Dennis McDonald has a great post about Using a Blog for a "Web2.0" Presentation instead of PowerPoint . I love his postscript: "I debated whether or not to use the term "Web 2.0," which has fallen out of favor among the cognoscenti ... blogs in eLearning? That's a big question. But I also think its the wrong question. I don't think we can push the use of blogs on our users in the same way that we push eLearning solutions. Blogging is only effective if the blogger is engaged and willing to partipate in the conversation, and express opinions. Perhaps a "blog-style" approach to a new ...

27 Inspiring Women Edubloggers View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: education women ) I'm humbled (in that "feeling like a fraud" sort of way) and also inspired to be included with some really great bloggers -- some known to me, and some brand new. Thanks, Zaid ! Janet Clarey and Michele Martin helped start the conversation that led to Zaid's new list. For more conversations on women in blogging check out these posts: Blogging the Personal An older post, Where Are All the Women Part ...

... on ticking away, but one of the inspiring bloggers I enjoy keeping up with is Dennis Coxe's Sailing by the Sound blog. In one of his last posts he got me on to this presentation by Garr Reynolds based on the book ‘ Brain Rules ' written by Dr. John Medina. The presentation is a lot of fun, really focused on the essence of how the brain works and specifically how presenters can make a presentation much more thrilling for their audiences. The only downside is when the presentation falls into the "10% oral/ 30 visual/ 65% oral and visual" trap; which has been discussed ...

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... go to Presentation Zen . This is Garr Reynold's excellent blog about all-things-presentation and should be a must ... Recently a few people have asked me about the best way to create a presentation. It seems that they are stuck or ... some tips from the "Presentation" portion of my book Winning E-Learning Proposals. Be careful with your background ... or larger. Remember that when you are creating the presentation, you are right there and can see it up close. In a conference room or other presentation area the viewers are further away from the screen and they don't all have 20/20 ...

Here are the handouts and the slides for the presentation that I did on Wikis, Blogs and Social Networks. It was a fun, hands on presentation where many of the attendees had a chance to create a blog and a wiki. This session esd conducted at the Training 2007 Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. I enjoyed the audience and had a lot of really great questions and ideas from the audience members themselves. Thanks for contributing to a great session. Click on the ... presentation on Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: Tools for Tranferring Knowledge from the Boomers to the Gamers. __ ...

... recorded and broadcast. Or maybe it goes deeper than that. Useful Commute: Designing a Powerful Presentation - BNET ... ," gives some great advice for creating a presentation that supports your message and keeps your audience engaged. Audio - about 10 minutes. The Workplace: Can blogs become a big source of jobs? - Herald Tribune Search "blog," "blogger" or "blogging" on the Indeed.com job board and more than 13,000 jobs come up. But narrow the search to job titles ... Environments - DARnet Tony Karrer tracks the blog posts on PLEs and work. Then he wonders. . . if people will adopt ...

... or the Net behind the Classroom . He has an abstract of his presentation posted on his blog. If you are interested in ICT4D, you better check out his blog, he calls it a personal research portal and by Jove that is so true. In this presentation, Ismael Pena-Lopez expands on his previous research into personal research portals to propose ways in which ... The Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research , University of Athabasca, presents the next presentation in their series of free CIDER sessions. Their next session features a presentation and discussion with Ismael Pe ñ ...

... to obsess over what some would consider meaningless details (typos on my blog notwithstanding). So I tried putting this ... live by. How many times have you seen a big, important PowerPoint presentation featuring a glaring typo on the ...

... created a site called MyBestDay.net. Four student teams are presenting this semester and are focused on Web 2.0 tools. His ... student teams created and presented proposals to 40 representatives from various organizations including Merck, Bristol ... €� category for their sales presentation. Their solution included a variety of tools such as a member questionnaire, tips & fun ideas, and links to blogs & discussion forums. In addition, members will utilize formal and informal learning modules ... presented a comparison of different hosting options and demonstrated their site design. The proposal also included ...

This morning, I had a great time giving a presentation to a group over in the UK via a mash up of Skype and Second Life. I presented to the Eduverse Foundation Symposium . Of course I would have liked to have been there in person but, since it was a virtual world conference, I figured that a virtual presentation made a lot of sense and is less time consuming. So using the video of Skype on one computer and the world of Second Life on another, I gave a tour of MSIT ... Session (list of links to blog entries I've done about Second Life and 3D Worlds) Learning Archetypes for 3D ...

