... for Ubiquity as a learning tool. I guess my real point is that the discussions that I have seen online are not ...

Image via Wikipedia Donald Clark puts up a post about the ‘fadness’ of Learning 2.0.  He feels that if it was all it was cracked up to be, we would see it mainstream. “If informal learning was really all that dominant, then the adaptation and satisfaction rates of web 2.0 would be much higher as the learners would have been absolutely primed for this type of technology, no matter what flaws were in the implementation.” As someone who has worked on implementing these technologies into an organization and a customer base, adoption of the technology does not depend ...

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... brought to my attention by Stephen Downes) added fuel to the fire. On the one side are the learning and development ... learning by resorting to the ultimate killjoy that is science. You can guess which side I'm on. No-one doubts that learners differ in terms of personality and preferences, but whether these can be usefully categorised as learning styles is ... of the learning to be achieved (concepts, principles, rules, facts, social skills, psychomotor skills, problem-solving ... personality and preferences, for example: their motivation to learn the subject in question (if the motivation's ...

Earlier this week, Mozilla (the makers of Firefox) released Ubiquity - a small application that allows you to quickly perform web-related tasks without having to surf out to different web sites. Watch their video for a quick introduction. So, can this relate to learning? My answer would be absolutely! My main job is to help people learn (acquire knowledge and skills) and then apply what they know on the job. Sometimes this is done by providing them with the right tools ... information very quickly without having to surf around to different web sites. This is on-demand learning! If you’re ...

Fall 2008 CLO Symposium Measuring Success: Learningâ¬"s Positive Impact on Business September 24-26, 2008, Del Coronado, San Diego I plan to talk about the ROI of informal learning. Future of Talent. October 12-14, 2008. Two dozen top talent management professionals hunker down in Tiburon, California, to take the pulse of talent management, network professionally, and learn some new tricks. All professional events should feel like this! This will be my fourth year as faculty. Hero Camp. October 23-27, 2008. Houston. Site in development. Corporate Learning: Trends and ...

... something like “Students create, grow and navigate online personal learning networks in safe, effective and ... considered or been much exposed to the idea of online learning networks, and often, those conversations lead to “ ... reactions Tags: assessment, education, learning, Networks RSS feed | Trackback URI 7 Comments » ... do we assess online learning networks? Excellent question and topic for future blog posts. I think the important ... office in tapped in, but how learned how to do these things. Sometimes, the best assessments are not those that are ...

I recently finished listening to the audiobook, groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. Of course there is nothing in it that talks about e-Learning 2.0. But that has been my point all along for the last 5 years of my career. So let me make it again so we are all clear:Social Media is changing EVERYTHING!Everything is turned upside down from ... that e-Learning 2.0 is something YOU need to be implementing. Step 1 is simply looking around your organization. Talk ... the learning opportunities staring you in the face. If you are left on the outside looking in then level of ...

Brent Schlenker writes, "... that 80% to 90% of learning occurs informally outside of the classroom. This should be shocking enough to force some sort of change in e-Learning design, but it hasn't ... at least not yet in any significant way." Schlenker goes on to tie elearning 2.0 to informal learning to learning 2.0 to web 2.0, which is based on ... puny 10% to 20% percent of formal learning while we should be spending it on the 80% to 90% of elearning 2.0/informal learning/learning 2.0. Yet as in the case of most hypes and fads, the proponents play fast and loose with the ...

Going back to my high school days in the early 70's I've always needed to know how to use statistics for solving technical problems. Back then I used a slide rule; now I use a high power PC. Hopefully my answers are still correct! One software package that I have used in recent years is Minitab. Recently I found an excellent online text book which covers Minitab 15 ... from "frequency distribution" to "confidence intervals" and "hypothesis testing". I will add this test to my Engineering Learning Wiki eBook / Manual section. Minitab 15 Manual - Thiel ...

... screencasts that would be good for corporate training / learning?

Slideshare have just emailed me to tell me that my 25 Tools every learning professional should have in their Toolbox - and all for free presentation is Slideshare's Slideshow  of the Day.  [If you read this posting when it is no longer the Slideshow of the Day, you can view the presentation here] ...

Yet another great video from CommonCraft.  This one about Google Reader: Google Reader is currently in joint 3rd position (with Skype) on the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list.  Read why it is so popular here.  And because of this , It's also one of the 25 Tools every learning professional should have in their toolbox.

Tools Used : eLearning Technology Tony Karrer looks at some results from the eLearning Guild survey on eLearning 2.0, specifically what tools learning professionals are using themselves. He compares people in corporations, education, and government. Surprisingly, people working in education are using more of these tools than their corporate counterparts. tags: web2.0, e-learning, research, ...

