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 - CommentsLearning Professionals Leaders
... about your network than your current knowledge.Gina Minks: Adventures in Corporate Education What Competencies do Knowledge Workers Need?How can you design with these new tools if you don't understand them? How can you apply them to your existing systematic learning system if you don't know what the heck wiki even means? So, yes, learning professionals must learn and use these tools, and then apply the tools to there existing framework ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - CommentsRevolution in Workplace Learning
... in Workplace Learning Tools such as blogs, wikis, social networks, social bookmarking, and RSS readers are revolutionizing formal and informal workplace learning. GCASTD is bringing nationally-known expert Dr. Tony Karrer to Greater Cincinnati to present a fun, engaging, fast-paced workshop that will allow you to use these "eLearning 2.0" methods and tools for yourself and your organization ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, June 16, 2008 - CommentsLearning Organizations, eLearning 2.0 and Edupunk
... networking tool, then you are doing a disservice to learners if you show them only internal tools bundled with the LMS or any tool that is locked inside the walls of the corporation. These are going to be real challenges for learning organizations and trainers moving forward.Hopefully, we'll begin to see ways to allow a better handling of inside and outside the firewall solutions. For example, having social bookmarking that allows links to be kept private to a group ...
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 ... make sense of all that is happening that changes how we do our knowledge work.Our goal is create a vibrant network of ... , teachers, coaches, and I'm sure many others. The network is intentionally defined in a way that will allow it to ...
eLearning Technology - Sunday, June 1, 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 - 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. Of the 15 comments here before I started this one, 12 were from 10 people other than yourself. That's a terrific exchange, though I doubt that's the norm. For me to get 15 comments, I have to go back a month, and half those are my own.Dave points out that given the 90-9-1 Rule he's not likely to get much dialog by creating a blog, posting and waiting ...
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 ... might if they really wanted to help attendees learn and network.) ...
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 into the world of National Teacher Board Certification. I am going to record my thoughts and experiences here as a way to keep myself grounded, to have a record of the process and hopefully so that other educators will find this blog ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, May 12, 2008 - CommentsTwitter Status
... my network with Twitter! Gregory Thompson @dswaters I use Twitter+YahooTubes+RSS Aggregator and it brings me wonderful content via links every day, a place for inspirational sparks barbs1 @dswaters love the community of sharing and support for our celebrations frustrations sorrows Huge impact on learning new stuffonlineteacher @dswaters Twitter is critical app 4 me b/c shared brilliance n human connections brighten everyone's world n I can share n do same (teach)Sunshinetalia @dswaters because i can stay current with what other educators/ elearning peeps are up too! I get great links to resources & readings 2 ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, May 8, 2008 - Comments100 eLearning Articles and White Papers
13. Managing the Complexity of Forming an Online Networking Community: 14. Innovate: Moving from Theory to Real ... 24. Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge 25. The Bamboo Project Blog: My Personal Learning Environment An ... . Instructional design - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 43. Podcast on Social Networking in Project-Based Learning | Beyond School 44. games2train.com: Marc Prensky - Twitch Speed 45. Learning and Networking with a Blog (Deleted Scenes ... Internet for Networked Individualism 68. Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction: An Introduction Just as Malcolm Knowles ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 28, 2008 - CommentsSocial Conference Tools - Expect Poor Results
Consider a social network for your conference. Although I remain skeptical about social networks, social networking is ... Hitchhikr.)Generate a tag cloud that represents the conversation that is the conference.If you have a social network or are ... problem - lack of skills and experience. I've questioned before Conference Networking Tools - Do They Work?and the answer ... . It's not going to help me connect with people. I feel I'm relatively adept at networking via online tools, and have talked about how I use tools ahead of events Secret for Networking at Events - Prenetworking it's still ...
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 wonderful learning tool.But what struck me recently is how great the feedback and interaction can be. In other words, I'm learning via blog comments and blog posts by other bloggers - likely much more than anyone reading the blog itself.In ... Networking) but the comment this weekend gave me new appreciation of the value proposition.
