$700 Trillion Dependency In the U.S. 700 people of 1,000 use cars. In China, 24 people of 1,000 use cars. The U.S. use 25% of world’s oil, and today, 70% of that oil requirement is imported.The magnitude of the energy…
Work Literacy of Social Learning Implementors
I have been reviewing the blog discussions on Work Literacy Gap and Frameworks between Harold Jarche, Tony Karrer and Michelle Martin. The discussions are very helpful in formulating my thoughts on the issues of social learning tools, technologies and impacts…
# 1 – Deepening Social Learning to Work Performance – Proposed Model
Series # 1 – Can we use formal learning structure as a framework in implementing Learning 2.0? One of the most challenging issues in implementing a new method, tool or way of thinking is how to replace the prior behaviors…
No Ugly Content Please: iPhone’s Modality Learning Is Great, but It Will Not Work with “Ugly Looking” e-Learning Content
I stumbled upon eQuixotic Blog and was impressed with Chris’ quality and mission. Chris talks about Apple’s July 11, 2008 release of Modality Learning. View Steve Jobs’ Keynote Address at WWDC 2008. Comments: 1) In the training industry, many times,…
iPhone Authoring – Seems Simple Enough
Apple is poised to take advantage of the learning, education and social media …in motion. See Apple’s Modality Learning. The basics of iPhone learning production are easy enough. Of course, just like anything else, if the content is bad, the…
e-Learning and Training – Soon, Hopefully. No More Mice with Microsoft Surface
Business Ideas through Social Learning
The site Gogme.biz is an application of adding more “function” in a social networking context. I see that social learning can benefit from this idea by testing how learning can follow this path: Phase I- social learningPhase 2-collaborative learningPhase 3-performance…
Quiz Maker in a Wiki? “Wow, what a paradox – sleepless night!”
Adding a Quiz Maker in a Wiki really causes me anguish. It brings me back to what I call the diseases of trainers, instructional designers, even parents, or anyone for that matter. CONTROL-ITIS – controlling what learners should learnCONTENT-ITIS –…
“Concrete and Vivid Stories Exert Extraordinary Influence”
Roger Heap from Psychological Associates (http://www.spq4.com/) was very nice to share these thoughts on story telling: I have been reading Influencer: The Power to Change Anything, by Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, McMillan, and Switzler. I thought you would enjoy this confirmation…
There Goes the Eye Medicine – Cisco’s Big Move to Social Networking
Application Points: Cisco could be blinding many of us. Commercially viable. Massive solution focuses on technical prowess. Cases still persist on really bad LMSs and Synchronous presentations (virtual meetings). —————————————————————- Many of us are struggling about how to discover the…
Unable to Produce profits. Does It Matter to Us in the Learning and Training World?
—————————————————– Application Points: Not too quick to love the technology of Web 2.0? Let’s ask why they are not making profits. Are we buying into a bubble? So what? Look into providers for training and learning niche of Web 2.0.…
Do You Tell Stories, Rumors or Controversies?
Jakob Nielsen: E-Learning: An Oxymoron? Story Telling, Narrative and Web Reading, and Social Learning Jakob Nielsen Alert Box, June 9, 2008, compares Writing Style for Print vs. Web. ————————————————————- Application Points: Participants in social learning are ALL engaged but differ…
e-Learning 2.0: Surveying Learner Participant TechnoProfile
Social Networking: Surveying Learner Participant TechnoProfile I have been fine-tuning a survey tool to gauge the TechnoProfile of the target learning audience in social learning, networking, collaboration and Learning 2.0 environments. I call it “Learner TechnoProfile.” The survey design is…
“Beyond Blogs – It Will Be Here After the Bubble Bursts”
Stephen Baker of Business Week says in a video, “We will be using blogs and other tools, even after the blog bubble bursts, if there is one.” I remember the upside of the last .COM bust. A lot of the…
Visualization – IBM’s Many Eyes Rocks – A Tool for Social Network Leaders
There is a lot of progress in web 2.0 tools and widgets in the area of visualization of data, interaction or process. Searchme.com and C Dragon are good examples. The idea is that the more people can visualize data, the…