... learners (aka Learners 2.0), and how they best learn. Part Two reports on interviews with eLearning Guild members on how ... these tools at a number of different levels, i.e. Reader (or passive consumer) Participant (or active contributor ... learning professionals and actually appeared as an article in elearning age magazine this month.   Since that time I have been ... refined version of the one I mentioned in a previous posting.PostscriptDevLearn conference takes place 12-14 November in San Jose, California.  There is a Pre-Conference E-Learning 2.0 Symposium on 11 November, in which I will be present ...

... the design of a series of face-to-face conference events for the eLearning Network (eLN). In the past, a typical eLN event (and for that matter most other conferences in Europe as well) would be designed according to the following proportions ... As a reader of this blog you are a witness if not an active participant in the dramatic changes that we have seen over ... a nominal allowance for participation.But the days when people were content to attend a training course or a conference ... important in the design of training events as they are for conferences and webinars. Too often, there is an abundance ...

CollegePreliminaries - itâ¬"s a full house! Wasnâ¬"t expecting that for pre-conference workshops. Curious to see how this one ... work - Appalachian State built own program.Docs have some concerns about how to use it in eLearning. Big problem ... activities. Make them feel more connected, therefore reduce attrition. Cycle of community and collaboration. By having ... on facilitative role.Promote reflection and transformative learning experiences. The activities need to lead to ... as a collaborative activity. Wikis are great but you have to really work on setting the guidelines before students ...

Regular readers of this blog will be aware that I am always on the lookout for new formats with which to convey ideas and encourage participation. Perhaps my keenest activity on this front is to experiment with the use of interviews, both within live events (face-to-face or online) and as a form of packaged content. Another idea that I had an opportunity to try out last week was the formal debate. The event was a one-day conference run by the eLearning Network on rapid e-learning. The debate ran for one hour in the afternoon and worked like this: A motion was proposed, in this case ...

I attended the Federal Consortium on Virtual Worlds last week, and apart from several technical/sound glitches, the conference went very well. There was a large contingent of Federal agencies interested in leveraging the potentials of virtual worlds for improving training, education, collaboration, etc. These are a few notes from Day 1.Larry Johnson from New Media Consortium (NMC) was the keynote speaker. He emphasized that the community was gathered to discuss "worlds" (not ... are actively looking to overcome and partner with solution providers. Also need to watch for open source ...

... design activities. The design activities ranged from synchronous activities to self-paced exploratory activities. The design activities included:Classroom EmulationRole PlayScavenger HuntsGuided ToursOperational ApplicationsCritical ... almost ~500 individuals in person and in world. That's right, the conference was (and will be over the next two days ... been since the inaugural conference in November. From the looks of it, there are already several more agencies ...

... iPhone unveiling at Macworld moment at one of these eLearning conferences. Something that makes me sit up and say "Whoa ... , Chris made me realize that I had left out a few things from some previous posts around Better Conferences and Conference ... (I'm a big fan!), while not specifically related to eLearning, was energizing and highly entertaining.I would completely agree. Entertaining and not related to eLearning. I had my laptop out and was ready to blog about it. But I didn't ... Day LetdownChris tells us -Sadly, the event ended with more whimper than bang, with a classic final-day conference ...

... breakout group activities. Aaaarghhh! Why must conference presenters punish us like this? I didn’t fly all ... Negative Nancy? I’m still waiting for the iPhone unveiling at Macworld moment at one of these eLearning conferences ... . The opening keynote by David Pogue (I’m a big fan!), while not specifically related to eLearning, was energizing ... this guy do? I hate you, David Pogue. My burning jealousy aside, it was a great start to the conference. Well done ... % with his comment that 90% of eLearning should be thrown away. Amen, Dr. Allen. In fact, his bleak perspective on ...

... most of the activities at conferences (see Better Conferences). In fact, my limited attention has made me into a ... and offline.The conference sessions I present on eLearning 2.0 and the articles I write on various topics (e.g., Learning ... eLearning 2.0. In particular, I say that since I've begun to shift my scanning behavior to blogs (scanning is how you ... Magazines and Conferences continually must aim at introductory, novice, overview level content. That appeals to the broadest audience. And somehow, ASTD conferences attract 50-75% newbies to ever conference. If you look at it, there is ...

... more about trends in eLearning and eLearning Software.Prediction #1 => eLearning 2.0 - Increasing PressureIt's safe to predict that you'll be hearing more and more about eLearning 2.0 during 2008. While large scale adoption will be slow ... us to understand eLearning 2.0 for ourselves in order to apply it within our organizations (eLearning 2.0 - An Immediate, Important Shift). This will increase adoption of Web 2.0 tools by learning professionals (More eLearning Bloggers). It ... a series of events (success of small group discussions at eLearningGuild in the Fall, success of the virtual conference ...

