is:Here at your own blog, you often have extended discussions ... points out that given the 90-9-1 Rule he's not likely to get much dialog by creating a blog, posting and waiting for comments. I actually think Dave has a pretty good blog. So, the real question is:What should a blogger with relatively ... ? If so, how? Or what else should they do?I talked about different Types of Blog Discussions before. And Dave ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, May 15, 2008 - CommentsASTD Conference
Anyone going to the ASTD Conference in San Diego in June? It's nice to get together at conferences. If you are going - please drop a comment below.Even better if you might be interested in blogging about sessions, thoughts, notes, etc. from your experience at the conference. I won't even say it's Mandatory Blogging. :)Likely this is a better way to have success with networking ahead of the conference (Social Conference Tools - Expect Poor Results). ASTD's site still hasn't provided much value for me. But maybe I'm missing it.A few other things you might want to look at prior to going ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - CommentsMandatory Blogging?
Over the past two years, my thoughts around blogging as a learning and networking tool have been slowly evolving.In Oct 2007, the LCB asked - Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging? I summarized the responses in: Top Ten Reasons To Blog and Top Ten Not to BlogAt the time, while I felt that blogging was something good to do, I didn't push all that hard. But, slowly I started pointing to:Learning and Networking with a Blog (Deleted Scenes)Blogging - I'm Pushing Harder NowNow I'm starting to feel that blogging is such a powerful learning tool that if I was going to send an employee to ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - CommentsLearning Blog
I often suggest learning blogs (see Learning and Networking With A Blog (T+D article) and Personal Learning Strategies). In other words, blogs are a fantastic tool for Personal Learning. I often suggest during presentations that starting a blog at the beginning of any learning endeavor is a great move. I just saw this:I have decided to take the plunge ... keep myself grounded, to have a record of the process and hopefully so that other educators will find this blog and ... creating a learning blog is a great move.
eLearning Technology - Monday, May 12, 2008 - CommentsTwitter Status
... countless resources...Websites, videos, etc. Faster than blogs SarahStewart @dswaters Gives me instant access to group of people to share information & ask for advice k1v1n @dswaters without twitter I would have never met you. And I learn tons from you. suzievesper @dswaters - the sharing of collective knowledge and the support of like-minded educators.Inpi Twitter keeps us in touch with the last discoveries in "webland", gets help for "web-troubles", most of all feeds sense of communityThat's interesting both from the content and also from getting a question answered pretty quickly ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, May 8, 2008 - CommentsI Report Bugs - Do You?
I received an email telling me that my blog was having problems (showing code all over the page). I quickly checked and didn't see a problem and sent an email back. The response I received was:Your blog looks fine now. Sorry for wasting your time.What a misconception. The person had taken the time to report a possible bug on my site. In my mind they are doing me a huge favor.Most of the time I report bugs. And this extends beyond the online world. If I'm at a restaurant, I will try to tell the manager about an issue - most of the time not to fix it, just to make them aware. Of ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, May 8, 2008 - CommentsMake Me Better
Needing help to Make Me Better is a common issue. April 2008's Big Question was What would you like to do better as a Learning Professional?I appreciated part of Karyn's answer -"How do you plan to achieve that?" Oh crud, I don't know.I think this is a common problem. We often define goals and then we struggle with the specific steps to help make me better. One of the beauties of blogging is that you can enlist the support of lots of other people who help you think ... comments on this blog. There have been a few new commenters who I truly thank for helping to make me better. Thanks.
