Because NBC kind of failed to do it (see previous post), I'm compiling my own list - I would LOVE your help! (I've stolen a few of these from Marketing Nirvana's past lists but would like to not only update that but broaden it to include more the learning/training field) John Mackey, CEO - Whole Foods Bill Marriott, CEO - Marriott J onathan Schwartz, CEO - Sun Microsystems Various GM execs Craig Newmark, Founder - Craig's List Ross Mayfield, Founder - SocialText David Sifry, CEO - ...

Christy Tucker (Experiencing E-Learning) has been live blogging her participation in the Technology, Colleges and Community online conference. Lots of fantastic stuff going on in parallel.

... feed list, as I've had about enough of the irrelevant political commentary. Please get back to online learning, instead of pretending to be a political pundit." Fair enough. One of the good things about blogs is that they attract debate and you can learn a lot from differing opinions. But it set me thinking about how this whole blogging experience had changed from when I started three years and 320 posts ago. I didn't start blogging for professional reasons and had no ... with a new communications medium. In fact, what I found was that blogging transformed my professional life into ...

... those blogs which are likely to support our own view of the world? Are we misleading ourselves into thinking that because we all believe in social networking, informal learning, mobile learning, simulations, virtual worlds and all sorts of other 'alternative therapies', that anyone else in the world of learning and development agrees (or even knows what we ... (notably those rubbishing NLP, learning styles, BBC Jam, etc.) had received enormous quantities of critical comments ...

I just saw a blog that appears to have been created solely as a means to interact, capture thoughts and ideas during the Brandon Hall Innovations conference. It's a great way for folks not at the conference to have a sense of what's going on there. And, I bet it is a fantastic learning and networking experience for the blogger. Kudos to the BH folks for encouraging this even if there were issues .

Well, just over six months in, and I'm still here, albeit with a backlog of ideas/thoughts that really should be up here by now. So it's nice to find that this blog was selected as a Blog of the Week by the Learning Technologies team. A useful little motivator to step things up a little.

When I want to learn about something I start writing about it." - Phil ...

Today is Blog Action Day , and the topic is fighting poverty. One of my colleagues at EMC has already posted his Blog Action post (go see Steve Todd’s post). I thought I would just tell my story. I grew up in Northwest Florida . My father got out of the Air Force as a conscientious objector when I was 5 years old, right at the end of the ... my reading ability (sounds familiar to me now..). I was classified as gifted, and went to the Learning Center (a place ... is in Information Studies, and learning how to refine my information seeking skills has continued to open doors for ...

... via Oehlert ) Hi, My name is Brent Schlenker, and I'm a page-turner eLearning pusher. I'm not happy about it, but to all those employees, and clients, who's lives I've destroyed (okay, that's pushin' it) peddling "the crack" of Learning...I'm sorry! But there's hope! The Learning Clinic is open for business. And if you're reading this blog then you've already taken your first step towards recovery: You've entered the Learning Clinic...the bloggosphere...the ... : Either pushing (creating) or consuming click2death learning courses. Or maybe you're in denial and you want to explain ...

... some of which are new to me. Blogs up this month: Learning Visions"--Cammy Bean http ... Scott Merrick (also check out Scott's SecondLife Blog ) runs the ISTE's Blogger's Hut in Second Life. Scott's ... before I got Scott's email telling me I'd been nominated as Blog-O'-the-Month. How kind! If you spend any time in ... a blog to be featured throughout the next month in the RSS feed located within the hut. Stop by the Blogger's Hut at http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/6/129/22, to vote! The Blog-o'-the-Month for November is Dr.

