Yesterday I deliverd a one day workshop to 20 learning leaders at the beautiful Rancho Bernardo resort in San Diego. This was a great turnout given that this conference caters to high level decision makers in enterprise learning ... learning. Much of our afternoon discussion centered around how to overcome barriers to adoption, whether to leverage open ... . I am very encouraged that the dialogue amond learning leaders has progressed over the past year from “Should we ... more than 50 people in the 3Di workshop. Lorri Freifeld (Executive Editor of Training Magazine ) asked me to write ...

... the description here. Hope to see you and yours at the Workshop. If you have been exposed to the 3D internet (3Di) hype ... , finance, develop, deploy and demonstrate value for 3D learning. According to Gartner, by 2011, 80% of internet ... of 3D learning within your organization. Explore: How Virtual Social Worlds and Online Role Playing Games are ... learning. How to build a case to invest in 3D Learning. How to design an optimal 3Di learning experience using 3D learning archetypes. What to consider when selecting a 3D learning partner/vendor. How 3D learning will evolve and ...

I'll be conducting a Second Life Workshop in conjunction with the folks from Training Magazine as an extension of my conference presentation on the topic. To learn more go to LOL's description of Second Life: Basic Design Workshop. If you want to sign up...Save $100-register with Discount Code tme27f online at: www.TrainingLiveAndOnline.com. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

Working through many of the postings, forums, info on the Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals workshop ( http://workliteracy.ning.com/ ) lots to think about here. Many intriguing people to connect with and learn from. Mobile post sent by hamtra using Utterli .    Replies .

This week I had the distinct pleasure to present a workshop at Dick Handshaw’s conference in Charlotte. Dick is a friend and colleague who is keen to reinvent learning from the ground up in a world where we are awash in new and transformative technologies. His charge to me was to “Rock their World.” I did my best and it was a blast ; ) We had a very engaging day and, as promised, I am doing the Web 2.0 thing and sharing slides here. I am using ... all those who attended the workshop and for “taking the red pill”.

I am attending the Moodle workshop for the first day of the conference. Moodle is an open source LMS that was originally created in the EDU space. In the last several years it has come to compete with Blackboard and WebCT who have since merged. My interest in Moodle centers around it's potential use in the corporate learning market. The workshop I attended focused on the use of Moodle 1.8 and I would have to say that overall I am impressed with it's flexibility and the ease of use from the learner perspective. Some interesting facts came out of Steve Wexler's LMS ...

Every summer the NCTT organization does a great summer workshop for educators in 2-year, high school, vocational schools and other schools about technology in the area of Information and Communication Technologies. This year the workshop was kicked off by Gordon Snyder Jr . the Executive Director / Principal Investigator of the NCTT center. Check out his blog for great information about Information and Communication Technologies...if you want to be up-to-date on the ... the techno-natives and are constantly looking for new ways to provide learning opportunities for these kids who ...

If you want to attend my workshop December 3 in Berlin , you’d better sign up now and send me an email. You see, everyone in the workshop will receive a copy of Informal Learning and of Learnscaping, and I have to send the books now to get them there on time. and Participants are coming from Germany, Kuwait, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Russian, Switzerland, Norway, and Finland. It should be an exciting workshop. We have five places left.

I attended the U.S. Coast Guard Human Performance Technology (HPT) Workshop in Williamsburg, VA this past week for ... Chris Reese). The workshop was a lot smaller than some of the other conferences I've attended in the past (i.e. IITSEC ... the "E-Learning Trends" session by Rich Arnold from Unitech (pretty cool website too if you get a chance to check it out). I always enjoy attending the e-learning trends sessions just to see if everyone is "trending" in the same ... no e-learning trends. In fact, e-learning is a mechanism; not a panacea . E-learning crosses performance ...

... through the conference/workshop. Maybe an LMS Administrator Track, an online learning track and a stand up teaching track ... From time to time, I evaluate workshops designed for faculty members to share best practices and ideas with each other. Here is a list of general recommendations I've gathered through the years. I think these recommendations can enhance any face-to-face workshop or conference. Provide targeted, technical presentations. There is a group of attendees who ... workshops or conferences better for the attendees? Please let me know. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games ...

