I was very excited to find that my "Opportunity Knocks" question from 10/14/08 (see below) was the basis for The Big Question for November on Network Feedback on the Learning Circuits Blog? Thanks for the mention, Tony! I'll be watching the replies to this month's question very closely.

The ASTD Big question this month is What did you learn about learning in 2007? I learn so much all the time from ... few of the lessons I have learned. Mostly about the power of the network and Web 2.0 tools. First, I learned how far a ... on its own. If you create a learning nugget that people need...they will find it. Learners hunt for relevant information.As learning professionals we need to find out what nuggets interest learners...not what courses to design. Second, I learned first hand the exponential power of the social network of the web. My blog book tour was a huge success for ...

This month's ASTD Big Question on the Learning Circuit's Blog is about Social Networking and finding help and ... Blog posting Network Feedback . The assumption seems to be that there is one "best" place for asking a question. One social network for Learning Management System questions and, perhaps another, for a question about learning strategies or ... and find expertise -How to use Social Media to Find Answers to Questions -How to Learn through Conversation And then ... could be more efficient in finding answers. I think the question sort of misses the power of social networking and ...

The Learning Circuit Blog’s Big Question for November is all about Network Feedback, specifically if you need ... information you need, when you need it. He posed the following questions: Where to go in what cases? What works and ... get help ahead of time? Are there places you can go if you are relatively new and needing to ask questions? At EMC ... special cases can’t be handled by a script). So I posed the question on EMC ONE and in Yammer. I was hoping some ... resolution in EMC ONE, because I would imagine this question will come up again. Here are my answers to some of ...

What Would You Do to Support New Managers? I was just reminded of the big question while cruising reader.google.com ...my RSS reader of choice these days. Our fearless uber-learning-blogger Tony Karrer points out Dave Lee's concern that there hasn't been much discussion about this month's question. So, I'll add some fuel for thought! I'm not sure I totally understand the question. It looks like some of us are answering the question by discussing how much ... . YOU are not insignificant. YOU have an online identity. YOU have access to the connected world. YOU have a network ...

This month's ASTD Big Question is, again, a series of questions. Apparently one BIG question is not enough for the learning and development community. We aim to exceed expectations. If you have a to-learn list and are willing to ... third, I think learning how to network with others to acquire the necessary learning (once identified on the "to-learn ... "to-learn" list. Some of the items are necessary and some are "pie-in-the-sky." I tend to have two methods of working on ... with no real objective just a need to "learn more about" a particular term, item or piece of software. The other ...

Learning Circuit's big questions for December are: 1. What will you remember most about 2006? For me, it will probably be my first complete year of blogging. I have learned absolutely masses from both the process of blogging ... , network building and the co-creation of content as an output of learning. ... corporate learning and development community is inherently conservative. If you strip away the warm and cuddly layer ... 'sage on the stage', who believe e-learning is another name for CBT and who do not recognise any learning that is ...

... with a Dell XPS, the iMac simply ROCKS! Stay tuned for my response to Part II and III of THE BIG QUESTION ... What will you remember most about 2006? I've been planning my year in review post and just noticed THE BIG QUESTION .  Cool! 2006 has been a GREAT year!  I have several events to be remembered but most importantly 2006 will be remembered as the year of The Learning Triad:  blogs, wikis, and RSS.  Since starting the Corporate eLearning Development blog in August '05 ( post #1 ), I've discovered so many of fabulous, passionate, Learning ...

... networks, and user-generated content.  But the biggest surprise to many of the big players will be the introduction of new startups with extremely POWERFUL webservices and OPEN APIs at a FRACTION of the cost of the big boys.  (I will ... virtual environments are going to make a big move into the Learning world in 2007.  Efforts like SLOODLE which mashes ... Shaffer hits the shelves very soon.  I believe it will begin to move Games into the learning world as a legitimate learning tool.  I loved reading this book and have recommended to all my friends.   The book can be ...

April Big Question - Content Vendor Value : eLearning Technology ... jump on this months Big Question from LCB - ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do? Ill be curious to ...   0 comments links to April Big Question - Content Vendor Value Permalink: April Big Question - Content Vendor Value Bookmark this page at ... -Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning ...

