I saw this cruise by on my "friendstream" this morning.  Just had to share.  There were lots of comments along the lines how nobody would ever use this in public, and navigating the browser would be a pain, etc, etc.  But I couldn't help but think about how useful this would be in a manufacturing environment or some other setting where you needed your hands free to do other things while you monitored digital information.For those of you that have heard any of my presentations, I often talk about "opt-in" & "opt-out" as being a powerful part of monitoring conversations via RSS.  We ...

I’ve read a lot of computer training books in my time, most of which I’ve gotten through about a third before giving up. Dry, boring, completely uncompelling (hey, just like most eLearning!). I don’t consider myself particularly dense (perhaps I am, but am too dense to realize it?), but I think I’ve always been more of a “ ... teaching style used was unlike any I’d seen in a training book before. CSS finally made sense. After that ... Dan Russell (research scientist at Google), it almost certainly deserves a spot in your RSS feed reader. And ...

... training specialist - who's not looking at more than training as a model for learning. Here's what he said:I just don't get why folks are trying to lump in wikis, blogs, rss, etc. as "e-learning."RSS, Blog, Wikis, etc. are fundamental ... learning professional (especially a training specialist) should somehow care more about these tools than anyone else ... learning professionals (even training specialists) actually have an important responsibility here.Learning professionals ... , etc. If you look at this from a training specialist standpoint and stop at formal training as your definition of ...

... way that organizations look at the role of a knowledge worker, management, the learning/training organization ... in skills. It really is not about the technology. That said, there is almost always some technology (Wiki, blog, RSS ...

... informationOnline reference / glossaryExperience CaptureNew-hire blogMaintaining a â¬Slab or project notebookâ¬ý RSS Reader ... , blogs, jing to capture best practices, conduct training and elearning resourcesvirtual learning environment that ...

... informationOnline reference / glossaryExperience CaptureNew-hire blogMaintaining a â¬Slab or project notebookâ¬ý RSS Reader ... , blogs, jing to capture best practices, conduct training and elearning resourcesvirtual learning environment that ...

I had a fun discussion last night with several friends / colleagues. We were trying to hypothesize why so many (e)Learning 2.0 initiatives don’t get the traction we would expect, both at our organization and at other organizations. Several of us learning tech geeks see such great opportunities with learning 2.0, but it sometimes feels like others just don’t get it. We have fantastic tools at our disposal, like blogs, social bookmarking, wikis, RSS, etc. - and many of these tools are free. However, it feels like we’re pulling teeth when we try to make a business case to ...

... announced yet? Or maybe you are have MS Sharepoint. Did you know that Sharepoint now creates RSS feeds and offers a lot of ... the learning opportunities staring you in the face. If you are left on the outside looking in then level of training ...

If you are into podcasting and need a web client player widget to help distribution in your blog, try out FeedPlayer from Big Contact. FeedPlayer offers a lot easy to use features such as vodcast video display, playlisting, xml/rss feeds, stats tracking, support for multiple themes and display sizes to suit your needs. All you need is your own or third party’s podcast rss feeds. Check out the screenies below. No ...

Are you getting tired of self-service? I actually will not be surprised when I’m given a job aid and scalpel when I show up at the doctors office. Imagine all these people in little rooms with their scalpels being overseen by one person like the self-service checkouts at the Home Depot. In corporate training we’re talking a lot about wikis, blogs, RSS, podcasts, vodcasts, bookmarking, etc. Isn’t this just more work for the learner? * create your own content * assess your own skills * print/save your own certificate * print/save your own materials When will my job will ...

... about wikis until wikipedia came along. Nobody cared about RSS readers until information overload made them a necessity. I ... Charge? talks about how learning organizations must transition fromthe perspective from a training group being ...

8220;RSS feed” that enables listeners to “tune in” to your podcast channel. Give it a ...

Objection #3 is one that I don’t hear very often directly. It is usually indirectly, because no one wants to admit it. But they do say it through the questions they ask. “If we let everyone learn from each other, we give up control of that information.” Answer: Yea & Nay. Let’s start with the Nay. NAY: There are many ways to keep control of the information. You can watch it via RSS or email alerts. All the information is open to you and isn ... first, it is not all bad. Number one, the training department didn’t need to ‘write’ it. Instead ...

... learning Professional By Stephen Downes, National Research Council Canada 5. 2007 Training Industry Report Summary This report covers stats on the industry's trends and growth over the last year and will appear in the upcoming Training ... ) 11. eLearn: Case Studies - The Reluctant Online Professor 12. Seven Tips for Making the Most of Your RSS Reader ... A third of teachers struggle to use the technology schools are equipped with and want more support and training, the ... contributor to the systematic approach to instructional design and training. Gagne and his followers are known 69.

... training conferences for a few years, and you find that you can almost mouth the words of some of the speakers. Novices ... outside of the training realm. Tune into conversations about business strategy, brain science, futurists, computer games ... , but most of them aren’t among my incoming RSS feeds. * BGSL - Umair Haque * Chris Anderson - The Long ... these folks than from the usual suspects in the training blogosphere. Why not set up a custom Google Search on these ...

... discussion threads, blogs, wikis and RSS Feeds, a resource library, subscription options, chat and virtual classroom, tagging and full-text search capabilities, training centers, wrapped and transitional (pre-post learning) learning and it had dto ... Report Abuse RSS Feeds Four different key Affordances: Conversation: forums, blogs, wikis, IM , chat, webmeeting,email, attach files and pictures, track and read new material, RSS, Discussion reads as transcript, post in ...

... collaborative tools integrated with LMS- Highly configurable- Discussion threads (moderated)- Blogs- Wikis- RSS feeds (from ... response in room)- Chat and virtual classroom (not turned on yet)- Tagging with full text search capability- Training centers ... , report abuse)Most social networks not built for sustained conversations. RSS important in social network to ... - Participate via email, read via RSS- Facilitation features (view, edit, move, attribute)- Reports on utilization ...

... eBay to do something different? Survival. They were asked: Have you every thought about going into ‘training ... ? What a great way to look at it! I love that! Not training professionals, but knowledge farmers. Hmmmm. Their ... isolation. Her Six Steps were: Become Aware: One of the biggest obstacles is… (get ready) the training department ... paths were enabled. The different groups collaborated their own way. Example: instead of Outlook training on ‘here ... heard it. A wiki, however, captures it. Whenever she updates it RSS updates them and everyone will have the ...

... s more basic, it might be less intimidating. There’s plenty of existing training and tutorials out there ... email address with anyone.   Subscribe by RSS feed   Subscribe by ...

... as we have had learning professionals. Certainly when I first took up a position as a training specialist at American ... responsibility for an employee's training and development - the employee themselves, their manager or the training department? Our stance at the time was to regard the employee's manager as the one primarily responsible, with the training ... networking software, wikis, blogs, search facilities, RSS, forums, rapid development tools, etc., we can provide ...

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... learners are relative novices and appreciate all the structure and support they can get.Sponsors of the training want to ... (search, forums, blogs, rss, social networking, etc.), employees can do a good job of fulfilling the rest of ...