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What is SharePoint 2010? Vision and Reality. tags: enterprise2.0 sharepoint
 
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Like most people who develop and manage training for a living, especially at small to medium sized companies and non profits, I have learned to do a lot of work using free and open source software tools. UDUTU - coolest online course development tool I’ve seen. Sprout - distribute your content in Flash widgets and share them virally.
Gaping Void asks "is open source ready for prime time with CEO/CIO types?" Seth says wrong question, commercial is safe, open source is viewed as risky by CEO, but safe is risky and risky is safe. What does this all mean to the commercial and open source LMS space
It seems to take a lot to get me blogging these days. Between Tony's not too subtle encouragement and the PLE (personal learning environment) debate I just have to get my thoughts on record. The debate seems to centering around two dimensions that I'll label domain and control. Both dimensions have a personal versus company component.
Here is another excellent video from Common Craft.this time explaining in simple terms the benefits and process for using photo sharing sites like Flickr. use both Flickr and Picasa Web and probably should use them more
What is SharePoint 2010? Vision and Reality. tags: enterprise2.0 sharepoint

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Friday, September 3, 2010
Tween's playing a video game. Most of them do on a regular basis. In 2007, when children's marketing research firm KidSay asked boys what virtual worlds or online games they had visited in the past two weeks, 35 percent of boys aged 8 to 11 replied "none." That's a big increase. Here are some other statistics from the M2 Research Report.
 
Friday, September 3, 2010
Tweet Here are some of the things I learned via Twitter this past week. QUOTES: @EskoKilpi “Control means being able to predict (if A then B); if we can’t predict, we can’t control.&#. via @4KM Complexity is necessary … confusion & unnecessary complication should be eliminated. Don Norman ). **. And the debate goes on.
 
Friday, September 3, 2010
David Grady’s highly amusing observations on the problems inherent in conference calls definitely grabbed my attention, not only because I can relate them to my experiences of running regular meetings on the phone, but also because of the similar issues that can be faced in online meetings. Ideas?
 

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Most would agree that Twitter was one of the social networking phenomena of 2008, and has enjoyed exponential growth in popularity. The microblogging tool has obvious potential to be used in formal learning, both in traditional online classroom settings and - through mobile technologies - for mobile learners. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar).
In a recent conversation, I was asked what I thought about twitter as a learning tool. Over the course of the past few years I’ve moved from saying “I don’t get it” – to feeling like it’s a good addition to my Learning Tool Set. But I also think that there’s a lot more help now around how to make effective use of Twitter as a learning tool.
My collection of eLearning Articles, White Papers, Blog Posts, etc. just reached 100. Thought I'd share. No particular order to these. Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory 2. Keeping Up with the Pace of Change Informal learning will help employees survive in the future workplace 3. Understanding E-Learning 2.0 Web 2.0: Web 2.0
Update 2/6/2008 based on recent Top eLearning Posts It can be daunting to visit a blog for the first time. The author(s) have been writing individual articles for months or years. This is my attempt to help you get a sense of topics of my blog and find some of the more interesting past articles. Comments are very much welcome. Topics eLearning 2.0
Second Life truly is a phenomenon. It is exactly what the name and vision imply: an example of a parallel "multiverse". People will learn much in it, as they might alternatively learn via participating on a real -world sports team, running a real-world lemonade stand, or walking around a great real-world city. Supporting mentor/supervisor/guides.