He is the author of four books, Simulations and the Future of Learning (Wiley, 2004), Learning By Doing (Wiley, 2005), The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games - How the Most Valuable Content Will Be Created In the Age Beyond Gutenberg to Google (Wiley, 2009) and Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds (Wiley, 2009); and columnist and analyst. 2005). 2004). On The Horizon, Volume 12, Number 1, January 2004, pp. Highly Commended Award 2005 (Literati Club, Emerald) Aldrich, C. 2004). 2004 NASAGA Online! and C. MORE >>

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This weekend I noticed a tweet from Alec Couros about some issues with the Ning social networking platform. With social bookmarks, it is easy to export and import OPML files from one platform to another. This social networking platform is simple to set-up and use and has been embraced by millions, including LearnTrends (+3,000) and WorkLiteracy (+900), two sites I manage. For large enterprise projects I have used Drupal as a community management platform and it works well, though it requires solid technical support. Can the data be easily exported? MORE >>

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— Clark Quinn of Quinnovation and the Internet Time Alliance, and advisory board member for eLearn Magazine Predictions for eLearning from Years Past Predictions for 2010 Predictions for 2009 Predictions for 2008 Predictions for 2007 Predictions for 2006 Predictions for 2005 Predictions for 2004 Predictions for 2003 Predictions for 2002 e-Learning for the Right Reasons, Please! Well see more stand-alone and integrated collaborative platforms designed to capture expert knowledge. Here are our predictions for 2011. In fact, eLearn Magazine might need a new name.) MORE >>