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 21, 2008 - CommentsPersonal Learning Tools and Technologies
Very little on models or frameworks. Here are some of the links:Requirements of a PLE FrameworkSocial Network Operating ... PLE - Knowledge Work Not Separate from LearningLearning and Networking With A Blog (T+D article)Personal Learning ... : Creating Personal Learning Networks: Part 2 growing changing learning creating: If this is your first PLE ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, March 5, 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 ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, March 3, 2008 - CommentsWeb 2.0 Applications in Learning
... places your organization might or does use Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking or Collaboration Tools ... organizations are adopting these tools in a big way - The Wall Street Journal - June 18 2007 - social networking at ... ¬¢ Connectbeam ⬢ IBM Lotus Connections - Dogear ⬢ Scuttle ⬠Open Source Social Network Systems ⬢ Awareness Networks ⬢ CollectiveX ⬢ Communispace ⬢ HiveLive ⬢ IBM Lotus Connections ⬢ iCohere ⬢ KickApps ⬢ Lithium ⬢ Microsoft SharePoint ⬢ Ning ⬢ Ramius CommunityZero ⬢ Select Minds ⬢ Sparta Social Networks ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, March 3, 2008 - CommentsPWLE Not PLE - Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning
... some actual system. There will be Social Network Operating Systems that will allow us to pull together our highly personal environment. But, too much structure is not going to work.I mentioned quite a while ago (in Personal Work and Learning Environments (PWLE) - More Discussion and Personal Work and Learning Environments) that:Knowledge work is not separate from learning.Yes, there are times that Knowledge Workers will step away from day-to-day activities to go do developmental learning activities that may not be directly related to their day-to-day knowledge work ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - CommentsMaking the Most of Attending a Conference - Ideas Needed
In comments in the post Death of Magazines - Broader Deeper Coverage, Virginia Yonkers commented:I have to wonder what you expect to get out of a conference. I have never gone to a conference with the expectation of learning anything (although it would be a nice aside) but rather to network, discuss issues, and market (myself, my institution, my discipline, my theories/philosophies).and laterI just had two papers accepted at the AERA conference in NYC this year and am ... . I'm going to present at the conference and I'll get together with folks for networking and discussion. I'll learn ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - CommentsDeath of Magazines - Broader Deeper Coverage
... and Networking With A Blog (T+D article)) have to be somewhat of an overview. You cannot assume that people come with ... aggregator role, but they may be made irrelevant by networked aggregation unless they get out in front today.Certainly, ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, February 11, 2008 - CommentsChallenges 2008
... small group networking, speaking at virtual conferences, speaking at conferences and writing?My goals for all of this are to accelerate my learning, continue to build my network, and find interesting opportunities. In terms of accelerating ... opportunities, my personal network that was built through years of different kinds of face-to-face interactions is still ... that rival what I have in my face-to-face network? Will this net more interesting opportunities? Challenge #2 - How ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - CommentsSocial Network Operating System
... the "social graph"-the network of relationships a person has, independent of any given networking system or address book ... face right now that I described in Social Networking Entrepreneurial Opportunities on my SoCal CTO Blog.Certainly, what ... statement that:The essential ingredient of next generation social networking, social operating systems, is that they will base the organization of the network around people, rather than around content.First, I don't necessarily consider the social operating system to be "next generation social networking" ⬠rather it's a layer that allows us to have ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, February 4, 2008 - CommentsASTD TechKnowledge 2008 - Conference Planning
Education ConferenceSession Hopping ⬠A Practical GuideConference Networking Tools Ray Sims had some good practical suggestions in the comments of Conference Networking Tools that suggest how to make contact. It somewhat presupposes you have a purpose. It also supposes you can get into and use ASTD CONNECT for the conference. I don't think I have a login yet. Does anyone else?I also looked at a few posts more from the presenter / organizer standpoint ...Better Conferences - Response NeededConference Breakout SessionsThe better conferences post reminded me that one of the more interesting sessions I've been involved recently were very small (10 person), very early (7AM) sessions that were a moderated group discussion on a particular topic ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, January 28, 2008 - CommentsLooking Back at 2007
... diminished. Instead, I now need to get smart on things like community, networks, personal knowledge management and other such ... Communities / Social Networking and LMS Mergerannouncement around Mzinga. There's also more community platforms and ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, December 31, 2007 - CommentsFacebook Enterprise Application
If you've not seen this, there's a Facebook application by Worklight called Workbook that represents an overlay to turn Facebook into an Enterprise Social Network application. This is something I've been expecting for a while based on some conversations with large organizations who planned to use Facebook as their social network.WorkBook combines all the capabilities of Facebook with all the controls of a corporate environment, including integration with existing enterprise security services and information sources. With WorkBook, employees can find and stay in touch with ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, December 20, 2007 - CommentsConference Session Breakout
Update: 12/19/2007. There has been great discussion in the comments. I wanted to provide a bit more context for this.The session will be workforce learning professionals (an ASTD audience). They will range greatly in terms of the kinds of organizations, their experience.I'm trying to get them to think about the question "How might you use Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking, Collaboration Tools in your organization?"I have a list of about 30 ideas, but I think it's useful to think about your organization, your specific context and come up with ideas for where these ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - CommentsBlogs as a Basis for Social Networks
Interesting to see the buzz around Diso.DiSo (dee ⬢ zoh) is an umbrella project for a group of open source implementations of these distributed social networking concepts. or as Chris puts it: "to build a social network with its skin inside out". Our first target is Wordpress, bootstrapping on existing work and building out from there.This aligns pretty well with my experience of Learning and Networking with a Blog. It appears to be heading in a good direction where you ... network solutions is encouraging.
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - CommentsBest eLearning Blog
... extraordinary Learning and Networking Tool. Through blogging, I've accelerated my learning greatly, I've met too many interesting people to possibly name and thank, I've met up with many of them face-to-face at various events, and truly it's become an integral part of my professional life. I look forward to continued conversation about the intersection of technology and learning.Update: I just saw a post by Clive Shepherd - Edublog Award Winners ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, December 10, 2007 - CommentsCommunities / Social Networking and LMS Merger
... tool - Firefly) and Shared Insights - a community / business social networking software company.From what I can gather from ... certification.This merger points to another direction - combination of LMS capability + community / social networking.
eLearning Technology - Thursday, December 6, 2007 - Commentsitalki - Social Network for Language Learning
... italki is an interesting website in the language learning space - which seems to be very busy these days. They provide the ability to connect with other learners who are trying to learn a language. People find each other using the site and then connect via chat, IM, voice/Skype, etc.There are other resources, but the use of a social network to find people who can help each other learn the language is a great idea.Not sure if it can work in practice given the many other barriers that will come up.I'd be curious what people think about this as a learning mechanism.
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