In keeping with the Back to School theme, his week over at the TrainingDay blog , my post is called Back to School Special. The post discusses what learning professionals should be thinking about as students head back to classes. As professionals, we always need to keep learning and the posting provides "homework" to help with the learning process. Stop by the site and leave a comment, you could win a free book. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

This week over at TrainingDay blog , my post is titled Combine Simple Games and Information . Why not create distracting "casual games" that also educate customers or employees. Why do all the learning games have to be "serious." Let's make learning games fun and learning more "accidental" than forced. Perhaps less focus on Immersive Learning Simulations and more focus on fun and games. Fun is motivational and engaging. Also, thanks to Bart at Virtual Learning Worlds for leading me to the game I posted about on TrainingDay. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended ...

... fantastic processing tool for all of the new stuff I'm learning and a reason to try new technologies - if only for blog ... comment, it's worthwhile. Dr. Bob Cherry - I'm finding it hard to "get" blogs (almost certainly my failing)I am beginning ... " and wants to talk (a real menace sometimes). On Facebook and blogs the social/professional interaction seems much less ... started blogging, my goal was to get a lot of stuff out of my head. Forcing myself to write for public consumption, I ... abandoned numerous blog posts because, as I wrote, I realized my position was idiotic. The posts you've never seen ...

I am a gardenia...... During last week's illness (and before I killed off my old computer), the eLearning and technology blogs seemed like too much work for my fever-addled brain. I couldn't concentrate on my usual round of reading (news, sports, cooking). I couldn't get comfortable enough to sleep. I found myself reading fragrance blogs. (I can ... throes of odd research projects for no apparent reason. I've learned over the years to go with it. The perfume ... . - They are very supportive of each other - bloggers regularly comment on each other's pages. The message boards and blogs ...

... successful? Please chime in! Also see: Blogs in Plain English RSS in Plain English Directory of Learning Tools: Blogging Tools Directory of Learning Tools: RSS Feed Tools ... Many of us techies have been using RSS for years, and you may even run your own blog. This stuff is pretty much ... ton of potential related to RSS in terms of learning and I don’t think many people are harnessing it well (yet ... people in settings like this. Blogs can also be a fantastic way to record your progress on projects, take notes, ...

... what they receive, they learn new skills, they learn to discipline and channelize their energies. These are the real ...

Tony Karrer has just rebranded and launched eLearning Learning . It's kind of like Technorati, but community focused around the singular topic of eLearning. I've added a widget to my blog's sidebar that lets you browse my stuff (it does the tagging for me, so I don't have to). If you click on a topic you'll go to the hub, where you can access posts by others on the same topic. Let me (and Tony) know what you think!

I read Tom Haskins' post on Blogs Defy Categorization . As usual, he got me thinking: What if blog postings are emergent outcomes? What if we don't make blogs happen, they simply happen to us and through us? What if our blogs are really out of our control? What if blogs are co-created with every other blogger interdependently? What if the boundaries between blogs are illusions? What if blog postings come about synergistically: by the countless interaction effects between all the blogs we subscribe to and read (and blogs that link to those). What if blogs are fallout (side ...

... learning professionals that read my blog to check out the blogs from Shelley's class, and comment. Encourage them. As ... I discovered this post via Google Alerts that I have set up for "learning design". ( If you don't use Google ... requirement of the class is to set up a blog account and keep a biweekly reflection jounal to discuss the week's readings and record additional reflections related to online communities and online learning, instruction and design." This is cool for a couple reasons... 1) There are courses out there that are actually encouraging grad students to blog...very ...

502 | An Introduction to Blogs, Wikis, and RSS - New Technologies for e-Learning Brent Schlenker ... kicked off today: An Introduction to e-Learning: The A to Z for Getting Started Concurrent Session Block 4 Friday, September 21 â€" 8:30a to 9:45a 401 | E-Learning Metrics that Work Bob Dust , Gyrus Systems 402 | Getting Started with e-Learning Standards and SCORM Thomas Winterstein , HunterStone, Inc ... Keys to Successfully Implement e-Learning: Engaged Learners, Motivated Managers, Energized Organizations Lance ...

