This month's ASTD Big Question on the Learning Circuit's Blog is about Social Networking and finding help and expertise if you have a question or a concern for which you need input and/or advice. The basic question is " If you need ... and find expertise -How to use Social Media to Find Answers to Questions -How to Learn through Conversation And then ... social network for Learning Management System questions and, perhaps another, for a question about learning strategies or ... input from the field I do the following: -Send the question to our Yahoo! Group Listserv -Post a discussion question ...

... 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 ...

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 Groups In case you hadn't seen this, Brandon Hall has decided to stop moderating and to close their Yahoo Groups ... 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 ... Nonstop Hours on a Single Course? Learn Me Happy - Example post - A really worrying trend.... and of ...

... and How Much? - The Learning Circuits Blog The Big Question - For a given project, how do you determine if, when and how much an instructional designer and instructional design is needed? At Yahoo, a need to hit refresh - c/net Note: this article came out before the big annoucement , however, it would make an excellent case study. By many ... themselves--instead of the company--first, according to people familiar with Yahoo. Wherefore art thou M-learning ... Designing E-Learning - University of Leicester Gilly Salmon, Professor of E-Learning & Learning Technologies ...

Happy Holidays from Enspire Learning Things That Light Up My Life I'm a Gamer 3.0! The Big Question ... company offerings. A big explosion in the last 2 years. In the 90s there were one or two ways to do e-Learning: CDRoms ... activities + delivery of learning activities = Learning Experience Can go to a big restaurant and have lousy food ... constant. Look at where you are at on the innovation curve. Questions: Learning Objects: I was always skeptical of ... emerge as we get through this next phase in the industry? I think rapid e-Learning will be a big one. I was a victim ...

... publication. It has various authors and does a monthly Big Question that receives contributions from many different bloggers ... buttons to quickly add it to Bloglines, My Yahoo or Google Reader. Also, if you feel I should have put other people in ... on Learning Clive Shepherd - make learning things happen electronically Corporate eLearning ... e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Mark Oehlert - how culture and technology come together over the space we call 'learning.' eLearning Technology Yes, completely self serving pointer to my own blog. To get a sense ...

The Big Question is back... December Big Question - What did you learn about learning? I'm ... started my blog in February 2006. I started using del.icio.us and Yahoo MyWeb to save bookmarks - locally saved ... through Disruptive Changes in Learning . and unless you innovate ( Innovators' Dilemma in Learning/eLearning ) you are going to fall prey to alternatives be it do-it-yourself learning or start-ups . A purely virtual conference ( Free Online Conference - Corporate Learning: Trends) with amateur organizers, gorilla marketing through social networks, and ...

I said in this post to see how I did for the year. Shortly, I'll be responding to this month's Big Question with my Predictions for Learning in 2008 . Biggest challenges for 2007? I could answer this as the biggest challenges for Learning Professionals generally, and maybe I'll come back and do that, but for now, let me just write what I see ... would have thought. Informal learning will be a big topic and will become more formal Interestingly, I feel like ... consultant on a broad range of topics. And if you are talking Reusable Learning Objects, Courseware Templates, ...