... activity):It's mostly some pretty simple activities. But because of critical mass, a general ethos of open conversations ... workforce were active users of Facebook. And as the old adage goes:Q: "Willie, why do you rob banks?"A: "Cause that's where ... certain kinds of activity (think communication, decision making)Facebook as a Learning PlatformFor the upcoming Free Online Conference - Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovations we wanted to have a way for participants to get to know other ... would expect that this is a place where we will see eLearning Startups - New Wave Coming.

A frequent question I get at the end of any presentation on eLearning 2.0 is how much time I spend on blog reading and ... from the grad student (I'm slowly working through these.)Some quick thoughts -Scanning Activity ReplacedI likely spend an ... as part of scanning has been a replacement of other activities that I used to do - reading magazines and books. Originally, I didn't plan to replace these activities as I considered the information from blogs to be quite different ... people can relate this to the experience of sitting in a large conference session with a not so great speaker ...

Chris Reese). The workshop was a lot smaller than some of the other conferences I've attended in the past (i.e. IITSEC ... sessions.As with every conference I've attended, the sessions ranged from "very informative" to "I can't believe I just ... interfaces and "real" tools (i.e. weapons). See Karl Kapp's insight from a recent conference he attended.9. Actual role ... that believe only "purposeful activities" occur through formal instruction (See Tom Werner's post on how Gagne thought ... the workshop (especially for the costs...free) for anyone that is looking to get away from the big conferences and ...

It seems like with the emergence of Web 2.0 technologies, there has been a resurgence of the Media/Method debate. Just a quick recap of the debate to catch-up those unfamiliar with the debate...In the 1980's and 1990's, Richard Clark and Robert Kozma wrote a series of papers debating whether or not media influences learning. Clark posited that media does not influence learning under any conditions, and Kozma was claiming that media does influence learning as an active ... educational delivery.3) I received a random email at work (probably from attending the recent ASTD conference and ...

... within a fun little SL conference room. (Actually, the one I experienced was quite nice) But Intel will NEVER allow ... with in the corporate network. So, now corporations are creating guidelines for activities that can ONLY occur on your OWN ... encourage my colleagues to check out what Proton Media has to offer...VERY cool stuff! And from The eLearning Guild's data we find "93.8% of members believe that immersive learning simulations are BETTER [than other elearning offerings]." ...

... activity that is not conducive to deep learning, self reflection and practice.I have seen many great eLearning initiatives come ... eLearning into their daily tasks at their workstations without having to do it at home, or before or after the workday, or in some quiet designated eLearning space in the workplace? Masie got some interesting responses, with opinion divided, and ... eLearning fit into this mix?We tend to learn best in small chunks anyway, and can fit this into our working day while at our desksFinding time to squeeze eLearning into your schedule is simply a matter of making an appointment with yourself ...

Corporate eLearning Weekly - Talkcast Episode 8 is completed. Click the link above or the Talkcast widget to the right.This week I had the pleasure of 2 live guests: Allison Anderson and Cammy BeanTwo relatively new bloggers share their unique experiences lifting the flat wood panel of Web1.0 to uncover the buzzing, active, beehive of Web2.0. (Cammy gets full credit for the metaphor...thanks, Cammy!)Cammy also introduces us to Chinswing.com. It looks like an audio forum ... Conferences. The ongoing discussion over at elearningtech.blogspot.com with Tony Karrer.

I'm pretty sure it's not just me... I believe we can build better conferences. And, I need you to help by doing one or ... what you'd like to see in future conferences (add comment).If you don't vote, then we'll assume you either will never go to a conference or think that every conference is just great as it is.I am talking to conference organizers fairly often ... figured out that I'm almost continually surprised by what I consider to be obvious problems with the conferences I regularly attend - and no offense to the eLearningGuild, ASTD, etc. - because most conferences have these same problems.Certainly ...

At the recent ASTD conference in Atlanta, I attended Tony Karrer's presentation on "eLearning 2.0". He discussed several technologies I had heard about, but have not had time (due to dissertation writing) to interact with. More importantly, he challenged everyone in the audience to become an active blogger...not necessarily for the benefit of others, but for their own continual learning and development. I greatly appreciated Tony's presentation and this blog is evidence that I have accepted Tony's challenge.In a way, doctoral programs forces one to continually read and stay on top of ...

... facilitate active learning. eLearning developers often start with the idea of gathering a bunch of related topics end to end ... introduce such an approach, whenever possible, into the eLearning projects on which I work. SCC is based on the idea that people ... boring as watching paint dry!).I first heard Roger speak at a distance education conference in Wisconsin back in