ASTD’s Learning Circuits Blog has a monthly ‘Big Question.” This month it’s: I’m interested in [the field of] eLearning. What should I do first? I’m responding to this question from the perspective of a ... do?’ joined ASTD, ISPI, e-Learning Guild, went to Masie lab. Said ‘holy shit, how do I do this?’ ... ) joined social networks enrolled in a Master’s program at Capella University (Education - Instructional Design for ... learning as much as I did in my Master’s program. joined online social networks, started using all the newest ...

WIKIs, best practices dissemination via RSSrss feeds for hr pagesUsing a tool like "linked in" to help network our ... sharing on wikionline reference for patient careusing podcasts for our ASTD chapter to introduce upcoming speakers ...

WIKIs, best practices dissemination via RSSrss feeds for hr pagesUsing a tool like "linked in" to help network our ... sharing on wikionline reference for patient careusing podcasts for our ASTD chapter to introduce upcoming speakers ...

Christine Martell’s post on ASTD today concerns how we, as training natives, might need to adapt to use social learning.  She references Ray Jimenez’s post expressing similar concerns.  Christine asks, What do we do when content is generated by the users? Ray suggests we become trainer-facilitator-network weavers. Is our role shifting to be more of a guide? Creating rich resource pools which learners can dip into as needed? I'm beginning to understand more why Ray is agonizing over social learning. Not only are we being asked to help others make fundamental changes in how ...

... ourselves to go from Learning Objectives to Performance Objectives and Business Needs.Kimberly McCollum in The networked ... saying "Yes" and the level of understanding and adoption among people in the profession. Go to an ASTD conference and ask ... way in which people network and collaborate. First of all, the web 2.0 concept must be appropriate to the organisation ... better be supporting their vision. Of course we must use network technologies ourselves. Understanding how to apply social networks to improve organizational performance is a prerequisite for shaping learning and development from here on ...

... ourselves to go from Learning Objectives to Performance Objectives and Business Needs.Kimberly McCollum in The networked ... saying "Yes" and the level of understanding and adoption among people in the profession. Go to an ASTD conference and ... - it permeates all aspects of the way in which people network and collaborate. First of all, the web 2.0 concept must ... better be taking the lead. And weâ¬"d better be supporting their vision. Of course we must use network technologies ourselves. Understanding how to apply social networks to improve organizational performance is a prerequisite for ...

... at ASTD recently was that most people were completely unaware of all of this. They have their head in the sand.Harold ... about your network than your current knowledge.Gina Minks: Adventures in Corporate Education What Competencies do ...

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, cost, etc.Likely I (and others in Work Literacy) will be doing similar workshops over the next few months. If you are ... in Workplace Learning Tools such as blogs, wikis, social networks, social bookmarking, and ...

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 ... Presentation at the ASTD Conference.

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 is that most of these tools are not very good. I've recently tried to use the one associated with the ASTD conference. It's not going to help me connect with people. I feel I'm relatively adept at networking via online tools, and ...

Last week I presented a session at ASTD TechKnowledge entitled eLearning 2.0 - Applications and Implications. It could ... issues in First Thoughts After ASTD Sessions.I'm writing this post for both attendees of the session to have some notes and ... / 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 ⬢ ...

... broadest audience. And somehow, ASTD conferences attract 50-75% newbies to ever conference. If you look at it, there is a ... 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, ...

Planning for ASTD TechKnowledge 2008. When I was writing that post, I told myself that I really needed to sit down and ... , 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 ...

ASTD TechKnowledge 2008 is coming soon in San Antonio. Now that it's less than a month away, I thought I'd sit down and try to do some conference planning.To help me prepare, I went back to a few previous posts on related topics...In ... 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 ...

... around this. I've basically limited myself to eLearningGuild and ASTD conferences. My expectation is that I'll be doing ... 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 ...

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 ... for action.You're generally left feeling short-changed.Uh oh ...I was pulling together my slides for ASTD ...

QuinnKapp Notes: ASTD's Big Question for December: New LearningHow to leverage a Network: What I Learned in ...

QuinnKapp Notes: ASTD's Big Question for December: New LearningHow to leverage a Network: What I Learned in ...

Recently we have seen the release of two annual reports - the ASTD's 2007 State of the Industry Report and Training Magazine's 2007 Industry Report. Both show similar growth in the use of e-learning in the USA. As a share of total formal training hours, the ASTD shows e-learning at approximately 25% (up from 11% five years ago), while Training Magazine shows e-learning at 30%. What caught my attention was how this 25-30% was made up, with about 2/3 asynchronous (self-paced ... similar progress, with email, forums and newsgroups; the World Wide Web; social networking using blogs, wikis ...