Having just come back from DevLearn (which rocked; my hearty thanks to all participants and organizers), and now engaged in the Corporate Learning Trends conference (free, online), I’m seeing some repeated themes, and interests.  It’s a busy time, since we ‘re deeply engaged in the latter, but some messages are coming through so powerfully that I’ve got to reflect on them. In this time of economic uncertainty or outright fear, one of the ... to be done here, I reckon. These topics are being discussed at the Corporate Learning Trends social site this ...

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... techempower . com. Learning Trends 2008 - Online - Free http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2008/10/learn-trends-2008-free ... eLearning Learning was launched about a week ago. There has been quite a response and some great feedback. It made it to the delicious popular pages for eLearning and e-Learning . If you look at the other entries such as Jane Hart's recent top tools and Stephen Downes on The Future of Learning, that's quite good company. Several of my favorite ... - which I find interesting. It gives me a sense of the tools they talk about. Cammy Bean - Learning ...

... think of it as spam? I'm curious what people think on this. Learning Trends 2008 - Online - Free http ... This month's ASTD Big Question on the Learning Circuit's Blog is about Network Feedback . You might want to take a look at the question by way of background. The basic question is how do you reach out into the vast network of people to get help. A lot of my basic thoughts are captured in: How to reach out and find expertise How to use Social Media to Find Answers to Questions How to Learn through Conversation Karyn Romeis has an interesting model.

I am noticing a hockey stick-like moment for ning lately - at least in my circles. Brent stood up one for our summer session on 2.0 , the folks behind Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations are using it as a framework for all the good they are doing and now its even getting picked up by 'unofficial' segments of the U.S. government. Meet GovLoop . A full-on ning site designed for: "gov't employee (fed/state/local), public policy student/professor, good gov't ... company to work for - is HUGE and career advancement paths and opportunities for learning and growth -while plentiful ...

Classroom2.0: Twitter, del.icio.us and participatory learning ... for teaching and learning In the spirit of Right Now teaching and learning, I decided to try out Twitter this week as a means of offering the students a back channel as well as an opportunity to learn more about emergent content ... . “I think it could be a super beneficial tool for teaching. Everyone learns at a different pace, so imagine the advantages of someone being able to tweet, say me, in class a question. I’d learn through helping them, ...

In live session now....not a presentation but a conversation...look at the image...see how people have been able to write in their own topics on the screen..very cool....I don't know if you can see but I am also impressed with the fact that we have 75 people in session now from a variety of global locations....

As a co-host, I am hardly without bias, but I found this morning’s opening of the free Corporate Learning Trends event fantastic. In spite of some childish hacker-vandals and a few sound issues, each of the three sessions this morning worked. Despite the fact that Jane Hart and I work with one another on togetherLearn , I had never used — or even heard of — VoiceThread, nvu, or Yugma. The proliferation of free learning tools certainly comes at the right time. Robin Good ran a daring experiment, inviting the audience into MindMeister to collaborate on ...