Sunday I hop on a plane for Denver, the locus of ASTD's TechKnowledge conference. In the past, this was generally an introductory conference, with lots of very basic material. It was perfect for newbies. This year's TechKnowledge looks to be more sophisticated. Elliott Masie delivers one keynote, Ray Kurzweil the other. If you read Internet Time Blog ... designing the Un workshops we announced yesterday . Our first unworkshop focuses on using blogs, wikis, and other web tools to improve learning effectiveness, so participants will create a blog, start a wiki, give a podcast, and so ...

ASTD TechKnowledge 2009 is coming to Las Vegas in January. I'm doing two sessions including a keynote / general session - descriptions below. If you are planning to go to the conference and read this, please drop me a comment because Get Together at Conferences - F2F Still Matters . Better yet, go take a look at: Be an Insanely Great Professional Conference Attendee Better Questions for Learning Professionals Continuing Thoughts on Questions What Questions ... -learning 2.0 methods to see examples of where and how tools such as social networks, social bookmarking, wikis, blogs, and ...

TechKnowledge Wiki wiki wiki ASTD TechKnowledge ASTD TechKnowledge If you are going please... Upcoming ... presenting at ASTD TechKnowledge in Las Vegas as compared to the eLearningGuild's Annual Conference in Boston. Still, it does ... I saw a post by Bill Ives - Conference Blogs on the Rise : Individuals have blogged about conferences for some time. It seems now that more conference events are sponsoring these blogs and trying to aggregate those blogging the conference. It is a way to start the event on a virtual basis prior to the start and then continue the conversations ...

ASTD TechKnowledge 2008 San Antonio is over. After having had a little time to think and reflect, here’s my ... Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas) soured my overall impression of TechKnowledge 2007, but TechKnowledge 2008 seemed to be ... can’t this guy do? I hate you, David Pogue. My burning jealousy aside, it was a great start to the conference ... desperately to implement wikis in my organization, but significant obstacles exist, including a particularly change-averse ... final-day conference letdown. Why do half of the participants always disappear before the final day of a conference ...

Wikis, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking, Collaboration Tools in your organization?" I have a list of about 30 ideas ... slamming the use of small group breakouts during conference sessions. It's a tired old fossil of a format. The ... my slides for ASTD TechKnowledge and had planned to do a small group breakout and then have each group contribute to ...

Better Conferences - Response Needed : eLearning Technology Im pretty sure its not just me... I believe we can build better conferences. And, I need you to help by ... suggestions for what youd like to see in future conferences (add comment). If you dont vote, then well assume you either will never go to a conference or think that every conference is just great as it is. I am talking to conference organizers ... conferences I regularly attend - and no offense to the eLearningGuild, ASTD, etc. - because most conferences have these ...

Here are the slides for the ASTD TechKnowledge Presentation . It was an all day workshop and we spent most of the time in Second Life but you may find the slides helpful. For the ASTD Conference, we talked about a couple of books used for Second Life. Here are the links: Other resources: SL Portal LSL Wiki Here is a post to additional links: Second Life Resourses: Supporting NCTT Opening Address __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

... here is the MSIT Second Life Wiki which ontains the paper for the conference and a ton of useful resources. Here ... Today I am presenting on the topic of Designing Problem-Based Learning Environments in a 3D On Line Virtual World at the 19th International Conference on Teaching and Learning . And I am receiving an Award for Innovative Excellence in ... TechKnowledge Presentation . Here are a couple of books used for Second Life. Here are the links: Other resources: SL Portal LSL Wiki Here is a post to additional links: Second Life Resourses: Supporting NCTT Opening ...

I'm on the flight back from ASTD TechKnowledge and thought I should try to capture some initial thoughts from the conference and sessions while it was still fresh and before life clouds my memory... I did two sessions and face time at the conference. I also had some really good lunch conversations. I found that one-on-one and small group is a fantastic way to have meaningful discussions. It's too bad that there aren't ways to do more of this at a conference. Are there models for this that people have seen work at different kinds of conferences? I need to go back and ...

Last week I presented a session at ASTD TechKnowledge entitled eLearning 2.0 - Applications and Implications. It could ... Conference Breakout Sessions ). Provide the content. I've embedded all the content from the slides. Provide thoughts ... examples mentioned including Intuit using a Wiki-like system for customers to ask questions/get advice around taxes, using a ... participants. Question 1 - What are the most likely ways / places your organization might or does use Blogs, Wikis, Social ... / Training 9 22% Other 8 20% Supporting Meetings, Conference Rooms, Phone ...

... familiar with social bookmarking. About half were familiar with blogs and Wikis, but very few had any experience. By ... TechKnowledge 2007, but many people came to the Applications presentation without having attended the 101 presentation. I ... . 3. Handouts The conference hadn't printed enough handouts. At the start of my session I told ...

Learning : eLearning Technology Last week I presented a session at ASTD TechKnowledge ... introductory survey that I conduct (thanks to the suggestion via Conference Breakout Sessions ). Provide the content ... tools as part of learning solutions. There were about 7 examples mentioned including Intuit using a Wiki-like system for ... your organization might or does use Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking or Collaboration Tools? Choose ... % Supporting Meetings, Conference Rooms, Phone Numbers, Facilitation Assignment, agenda, etc. 7 ...

13) Social Conference Tools - Expect Poor Results (13) Instruction eLearning 2.0 and Quality (11) Social ... ) Online Conferences and In-Person Conferences (8) Searching for Expertise - LinkedIn Answers (8) eLearning ... something you'll hear in a big way. The fact that this is one of the general sessions at ASTD TechKnowledge is ... Twitter Mass Follow - Nevermind. Free Virtual Conference => Discussions We held our second annual Learn Trends conference. And there was a fantastic course Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals . Both were big successes. Lots ...