eLearning Technology - Thursday, May 1, 2008 - Comments100 eLearning Articles and White Papers
My collection of eLearning Articles, White Papers, Blog Posts, etc. just reached 100. Thought I'd share. No ... illustrated below. Each cell is supported with video examples. 10. Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education (Techlearning blog ... 24. Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge 25. The Bamboo Project Blog: My Personal Learning Environment An ... | Beyond School 44. games2train.com: Marc Prensky - Twitch Speed 45. Learning and Networking with a Blog (Deleted Scenes ... (Techlearning blog) 63. Personal Learning Environments Wiki - JITT 64. The Wales-Wide Web | Personal Learning ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 28, 2008 - CommentsLearning Objective
Through the comments in Blog Learning (itself about learning through discussions on blogs) something hit me. Stephen ... that this blog (eLearningTechnology)'has significantly more than the new learner "needs" to know. 'I would hope so!But it also made me realize that someone might come to this blog thinking that it's purpose was to help them learn. And that the core objective might be to help a "new learner."What's the learning objective associated with this blog? I hate to ... is to help other people learn.In other words, the objective of this blog is not really to try to teach the readers ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 28, 2008 - Comments90-9-1 Rule aka 1% Rule in Collaborative Environments
I was just talking to someone who is regular reader of my blog and they claimed that I had never officially posted about the 90-9-1 Rule which is often referred to as the 1% Rule. Basically this rule tells us that in collaborative environments, e.g., discussion groups, wikis, etc. for every 100 people that sign up:90 will lurk (read with no active participation)9 will participate in a limited fashion (maybe rate or comment periodically)1 will regularly post contentOf course, you can try to improve those percentages through:Incentives or requirements (students must blog - it's ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 28, 2008 - CommentsSocial Conference Tools - Expect Poor Results
... blog entries, or set up a conference page on Hitchhikr and link to that. (I'm considering doing a major rebuild of Hitchhikr.)Generate a tag cloud that represents the conversation that is the conference.If you have a social network or are connecting to profiles in some other way, ask attendees (physical & virtual) what's on their radar, and post that, perhaps as a tag cloud. Keep the conference web site going ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - CommentsBlog Learning
Something I (probably too often) talk about is learning via a blog. It certainly is a great lens to have in viewing the world. It puts you into a learning mode. It naturally builds a network of learning cohorts. Simply put, it's a ... learning via blog comments and blog posts by other bloggers - likely much more than anyone reading the blog itself.In ... either. I've seen them so often, I just assumed I should be doing them also. Blog learning!In many cases, I post my ... and didn't seem to "know" anything.Blog Learning!I'm not claiming this is anything new (see Blogging for Learning ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 21, 2008 - CommentsBrowsing Blog Content
I've added BrowseMyStuff to my sidebar and particularly links to keywords found in my blog and those found in various eLearning blogs.Browse eLearning Blogs - http://www.browsemystuff.com/browse/elearning/Browse eLearning Technology - http://www.browsemystuff.com/browse/eLearningTech/It's nice that it basically provides automatic categorization. For example, here's eLearning 2.0 related posts on my blog:http://www.browsemystuff.com/browse/eLearningTech/elearning-2-0/Let me know what you think.
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - CommentsFight in the Blogosphere - Finally
It's Friday afternoon for me, I went to Bloglines to read some posts. And, I was happy to see some entertainment for a change. I apologize to those of you who feel this is serious stuff, this Friday afternoon, I'm not feeling that serious... With that preface...I've got to say that in comparison to other worlds of blogging, all us folks in the learning ... of Jay's book to poke holes. I can't say I've not done similar things (see Thomas Davenport and Blogging - He is Wrong! : eLearning Technology). Luckily Davenport writes a blog, but either doesn't respond to other bloggers or doesn't ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, March 7, 2008 - CommentsPersonal Learning Tools and Technologies
PLE - Knowledge Work Not Separate from LearningLearning and Networking With A Blog (T+D article)Personal Learning ... Design and TechnologyThe Inevitable Personal Learning Environment PostDerek's Blog: More on MLEs and ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - CommentsTechKnowledge 2008 Blog Coverage
My experience has been that ASTD audiences do not blog as much as other audiences such as the eLearning Guild and I commented about that in More eLearning Bloggers. However, I've noticed that there have been quite a few posts discussing experiences at ASTD TechKnowledge 2008. Here are a few: First Thoughts After ASTD TechKnowledge Sessions.ASTD TechKnowledge 2008, Lots of FunTK08 - Tony Karrer and Implementation of Social LearningHow to Add Scenarios to Your Rapid E-Learning Courses...Rapidly!@ ASTD TechKnowledge 2008 (Wednesday)Questions from the ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - CommentsBlogging and Social Networking Boosts Your Social Life
Just saw this report - Blogging Boosts Your Social Life - a rather limited study, but interesting reporting:Bloggers reported a greater sense of belonging to a group of like-minded people and feeling more confident they could rely on others for help. All respondents, whether or not they blogged, reported feeling less anxious, depressed and stressed after two months of online social networking.I can honestly say that the bloggers and social networkers I know who make a real effort with identify with these statements.Time to go back and update - Top Ten Reasons To Blog and Top Ten Not to Blog ...
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