I have now finalised the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list based on the contributions of 223 learning professionals worldwide. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: The list is available online at www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html recommended/top100.html or as an embeddable slideshow (see below) or as a PDF to download .

The Big Question this month are Predictions for Learning in 2008 . during 2008. Prediction #2 => Virtual Classroom Tools - Meeting Tool + Second Life Lite A medium size Virtual Classroom / Meeting Tool will announce features in 2008 that are not 3D immersive, but that are more like Mii characters in a 2.5D Prediction #10 => Knowledge Worker Skills - Just Beginning in 2008, Big in 2009 The discussion of knowledge work Here are my predictions, but realistically they are more about trends in eLearning and eLearning Software . Prediction #1 => eLearning 2.0 - Increasing

It's always interesting to look back at the past year - 2008, think about what has changed for me during the year, and think about what that means for the next year - 2009. My blog is really the hub of my thinking and activity, so by going back through posts for the 2008, it gives me a pretty good perspective on what's been happening inside my head during 2008. To do my review, I first looked for Learning Professionals Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 Test SCORM Courses with an LMS Request for Proposal (RFP) Samples Training Method Trends Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis SCORM Test Web 2.0

See also - Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 I was talking with someone last night who asked me what some of the bigger eLearning Trends were. I told him about eLearning 2.0 and the move to DIY. But I also promised to point him to some of my posts

The Top 100 Tools for Learning Spring 2008 list has now been finalised from the contributions of 155 learning professionals from education, workplace learning and continuing professional development., Top 100 Tools for Learning Spring 2008 Learning Toolbox 2008 You can view the list here: I've also categorised the Top 100 tools by type of tool - and you can view that list here:

George Siemens , Jay Cross and Tony Karrer have organized the second annual free online conference: Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovation 2008 November 17 - 21, 2008 | Online | Free Last year's conference had two thousand people from all over the world take part in the week-long conference. This year the conference has an incredible set of speakers and lots of opportunities to discuss the issues. Speakers and topics include: Alvaro Fernandez: Brain Fitness for Peak Health and Performance Dave Gray: Visual Literacy, Learning Innovation Kevin Wheeler: The

2008 - Past experiences. We are going to continue a tradition in the Big Question ... The Big Question for December is: What did you learn about learning in 2007? If you are a blogger, I would highly recommend taking this as an opportunity to go back through your blog posts over the year and looking for any "aha moments" or highlight the posts that you think were the best/most interesting. You might want to look back at some discussions going on during the last two yearly recaps: 2007 - What Did You Learn about Learning? Present Challenge.

As discussed in yesterday's post, here are my Top 25 blogs for 2008. Hopefully there's enough detail, laid out in a usable fashion, to encourage you to try out a few of the links. Blog... Blog... The The E-learning Curve blog shares thought-provoking commentary and practical knowledge for e-learning professionals.

Please note that I am going to be closing the Top 10 Tools list activity on Friday 31 October 2008 , in order to finalise the Top 100 Tools list for this year.  Some updated tools lists this week from: Nick Hood   -  Nick is a physics and mathematics teacher in Fife, with 25 years in industry. Debbie Gascoyne - Debbie is an English instructor and E-Learning facilitator at Camosun College in Victoria, BC, Canada Audrey J Williams   -  Audrey is Director of Educational

As promised ... The Big Question for January is: What are your Predictions for Learning in 2008? To help you get started, you might want to look back at the posts on last months big question and last year's predictions. December 2007 - What Did You Learn about Learning? December 2006 - Past experiences. To do this simply use an anchor tag in your comment. Posts So Far: Manish Mohan Benjamin Hamilton Clark Quinn's Learnets: 2008 Predictions for Learning John Shaffer - Learning Predictions for 2008 Wendy Wickam Clive Shepard Stephanie