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You Need To Launch An Internal 2.0 Adoption Council

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:22:13 PST

In the last two companies I’ve worked for (including present day), I initiated something called the Social Learning Network or SLN for short. This was a group of individuals, united across the business, formed to help push the proverbial sticks forward as it relates to the shift from an all formal model of learning, to one that incorporates formal, informal and social learning. In hindsight, the name was right for the moment, but wrong for

Speechless in Mysore – Ruminating on TED India

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:24:17 PST

Sitting in Bangalore hotel after the most fantastic four days at TED India. Still processing a lot after these intense four days…..will will no doubt blog more about this as I put the pieces of wisdom together in a more coherent way. TED is such an assault on all the senses, and this was even more true given that it was held in India.

Showing the value of social media

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:19:09 PST

This month’s Big Question is one that I’m asked all the time. How do you cost-justify social learning initiatives? Social learning is no different from other business investments. You don’t sell the tools; you sell the business value of the project.

Independent Instructional Designer’s Toolbox

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:30:00 PST

I’m not a free lance instructional designer, although I have played one on TV. No, not really, but I have been a freelance ID in the past. Back then, the only tools I really used were Word, PPT, Visio, Project…not a single authoring tool in sight. How does that landscape look like today? If you’re a freelance ID, what authoring tools do you claim you know? (I

November

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:56:00 PST

It’s New Zealand’s last month of spring for 2009. When I started blogging, one of the things I became attuned to was the sheer upside-downness of the rest of the world – compared to where I live, that is. In the first few months, it was customary for me to wait overnight for the wave of blog comments to wash across a new post from countries other than those in the South Pacific, if it happened at all. Most activity I observe on my blog takes place after daylight.

Convenience vs Context

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:54:11 PST

What are the real opportunities in mobile learning? One of the several sessions I’m doing at DevLearn next week (in addition to a pre-conference workshop with Jay Cross, a mobile development session with Richard Clark, and another session on the future of orgnanizational learning) is a mobile learning design introduction. In thinking through it, I reflected on a distinction I make between convenience and contextualization, and as usual I got into diagramming as a way to get a handle on it.

Looking forward to DevLearn 2009

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:39:00 PST

If we've ever corresponded online, I'd love to have the opportunity to put a face to your name. Please do get in touch and say hi -- I'm looking forward to networking with a lot of learning professionals at the conference. See you there! © Sumeet Moghe, 2009 ...Tags:

Excellence by Design

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:40:46 PST

Fast Company has reviewed a new book by Roger Martin. Roger Martin is the dean of the Rotman School of Management (at the University of Toronto) and his new book is called: The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage. He thinks that companies are analysed to death and that stiffles any emerging innovation. He wants companies to imagine the future, and use intuition and not rely solely on Management Consultants who push us into analytics.

Reducing teacher workload

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:59:39 PST

Last week's post in this series on Education Reform discussed the pressing need for teachers to rebuild teaching as a profession. A key element in this rebuilding programme would be a requirement for teachers to undertake ongoing, reflective, professional development in order to remain licensed as teachers. Such an initiative

When creating a sim, do you start with high-level best practices, little relationships, or the sim engine?

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:49:00 PST

(Author's note: yeah, this is a pretty geeky entry, even by my standards!) In The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games , as well as with my clients, I suggest that the design of a sim involves going through three steps iteratively. The first step is to identify high-level best practices and analysis , which has typically already been captured in existing (albeit not effective) courses. The second step is to identify the hundreds of little relationships that make up the core knowledge, typically broken into the three categories of actions, systems, and results.

Highlights of ELELTECH India 2009

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:47:00 PST

The National Seminar on e-Learning & e-Learning Technologies concluded yesterday in Hyderabad in the JNTU campus. It was good to attend a conference on eLearning after very long. The ELELTECH India 2009 national conference was organized jointly by CDAC and JNTU. The high point of the conference was the

Upcoming Industry Conferences

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:02:00 PST

November is usually a very busy months in terms of the number of good conferences in the Learning and Development industry. Two big ones include Elliott Masie's Learning 2009 and the eLearning Guild's DevLearn 2009 . In addition, many regional ASTD chapters hold their full-day annual conferences during the fall.

Last chance to vote for your Top Tools for Learning 2009

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:47:43 PST

If you are a learning professional (e.g. educator, L&D manager, trainer, vendor, etc) then you are invited to help me build the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 list. The basic information I need is your name, an optional picture), brief details of your role as a learning professional, and the names of your 10 top tools for learning - i.e. for your own personal learning or

Learning Technologies 2010

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:42:13 PST

The conference programme for the 2010 Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition has now been announced. The conference takes place 27-28 January 2009 at Olympia, London. The keynote speakers this year are Lord Puttnam, Prof Stephen Heppell and Josh Bersin, and there is a impressive line up of other speakers - all put together by Donald Taylor , the Conference Chairman.

Challenges and Misconceptions of Collaborative and Social Learning in the Workplace

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:09:10 PST

Xyleme Voices features interviews with today’s top industry analysts, consultants and practitioners in the field of learning In their latest interview, four of my colleagues in the Internet Time Alliance - an international think think tank- Jay Cross, Harold JArche, Charles Jennings and Clark Quinn - talk about this initiative and provide their perspectives on collaborative and social learning in

Put your learners on a diet - consider a pull-based learning approach

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:33:00 PST

Have you ever had a time when you got slammed in the face with a huge plate of food which you just couldn't say no to? I have. Picture the above meal -- for some it might just be the tastiest thing they could imagine. For me, while I

Engaging Learners in Course Interactions

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:02:33 PST

So how do you visually indicate where or what a user should click on? How do they know when they are supposed to interact with your course content? Here are some examples of what I call “click alerts”. I