Serendipity is a wonderful word for how most blogging gets done. You discover something unexpectedly, begin to make some mental connections, and then reflect on it by writing about your new find in the hopes that someone will find it interesting as well and add something to the conversation. Last night, while preparing presentations, I discovered Esko Kilpi from Finland. What a great name. Check out his article in Nokia People titled The Power of Peer Production . Its a big .jpg file but at full screen it's readable. Affiliation through personal choice: "Peer production is ...

I stumbled across Owen's Thesis (actually its a request to contribute to his thesis) and blog via a Technorati search on eLearning . His Thesis is titled Mimi: A Key Tool for ePedagogy. He has some great thoughts, ideas, and structure around creating a tool that is a combination of a wiki and blog. Before you roll your eyes and say, "hey ... groundbreaking to me, I do appreciate the effort in structure the content of such a HUGE topic. As one that gives presentations on this stuff throughout the year I am constantly looking for fresh ways to present this swing of the learning ...

For the live blogging info look below the AG08 synopsis) Frank Gartland at LinkedIn ( AG08 synopsis ): A primary challenge of any virtual event is successfully engaging the audience. Even skilled presenters often encounter challenges when bringing their presentations to a virtual environment. From getting the audience's attention at the start ... presenter. Anyone who has presented virtually understands the pressures and challenges inherent to this type of content delivery ... questions at the beginning of the presentation (he is focusing on virtual classroom training) and uses bulleted ppt ...

For the live blogging info look below the AG08 synopsis) Alan Levine's blog the presentation that he gave The Second Life wiki of the NMC campus Second Life, and virtual worlds in general, are high on the hype curve this year. While it's easy to point fingers at the well-known failed corporate attempts to use these environments, the sheer ... oriented presentation of SL and I really liked it. I - just like many other people apparently - joined SL just 2 and then put it aside. But thanks to a couple of educational friends and this presentation I want to go back in and really ...

Here are some links to some postings in my blog that provide additonal information about Second Life. Second Life Resourses The Office in Second Life...CNN in Second Life The Learning Webvolution. (article written with Tony O'Driscoll.) Second Life...Its Synchronous Discussion of some of the negative aspects of SL. Fair and Balanced Hope you found thess links helpful. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

For the live blogging info look below the AG08 synopsis) blog of Brent Schlenker (btw do not get scared while looking at the picture, he only showing his energetic soul) It is still difficult to use mobile devices to interact with the Web and the world around us, but new technologies are being created to help solve that problem. There are many opportunities to incorporate digital data with learning events that take place in a physical, real-world setting. In 2007 this technology significantly expanded in Asia, and it is coming to the U.S. in 2008. Soon all cameraphones will have ...

For the live blogging info look below the AG08 synopsis) wikibook Ruth Clark (AG08 synopsis) In a global economy, organizations must increasingly rely on adaptive expertise for innovative competitiveness. What evidence do we have on using e-Learning to accelerate expertise and build a more innovative workforce? Session participants will join Ruth as she guides you through research and practice on creative skills training, drawing from the 2008 edition of e-Learning and the Science of Instruction. You will see examples, identify best-practices, review evidence, and apply ...

I'm trying Slideshare for the first time. I've embedded the presentation from last week that I mentioned before . SlideShare Link A few posts that go along with the content: Delicious Upgrade Have Work and Learning Changed or the Way We Do Work and Learning? Learning and Networking with a Blog (Deleted Scenes) What is eLearning 2.0? eLearning 1.0, 1.3 and 2.0 Learning Trends Point To and Shape eLearning 2.0 Web 2.0 and eLearning 2.0 Start-Up Guides Personal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & ...

The first-ever User Generated Presentation - Social Media Group The idea behind it was to bring the principles of social media to the traditional presentation format - rather that having me (or anyone else) arbitrarily decide what information the audience required on the topic of social media, I let them pull what they wanted. Interview with ... video and full transcript . First Focus on Performance and Then Enable That - The Pursuing Performance Blog ... the pike AT them. PowerPoint: sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying - Presentation Zen PowerPoint is ...

