At the Salt Lake TrainingTech Solutions Conference, I met a trainer from a large retail chain who asked me: “What do I need to do to train 18 to 20 year olds? I want to develop video game-like learning to…
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Micro-Worlds, Micro-life Learning: The Big Phenomenon, (But Small) Social Networking
I keep on going back to the same thesis which I started studying a few years back: “all learnings are micro.”(See”3-Minutes-Learning“2006) I am beginning to see correlations and movements of events that lead me to conclude and see even clearer…
e-Learning 2.0 – The Intimacy Factor
At the heart of e-Learning 2.0 and Social Networking is the “Intimacy Factor” – it works only based on trust, relationships and mutual respect. It sounds like the relationship between an old Confucian philosopher (the master) and his young student…
Knowledge Management Landscape
Ray Sims has a very helpful map, the Knowledge Management Landscape. The map provides an observer a good way of understanding the different tools, practices and thoughts that impact knowledge management. In e-Learning, Knowledge Maps are valuable since they help…
Traditional Learning Paradigms Don’t Have to Die
Mobile log, LAX, delayed SouthwestI just presented to the ASTD LA External Consultant group on Social Networking and its impacts on learning.My impressions: 1. The training practice is accustomed to formulaic ways of implementing ideas and solving problems. Ideas that…
3-Minute e-Learning into Micro-Learning
When I wrote “3-Minute e-Learning” (2006), I compiled my learnings from five years of implementing e-Learning programs. It occurred to me that 3-Minute e-Learning addressed the need of e-Learning instructional designers and developers. The book was focused on helping how…
Worlds of Microlearning For Even Faster Speeds
Microlearning to me is a key aspect in the rapid e-learning, social networking, e-Learning 2.0 world. People don’t really learn huge content at a time, but only bits and pieces. As we accumulate tools to distribute data and knowledge at…
“Abundantly abundant abundance” data does not mean learning
I relate to what Nick Carr was saying about “Abundantly abundant abundance“ Carr was referring to the overload of videos, graphics, photos, and pages in MySpace, Facebook and many other personal Social Networking tools. The overload causes fatigue, exhaustion and…
TrainingTech Solutions – Salt Lake Conference
I am scheduled to present in the following sessions at the TrainingTech Solutions Conference in Salt Lake City on Oct. 12-16, 2007 1. Rapid e-Learning Design Workshop 2. LMS 1. 2, LMS 2 and Beyond 3. Integrating Social Networking to…
Micro-Learning Impacts: Training Magazine Event Study
We just released a study and report on “Micro-Learning Impacts.” This study (on-going) was conducted in cooperation with Training Magazine Events showing how learners learn, apply, network, and measure results. The participants submitted micro-goals, networked with their leaders and peers,…
Tony Karrer, George Siemens – Online Conference
Gary Hamel – The Future of Management – Web 2.0 and Community Driven Management Models
In Gary Hamel’s most recent book “The Future of Management” published at the Harvard Business School Press, he expresses his view of the future of management. He suggests that in the future, enterprises’ organizations will resemble “community-driven” models of Web…
Organics and Stories: 50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story
At the heart of 3-Minute e-Learning (2007), I recommend to e-learning developers, SMEs, and project managers to use organics: stories, metaphors, cases, scenarios, narratives, and others. Organics help learners learn quickly because they can relate the content to a real-life…
Consequences of skipping formal learning
San Jose, Ca, Airport: Mobile log I am curious and have to research this issue. Please help. Do Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 offer solutions for supporting formal learning, specifically micro-learning? I do not refer to classroom training. I am…
e-Learning 2.0 Driven by Web 2.0 “SLATES”
Dion Hinchcliffe made a good summary of where Web 2.0 is impacting Enterprise 2.0. In his article he summarizes the new reports from Forrester, CIO Insight and McKinsey that suggests the faster adoption of Web 2.0 in enterprises. What is…