This makes me wonder about Peter Drucker’s comment that the corporation as we know it won’t be around in the next 25 years (Managing in the Next Society, 2002). Informal Learning NetworkLearningI was listening to an interview with Steven Johnson on CBC Spark and he suggested that it’s a good practice to take regular notes (like my blog) but also important to review them regularly. I’ve gone through my 2004 posts, which was my first year of full-time blogging on this site, and here is what still remains interesting. Note that in 2004, blogging was not mainstream yet. MORE >>

Tweeting to Inform Learning Space Development EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 32, Number 1, 2009 "Where Do You Learn?": Tweeting to Inform Learning Space Development "Where Do You Learn?": Tweeting to Inform Learning Space Development By Elizabeth J. Having participants provide real-time information offers valuable behavioral insights in context, rather than relying on information recall. Student Use of Informal Spaces By 2007–8 a particular focus of ours was students’ use of informal learning spaces. Where Does Your Institution Stand? MORE >>

News & Information. Stuffed with information. Goldmines of information. Information Technology Association of America. -- 900,000 jobs to fill! TechLearn 2002. Training 2002 February 18 - 20, 2002 Atlanta, GA. Online Learning 2002. Online Learning 2002 Europe March 5 - 6, 2002 London. Online Learning 2002 Asia. Conference & Expo April 8 - 11, 2002 Washington. TechKnowlege 2002 February 4 - 7, 2002 Las Vegas. ASTD2002 International Conference, May 31 - June 06, 2002 New Orleans. MORE >>

Thinkers of that era believed that when learners retain abundant knowledge, they perform on the job when needed: “Thought First - Action Later” (Johnson, 2002). Social Media and Learning In " Informal Learning ", Jay Cross relates that 90% of knowledge and skills are acquired by learners informally. Furthermore, Jane Bozarth ( Social Media for Trainers ) shows us how to use social media to optimize informal learning opportunities. The speed at which innovations propel these learning concepts are discussed here. __ I am not a surfer. The wave is powerful. It persists. MORE >>

So often people treat ID as just organizing information on a page. We can use devices in the classroom to mobilize us – get kids out from behind their desks and moving around, gathering information. Nowadays, there’s just way too much information. 1940s Bloom’s Taxonomy 1956 Mager Learning Objectives 1962 Gagne 9 Events 1965 ADDIE…1975 ADDIE and the 5 Rules of Zen 2002 The affordances of mobile devices are many – need to think about training and ID in new ways. just in time information retrieval (Alerts go out when a bakery takes fresh bread out of the oven. MORE >>