... like the long thoughtful posts...its inspiring to read what I'm thinking, clearly. His blog titled Learning Matters! at ... Clark Quinn from Learnlets welcomes Tony O'Driscoll to the learning bloggosphere. And so do I...in a BIG way ... not enough has been placed on what the fundamental value proposition of learning is to the organization." "In the ... contexts that engender true generative learning experiences. 2L is a true Context Creation platform. Let's promise each ... learning happens least and in so doing we are leaving the informal learning to chance." That's only a small piece of ...

As you can probably tell, I decided to change things up a bit on my blog. I changed the theme and added a couple of links to some school projects. I also added a badge for the eLearning Learning community as well as a widget for the community (so be sure to check out all the new eLearning links!) I’ve been busy at work helping build a new external-facing community (as soon as it is live I’ll talk more about that!). Between that work, my grad school class ... neglect my blog. Who knows, maybe things will change and I’ll have lots of free time soon. If not, I’m ...

Day 4 and I am on the verge on actually having the number of tabs I am closing by blogging them, surpass the number of new tabs I am openning because evidently I have some sort of OCD that compels me to right-click on every interesting link (and Oh the time sink that the Dilbert and Calvin and Hobbes widgets for Netvibes are!). Thanks to everyone (*and I mean you Mark Friedman*) who has remembered that the Tip Jar is also part of this experiment! :-) Now for ... the tail. **I also learned a new word: sabermetrician. Turns out that this is from " Sabermetrics is the ...

I stumbled across Owen's Thesis (actually its a request to contribute to his thesis) and blog via a Technorati ... structure around creating a tool that is a combination of a wiki and blog. Before you roll your eyes and say, "hey, there's a ton of people already working on that." I would encourage us, the learning community, to participate and help by adding our thoughts to his thesis. Why? Because its exactly what this whole new paradigm in learning is all about ... this stuff throughout the year I am constantly looking for fresh ways to present this swing of the learning ...

Blogroll in Pageflakes" ... hmmm ... what the heck does that mean? It kind of gives me a visual of someone dunking a yummmy snack into a bowl of sugar-coated cereal! But I digress *hahaha! Anyway, if you are a regular reader of this blog, you will enjoy what I have put together for you this morning. It's a pageflakes webpage that aggregates the blogroll found on this blog together into one spot . It's one stop browsing for eLearning stuff. Enjoy! PS: If you are new to pageFlakes and want to learn more, then see this post . Note: photo attribution to Darwin Bell .

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 ... blog and offer encouragement, help and companionship along the way. I know this happens all the time, but it's a quick reminder that creating a learning blog is a great move.

Something I (probably too often) talk about is learning via a blog. It certainly is a great lens to have in viewing ... , I'm learning via blog comments and blog posts by other bloggers - likely much more than anyone reading the blog itself ... most conferences either. I've seen them so often, I just assumed I should be doing them also. Blog learning! In many ... would worry about hiring someone who always looked up answers and didn't seem to "know" anything. Blog Learning! I'm not claiming this is anything new (see Blogging for Learning and Networking ) but the comment this weekend gave me ...

... disconnected that link somehow...temporarily. Today, I find myself remembering his blog title Utechtips and realized it wasn't in my feed reader in the Learning folder any more. BTW- Its a great title for a blog for him because his last name is Utecht...perfect. So I'm checking out his blog today trying to virtually catch up with him and find out some very ... had no idea his video was the inspiration for THIS ONE . He tells the story in his blog and connects the web2.0 dots...brilliant. I would encourage everyone to read the following blog posts about his experience: What is ...

I came across this website while reading a post from Dr. Karl Kapp on Training Day . For the benefit of those who haven't read the Training Day Blog or who may be new to the field, here is a link to the Training Pageflakes page containing the key blogs in the field. This is a great one-stop-shop for the key blogs in the field. WARNING: Opening this page opens an invaluable resource to the field containing hours of information and thousands of links. Prepare to spend a lot of time reading!!!!!

... the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." ~ Eric Hoffer This ...