In the Learning Circuits Blog , Tony Karrer poses a whole series of  questions related to the role of learning and development professionals in promoting informal learning / social learning / learning 2.0 within organisations: Q: Must learning professionals be literate in these things? Well I don't know about must , but they certainly should, if they want to remain credible as sources of expertise on organisational learning. This is sadly a a long ... process risk becoming ever more peripheral to the big issues, as the emphasis on formal learning interventions ...

The big question: what did you learn about learning in 2007? René Meijer - The Echo of Teaching Clark Quinn Kapp Notes: ASTD's Big Question for December: New Learning How to leverage a Network: What I Learned in 2007 ... We've somewhat lost our fearless Blogmeister, Dave Lee, so we've not been doing the Big Questions the past few months. I'll be doing the moderating. But, we are starting again ... The Big Question for December is: What did ... . If you post on a blog, please include a link to this post. Ideally, you would also include the Big Question ...

The big question: what did you learn about learning in 2007? René Meijer - The Echo of Teaching Clark Quinn Kapp Notes: ASTD's Big Question for December: New Learning How to leverage a Network: What I Learned in 2007 ... We've somewhat lost our fearless Blogmeister, Dave Lee, so we've not been doing the Big Questions the past few months. I'll be doing the moderating. But, we are starting again ... The Big Question for December is: What did ... . If you post on a blog, please include a link to this post. Ideally, you would also include the Big Question ...

The Learning Circuits Blog has started up its monthly Big Question again and the question, perhaps appropriately as we see out what remains of the year, is 'what did you learn about learning in 2007?' I'm tempted to say 'most ... whole new 'macro theories' ( George Siemens and Connectivism , Jay Cross and Informal Learning ) and a whole raft of micro-theories emanating from cognitive neuroscience (as just one example see my Science of Learning posting ). However, my own reflections have centred more on how it is that people learn at work, not in terms of what goes on inside ...

I periodically get feedback from people on the value of having the varied perspectives that come in through the Big Questions. I'm sure that participants have seen that value as well (although it likely differs from month to month). I also wanted to point out that a recent T+D article Learning and Networking with a Blog used perspectives from the October 2006 Big Question - Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging? You can see a bit more of the article that got deleted at: Learning and Networking with a Blog (Deleted Scenes) .

I periodically get feedback from people on the value of having the varied perspectives that come in through the Big Questions. I'm sure that participants have seen that value as well (although it likely differs from month to month). I also wanted to point out that a recent T+D article Learning and Networking with a Blog used perspectives from the October 2006 Big Question - Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging? You can see a bit more of the article that got deleted at: Learning and Networking with a Blog (Deleted Scenes) .

In the Learning Circuits Blog, the big question for October is "I'm interested in a career in e-learning ... I'd also recommend joining the main e-learning associations, i.e. eLearning Guild , wherever you are in the world, as well as the eLearning Network (workplace learning) or the Association for Learning Technology (education), if you're ... into the e-learning landscape - as a manager, a consultant, a salesperson for a vendor, a designer, a developer, or a ... learning, as there are considerable differences in the approaches that each of these sectors adopts when it comes to ...

Over on LCB , The Big Question for October has been posted: Should All Learning Professionals be Blogging? This is an interesting question and it's quite timely given recent occurrences. Brandon Hall Closes Free Yahoo Discussion ... to the LCB Big Question. Post a challenge you are facing. If you don't find value, then let me know - because I will be ... discussion groups and BH is starting an eventually paid social networking service. This sparked heated response from people who ... Nonstop Hours on a Single Course? Learn Me Happy - Example post - A really worrying trend.... and of ...

... question that hopefully can produce something of value. The Big Question is... Where are the Examples of eLearning? Please answer this question by posting to your own blog or commenting on this post. (For further help in how to ... is a "good example"? 13-Jun-2007 00:00:00 Adele Lim learning & development LCB Big Q for June: Eg of e-Learning ... Circuits Blog Example of eLearning 09-Jun-2007 10:33:33 Kevin Vaughan Flexible Learning Network Designing e-learning 09-Jun-2007 08:34:26 Karl M. Kapp Kapp Notes Show Me the Examples! ASTD Big Question for June 07-Jun-2007 ...