I finally took the time (long overdue) to read Garr Reynolds’ excellent book on presentation design, Presentation Zen . For those of you unfamiliar with Garr Reynolds, he is the proprietor of the like-named (and likewise excellent) blog on presentation design . I’m a great fan of his blog, so it should be no surprise I am also a great ... called my own blog eLearning Zen, as my despair about eLearning so closely matches Garr’s despair about presentations ... - I found myself mentally replacing the words “presentation” and “PowerPoint” with ...

For the live blogging info look below the AG08 synopsis) The breakfast byte with Judy was already very motivating, so I am getting high hopes (she did mention she would speedtalk and speeddeliver knowledge... well, I am ready!) The presentation of Judy Brown Blog Judy Brown (AG08 synopsis) If not already doing so, learners will be requesting mobile capabilities for learning. How does the growing mobile environment fit into your learning landscape ... mentioned in the presentation. mobile: instant on, in the pocket, it has battery live that lasts a day, it is connected ...

I'll remind people when it gets closer, but if you read this blog and can come to a presentation in Irvine, CA on September 12, it would be great to have a few blog readers there. Details here .

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 ... blog and offer encouragement, help and companionship along the way. I know this happens all the time, but it's a quick reminder that creating a learning blog is a great move.

... eLearning Technology Tony Karrers eLearning Blog on e ... , 2007 Orange County - eLearning 2.0 Presentation : eLearning Technology Here is my presentation on eLearning that was presented at the Orange County ASTD. Im trying Slideshare for the first time. Ive embedded the presentation from last week that I mentioned before . SlideShare ... We Do Work and Learning? Learning and Networking with a Blog (Deleted Scenes) What is eLearning ...

The following invite is from the LIFE Center blog - An NSF Science of Learning Center : Dr. John Bransford, prominent education psychology researcher and editor of the book How People Learn, will be giving his first presentation in the ... (LIFE) Center, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Science of Learning Center. He will present his latest thoughts on ... presentation will take place in Second Life at Palladium/120/120 on Monday, October 2 from noon to 1:30pm Pacific Time. Please ... should be an outstanding experience. I haven't experienced an inworld presentation yet, and so I'm very excited ...

Just got done with a presentation titled "Games and the Gamer Generation: Realities, Myths, Traits and Training. Are ... presentation went well. I used the Turning Point audience response system. It worked pretty well and gave me a great tool for determing the make up of my audience during my presentation. It allowed me to be interactive with the audience, gain information from them and allow them to participate in the presentation. I really enjoyed using the technology. I ... received a rather nasty comment on the post-presentation evaluation about failure to include people born before 1960, they ...

I had a great time this Saturday presenting to ISPI Los Angeles on eLearning 2.0. This presentation was somewhat similar to past presentations, but I've added a couple of new slides and concepts. I'm including my slides (via Slideshare ... will be presenting a slightly different take on it this Thursday at a Free Online Conference - Corporate Learning: Trends ... Blog (Deleted Scenes) Understanding eLearning 2.0 Needed Skills for New Media eLearning 2.0 - An Immediate ... Related posts from several eLearning Blogs : eLearning 2.0 Web 2.0 eLearning Trends Enterprise 2.0 But ...

Learning from Bill Gates & Steve Jobs - Presentation Zen Mastering the large keynote presentation on stage still alludes Bill Gates. His keynotes are not terrible, they are just very average and unremarkable. Another Nail In The Coffin for ISD via ADDIE? Or Simply Another Alternative? - The Pursuing Performance Blog Much has been written in this decade about the death or dying of ISD - Instructional Systems Design via ADDIE. Five Innovative Examples of Blended Learning - CLO In its early stages, blended learning meant the mix of classroom (brick) and e-learning ...

... your predictions for 2007? Please post your responses to these 3 questions on your blog. You can post about you and ... questions by posting your response on your own blog. When you have it ready, come back here to Learning Circuits Blog and fill ... The Big Question logo to your post would be a perfect early Christmas present for Tony and I. Once you've entered your post in the form, check out some of the other posts and get involved. Be sure to comment on other participants blogs. or if you should feel a stronger need to write post another post to your own blog and repeat the process again. To ...