I will be giving a session during next month's Online Forum: Implementing e-Learning 2.0 Technologies. My session is titled RSS: The New Learning Pipeline. Clear your calendar for the 18th and 19th of September. Its going to be fun!!!I believe RSS technology is the most misunderstood of all the technologies in a Web2.0 world. While many may never need to know what it is, as an e-Learning designer/developer/manager it is critical that you understand how it works and how ... instead of mixing it into a larger e-Learning 2.0 conversation. For 1 hour we can figure it all out and you will be on ...

I just released a report on creating and implementing an e-Learning 2.0 strategy. I know some people want to hurl when they hear 2.0 so I’ll wait. There. Better? Good. Here’s something I found interesting: those organizations that lack a governance model say (more often than organizations that do have a governance model) that learning activities and business strategies are not well linked (aligned). Where is alignment most noticeable? Which projects get prioritized. So this, to me, means >>> Having Governance = Better Alignment = Successful Projects & Resources ...

This is AWESOME!!! Universities handing out iPhones to new students. University of Maryland ROCKS! abc NEWS runs a story on it and its hilarious. The reporter asks this question "Are iPhones useful learning tools or simply goof-off machines?" Clever, eh? <insert ROFL>Here's a soundbite they used from the cranky old professor [Robert Summers, Cornell Law School]: "...they're pounding away on their laptops rather than listening closely to the content of the arguments ... learn it from you, or from a global community of peers?So can we all stop blaming technology for ...

How Are Enterprise 2.0 Vendors Pitching Web 2.0? Using Wordle to Find Out: I love the idea of Wordle as an analytical tool. E20 Portal: Everything Enterprise 2.0 ETech: Emerging Technology Conference: I keep looking for all the great learning presentations... Office 2.0 Conference: I really should've gone to this one. "Slide:ology: My favorite presentation book of all time" - When someone like Garr Reynolds says that about a book on presentations....that's a no-brainer...go get it. Screencasting: How To Start, Tools and Guidelines: Nice article - I felt that the tool ...

... ePerformance back in 2003. These resources are rich information bases, expertise locators, learning enablers, etc. But ... , the greatest leverage in corporate learning comes from building on-going, largely self-sustaining learning processes. This process orientation focuses on the organizationâ¬"s architecture for learning, a platform a level above its training programs and regulated events. The learnscape is a foundation for learning that is self-service, spontaneous ... new kind of learning landscape and that they represent the true responsibility of a learning organization.

Via a post I found through Workplace Learning Today, Rob Wilkins asked whether “instructional designer” is ... a better description, especially as we move to more learner control, personal learning environments, and Web 2.0 tools ... , instructor-led learning. Wilkins focuses on the “designer” part of the title in his post. He says that designer ... learning: a teacher or trainer in front of a classroom or a self-paced tutorial where learners must follow the software ... people build their personal learning environments, it’s not quite the traditional course. I’ve had some ...

... anytime, anywhere learning isn’t sound. The biggest reason is that we have chosen to represent this new way to learn with some of the most offensively bland products imaginable for the sake of a higher ROI. Can we not see how we are ... only going to save us money if we put enough money into eLearning to create compelling learning experiences, ...

Ruminations of a Learning Professional: Call a Spade a Shovel - but make sure you describe! One learning professional asks if the title “instructional designer” is perhaps not the most accurate description for what we do, especially with learning 2.0 and increases in learner control. tags: instructionaldesign, career, web2.0, learning2.0 Is the term Instructional Designer a dead description, title, category or classification? In light of web or learning 2.0, there are theories that in fact a better name would be an information and instruction architect. Donâ¬"t Fear ...

... to apply my experience designing courses for online learning; however I've searched and don't know where to begin to actually learn how to use the LMS and course design software available. I came across your blog and thought you might be ... doing.Second, I'm not 100% clear if the question is about creating good online learning experiences that include a blend of online learning techniques. For example, are you looking at becoming good at doing online sessions? If so, you might take a look at: Webinar Software - Adoption Advice and there's a lot more to designing good blended learning ...

... link) "Revamping the Army National Guard training program so soldiers can spend more time at home will cost at least $128 million this year, and officials say they need nearly double that amount next year to properly train and equip their forces, The Associated Press has learned." ...

... link) "Researchers who gathered in Boston for the American Psychological Association convention detailed a series of studies suggesting video games can be powerful learning tools _ from increasing younger students' problem-solving potential to improving the suturing skills of laparoscopic surgeons." ...

... opportunities for e-Learning professionals" - and asks people to post what kind of data points should be in that kind ...

Well, looks like I've got some reading to do.