I am a Johnny-come-lately to the Twitter scene (Twittersphere).  I thought Twitter was nothing more than instant messaging on steroids.  Forget information overload.  I saw it as information suicide.  Experience has changed

for Learning Professionals , 25 Tools by Jane Hart , and Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations 2008 )  I highly recommend that you experiment with Ning if you want to augment offline courses or if you want to build online learning workshops. Use Ning to build online communities and memorable learning experiences.  Ning is a free social networking platform that offers a wide array of features and capabilities. 

Adobe is offering a familiar service … for free ! Anyone who has used Adobe Connect to host live meetings on the Internet knows that it is a powerful tool for screen sharing, file sharing, marking up documents, chatting, taking notes, and interacting with audio and video. Adobe is now offering this service for free for up to three participants at a time . Simply sign up for a free account to get started.

I will be attending the free, online conference, Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations 2008 , at Ning.com next week, November 17-21, 2008.  November 17, 2008 from 8am to 8:45am – Conference site Jane Hart has conducted a yearly survey for the past several years asking learning professionals what tools they use. November 17, 2008 from 8:45am to 9:30am – Online Find out which are the newest and The event is moderated by Jay Cross , George Siemens , and Tony Karrer . “Join us to explore new developments, track emerging opportunities, and network with learning pioneers.”

I didn’t get to attend the Adobe Summit or DevLearn 2008 this week in San Jose, CA, and I’m totally jealous of everyone who got a sneak peek of Adobe Captivate 4.   Thankfully, Philip Hutchison posted an excellent overview of all the new features on his pipwerks blog .  Captivate 4 will be part of the new Adobe eLearning Suite . 

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: