It’s been a few months since I joined the Twitter party – a little late (fashionably late?) and 221 tweets later, I thought I’d make another blog post about my experience.   I have I have felt dumb , looked stupid , and now maybe sound like an idiot as well.  You can be the judge… . Mistakes I’ve made – well nothing too dramatic, I hope - typos that others have pointed out (hate that), misattributed something (not intended), forgot the # in a #lrnchat – and had to re-type (probably annoying for those in my LinkedIn network).  have found the paper.li MORE >>

Image via Wikipedia. noticed that a post of mine cool e-learning for kids got a few hits a day, fairly consistently, so I thought it must be time for a follow up.  When I googled “cool e-learning for kids&# , my blog post came up at #4 - which is not to say “yay me&# , but more of a &# is this a common search topic, and can I add some more goodies to people’s toolboxes?&#. One of the things that I think is really powerful is for educators to use resources as part of their learning strategy, not go looking for a packaged solution.  My suggestions are piecemeal for a reason.  MORE >>

2011 is 1/12th over and thanks to my exalted status as thought leader (!!) for the BQ, I am compelled to write my predictions for 2011. Others have put together a ton of great predictions already. Such as: Horizons report. Actual thought leaders – elearn magazine’s list. Tony Bates. More Canadian perspectives as described by Brandon Hall. When the economy tanked, so did my consulting work, but since late fall 2010, things have picked up considerably. For those of you who are independents, here are my predictions for you (us). Social learning is still a fuzzy concept. MORE >>

I am working on several things which cluster around the theme of 21st century learning.  I’m developing workshops, helping clients craft  strategies, providing context in a variety of ways to other clients/peers/readers around 21st century learning, which also goes by “social media in learning&# and “Web 2.0 to train, support and develop&#.   . It has me reflecting.  What does 21st century learning strategy mean to me?  Is it all about technology?  Is it skills-oriented? Is Is strategy really that different now than it was in say 1997? What is the business case? track? design? MORE >>

How do you assess whether your informal learning, social learning, continuous learning, performance support initiatives have the desired impact or achieve the desired results? have found myself agreeing very much with responses from both Jay Cross and Clive Shepherd , but as I read their posts, I found myself wanting to know how we help “convince&# the powers that be (TPTB) that informal learning is a viable option.  So, for me, the term assessment needed a finer point, I want to know  why we are assessing. . change the balance of formal vs. informal in our organizations? MORE >>