... manage the discussion/collaboration? At end - lessons learned. The powerpoint with the different techniques and how to ... see how long it takes. If its within 3 hours - bingo!!!!! A really interesting workshop where we are seeing ...

Yesterday, my 13 yr old son and I presented a workshop sponsored by the Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit to help teachers integrate technology into the schools. It was a great group of teachers who have been designated, through a grant, as master technology educators. Their role is to go back to their school district, building or academic unit and help other teachers integrate technology. This group is spending a week at Bucknell University learning all about integrating ... (no bias here). We conducted two workshops, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, here are the groups in RL ...

Time is running out on the Second Life Workshop. The workshop starts on November 5th. You still have time to register Sign up today! Don't miss this exhilarating opportunity to to change your Life...your Second Life. To learn more take the Red Pill and follow the link below: Second Life: Basic Design Workshop. If you decide to enroll...Save $100 by using this secret code tme27f when you register. __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

This afternoon I will be delivering a hands-on workshop on vodcasting. This is my scenario, if you see something that I ... any Learning Management System (LMS) Low resource settings: low resource settings demand a higher compression rate ... keep the individual movies short. Cover one learning outcome per movie. But that is not enough. Try to keep the original scenes of your movie well structured in your ‘original movies' file. This way, if certain learning content changes ... lot of work. If you link the content of one movie to a learning outcome, you can reuse it later on in a ...

... of Studies Workshop on M-Learning: M-Learning with Mobiles September 29, 2006 Posted by Leonard Low in Events . trackback Some videos from our workshop on m-learning using mobile phones in February ... -learning , mobile-learning , mobilelearning , treasurehunt , workshop , event , events Blogged with Flock ... Mobile Learning An Online Reflective Journal on Mobile Learning Practice Home ... the m-learning experience using an interactive treasure hunt game. Participants had to find resources on m-learning ...

For some time now I have been unhappy with my own working definition of blended learning: A blended learning ... learning media. By 'learning media' I mean the channels through which learners interact with content, peers and tutors ... definition, a typical blend might combine something face-to-face - perhaps a workshop or some on-job instruction - with ... circumstances (depending on the nature of the learning requirement, the characteristics of the target audience, and the practical ... posting It's the method, not the medium , the medium has a relatively insignificant influence on learning ...

Following on from my posting last week, So what is blended learning? , which attempted to define a workable definition for blended learning, I have been trying to clarify in my own mind whether the issue is of any real importance. Is blended learning useful and, if so, in what circumstances? The argument for blended learning is really very simple. Each of the most common approaches to learning and development has its own extensive array of advantages and disadvantages. Take the examples of face-to-face workshops, one-to-one coaching sessions and online self-study content - each ...

Finally I have arrived safely in Boston and I am about to start the ELGAG (Elearning Guild Annual Gathering). Definitely looking forward to networking with people in my profession and sharing ideas on ways to create strategic learning opportunities. That is going to be the topic that I want to explore for awhile here btw. "Implementing learning as a strategic competitive advantage". I know this is being done at some companies but it is not being used enough and the tools that enable this are changing daily. To be sure most of whether this happens at a company has nothing to do ...

Last night I attended an award ceremony for the UK National Training Awards and was delighted to see one of my blended learning designs for the child development charity Plan International recognised with a national award. The Plan Certificate in Management, a one-year programme for middle and senior managers around the world, was designed in conjunction with Learning and Development Manager, Karen Coleman and course tutor, Gary Ford. The solution had not only to be ... workshop. It has been great to see Plan able to deliver a top-quality management development programme at minimal ...

Looking for a one week workshop that covers the basics for setting up a telemedicine website in low-resource ... available are limited and the requirements are strict. I am one of the teachers. The workshop has a strong and good ... Telemedicine Workshop on the practical use of the ITM Telemedicine website (second opinion tool) and ITM library document delivery ... ), WHO Collaborating Centre, the Telemedicine Workshop has taken a new connotation, using a more interactive case-based ... the development and discussion of specific projects proposals of participants. The workshop targets professionals ...