... question that hopefully can produce something of value. The Big Question is... Where are the Examples of eLearning? Please answer this question by posting to your own blog or commenting on this post. (For further help in how to ... is a "good example"? 13-Jun-2007 00:00:00 Adele Lim learning & development LCB Big Q for June: Eg of e-Learning ... Circuits Blog Example of eLearning 09-Jun-2007 10:33:33 Kevin Vaughan Flexible Learning Network Designing e-learning 09-Jun-2007 08:34:26 Karl M. Kapp Kapp Notes Show Me the Examples! ASTD Big Question for June 07-Jun-2007 ...

The Big Question for March on the Learning Circuits Blog is 'what is the scope of our responsibility as learning professionals?' I took this to be an issue of scoping, i.e. what are the expectations of our various stakeholders ... can provide an infrastructure which will support bottom-up learning. The question then arises (and this may be the major point of The Big Question) - does the learning professional have a part to play  in bottom-up learning, and if so ... this question as just a topical response to the increased interest in informal learning - it's an issue that has ...

... this in a second... Separately, Dave Lee ( The Learning Circuits Blog: Throwing a Big Community Net ) has provided a ... place: Should more learning professionals be blogging? (Barry Sampson) Independently, Dave Lee suggested that question ... that there's a few who should stop blogging. Of course, then it raises a couple of questions: Which learning ... Out of the original October 2006: Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging? , we've seen some pretty amazing discussion. But, we've also reached an interesting point. As Peter posted ( The Learning Circuits Blog: Community Net ...

Examples! ASTD Big Question for June This month the question is "Where are the Examples of eLearning?" and we ... Aldrichs blog entry for the big question has a great list of games and simulations that you need to check out ... Thoughts on Innovation... List to Learn, Learn to List Games for Change Social Networking Not Corporate ... Kapp Notes This blog discusses issues concerning learning, e-learning and the ... create a better understanding of learning design. ~ Blog Content Guide ~ Subscribe to this Blog ~ My Home ...

This month's question comes out of part of the dialog that occur during the recent Work Literacy course . While discussing social networking for personal learning, the question came up around being able to reach out and get help from people or find expertise in the form of a person / conversation. Thus, for November we are exploring: Network ... Questions How to Learn through Conversation However, the question overly simplifies the problem. Different ... : eLearningTechnology Posts so far (and read comments as well): Karyn Romeis - November's Big Question: getting ...

This month's question comes out of part of the dialog that occur during the recent Work Literacy course . While discussing social networking for personal learning, the question came up around being able to reach out and get help from people or find expertise in the form of a person / conversation. Thus, for November we are exploring: Network ... Questions How to Learn through Conversation However, the question overly simplifies the problem. Different ... : eLearningTechnology Posts so far (and read comments as well): Karyn Romeis - November's Big Question: getting ...

... contribute to ASTD's Learning Circuits Monthly Big Question. You can find this on the Learning Circuit's Blog ... My article in Training + Development Magazine was just published - Learning and Networking with a Blog . You must ... October 2006 on the question - " Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging ?" You can find a somewhat tongue-in-cheek ... scenes": Getting Started with Blogging Probably the first step in blogging is learning about blogging for ... : http://www.ibm.com/blogs/zz/en/guidelines.html Common Questions and Issues around Blogging There are a ...

... eLearning Technology italki - Social Network for Language Learning Too many ... Value from LinkedIn Big Question is Back Semantic Web Applications - Mundane or ... -Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and ...

... locating your friends and now proximity dating.    One of the big questions is who will dominate location ... learning.  As critical mass develops over time for location-based mobile blogging and networking, I'll be ... location-based social networking, what applications do you imagine for corporate learning programs?   ... This one's a recent article by Ross Dawson about trends in location-based mobile social networking.  Included, too, is a link to an excellent TechCrunch summary on the state of location-based social networking apps on ...

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 person looking to get a job in the field of e-learning vs. a person who knows little about the term. I ... coding ( w3schools is good) Visit the Learning Circuits blog and find others’ suggestions on this question ... community. Realized I was learning as much as I did in my Master’s program. joined online social networks ...

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