I've been busy again thinking about the nexus between LEARNING and LEARNING MEASUREMENT. You can peruse some of my previous thoughts on learning measurement by clicking here . Here is a brand new article that I wrote for the eLearning Guild on how to evaluate Learning 2.0 stuff. Note: Learning 2.0 is defined (by the eLearning Guild) as: The idea of learning through digital connections and peer collaboration, enhanced by technologies driving Web 2.0. Users/Learners are empowered to search, create, and collaborate, in order to fulfill intrinsic needs to learn new ...

... looking to learn to be better at what I do. From the game design point of view, these are important reasons to read different genres of books (ok, so I’m lax on reading bodice rippers, I have to have some limits), but my learning ... to the breadth of what will work, and some insight into how other people can parse the world. So, as I tell my workshop ...

Tempted by breakfast at a top London hotel, I sat in this morning on an interesting case study presentation delivered jointly by IT training specialists Assima and corporate giant Xerox. I wasn't too familiar with Assima, even though they've been around for 24 years, but as seems to be the case with many e-learning specialists, they seem to be doing ... and change management. The chosen blend consisted of: A communication programme. Short workshops run by ... themselves to be strong in all media will be at a distinct advantage. Very few e-learning companies are credible ...

I'm in the middle of designing and developing a new blended learning course on the whole subject of embedded learning ... workshop. My general philosophy is, as far as possible, to have the participants co-create the content in a wiki as an output ... new fangled rapid e-learning tools that everyone's talking about (I know, I'm a little slow on the uptake!). Well anyway ... recommend this particular tool to develop long pieces of self-study learning, I don't believe there are many circumstances in which I would recommend anyone to do that anymore anyway. So call me a rapid e-learning convert.

... learning in corporations through dialogue. Jay is an advocate of perpetual beta and he connects it to organic growth ... learning it is interesting to start without a foundation to keep an open mind. Especially if more and more of our economy is build upon information, knowledge and consumables. The key idea was learning = co creating . To assure the best ... mentioned, I need to read up on a lot). Some thoughts I had while reviewing the presentation of Jay - Organic learning is ... really liked that idea, if learning is doing, living alongside a (couple of) mentors will definitely get ...

... found via TechCrunch ) On one level, SonicSwap is a service that makes use of YouTube's API to allow users to upload their iTunes playlists and play songs and videos via YouTube's API. But now all that good brain fertilizer from the SCORM 2.0 workshop has me thinking....so we build this platform...YouTube for learning...and then we publish the API and people can use the platform and can assign rights using the platform...and others can pull objects thru the API ... this and like Udutu's work  in our maket space.... so what gets your vote for most innovative learning tool?

... designing workshops around the Situation-Based Learning Design notion. My clients see me present the concept at a conference and want a workshop in their own company. Nothing I have done in my ten years as President of Work-Learning Research has ... I started Work-Learning Research 10 years ago in August. Since that time, I've been translating learning research into practical recommendations for learning professionals. Unfortunately, it's not easy. It takes a major change ... Learning Design. It is research-based but because it is translated and crafted into a conceptually useful framework, ...

December 2008 Jay Cross will be guiding all the participants through a whole day workshop on informal learning ( 10.00h ... during the workshop). Description of the full day event: An action-packed, informative, hands-on experience of informal learning, Web 2.0, and Learnscape Architecture. The metaphor for the workshop: a high-speed journey over the ... -based learning; the explosive convergence of informal learning, the read/write web, internet culture, and new business models; how network effects impact organisations, changing the nature of learning and human performance; ...

For almost a decade I've been building a model of how learning works to prompt performance. Each iteration gets ... learning professionals have AND the responsibilities that learners' managers and the workplace have in creating on-the-job results. You can use this model for two purposes: As a visual metaphor for how learning works to drive on ... , Pollock, Jefferson, and Flanagan of Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning fame, and Tim Mooney and Rob ... also draws from countless researchers on learning, memory, instruction, and cognition who have helped me ...

Last Friday I was delivering a workshop for trainers. While we were chatting before the event got started, one of the participants told me that her organisation, a large government department, had initiated a major e-learning programme ... ;Do tell me." This was my guess: the e-learning was entirely self-study; the e-learning was unsupported ... organisations make of e-learning. Do organisations ever learn from the mistakes made by others? Does every organisation have to find out for themselves? When e-learning goes wrong, you can be sure that the only reason it was introduced was to ...