Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

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. To do my review, I first looked at what I was writing about and what people were reading on my blog in 2008. June 1, 2008 was when Work Literacy Launched.

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APRIL 15, 2008

eLearning Guild Annual Gathering 2008 - Day 1- Social Learning Discussion « eLearning Weekly - Annotated. blogs and wikis), you may want to have evangelist(s) at your organization who take lead and emphasize the potential of these tools, show examples, etc. Tips and tricks for implementing social learning tools (Web 2.0

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 24, 2019

2019 was a big year for my blog. I started this blog in 2006 as a free wordpress.com blog. I was using my blog primarily as a tool for my own reflection and learning. This is post #1,115 on my blog. Some of those old posts haven’t held up well ( predictions for elearning in 2008 , anyone?). 2020 Goals.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

This was a great exercise and the fact that I had not considered my big challenges for 2008 made it harder to do my Conference Planning for ASTD TechKnowledge 2008. In terms of accelerating learning, blogging is definitely the best for me. Of course, I need to break this down and think through this in more detail.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 22, 2008

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. It's online. And it's free.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 5, 2008

The ASTD Big Question for January is "What are your Predictions for Learning in 2008?" The three questions, now modified for 2008, are: What will you remember most about 2007? What are the biggest challenges for you/us as head into 2008? What are your predictions for 2008? What are your predictions for 2008?

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 23, 2008

You can see the entire list of predication's-- Predictions for 2008. Truly valuable content will be found as short videos on YouTube, entries on blogs, or a favorite page on a wiki, none will be housed in a Learning Management System. You can see a discussion we had about the evaluations at 2008 Predictions: The Pressure is On!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 15, 2008

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 My Predictions for 2008 I wont deign to make grandiose predictions about the state of eLearning in the year 2008 as many have already done. Posted by Cammy Bean at 11:06 AM Labels: 2008 , Learning Circuits 4comments: Christine Martell said. He is already dreading it. Its going to be a rich year.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

I rely pretty heavily on Google Blog Search to help me find people who are citing blog posts of mine so that I can see that kind of conversation. Unfortunately, it looks like Google Blog Search has decided that they will now include the entire contents of the web page rather than just the contents of the RSS feed.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 11, 2008

Models of Blogs: Blog as Participant in Conversation (3 of 3) on Flickr. CC-NC image of blogs as connectors of ideas in conversations. tags: visualization , blog , conversation , connection. Using Blogs to Enhance Learning – Some Helpful Tips - OpenEducation.net. Posted in

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Avoiding the 5 Most Common Mistakes in Using Blogs with Students. “Ineffective contextualization&# (not thinking about the best way to use blogs, usually self-reflection). “Misuse of the environment&# (treating blogs like wikis or discussion forums). tags: e-learning , education , blog , writing. .

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From the Coleface

JANUARY 28, 2008

January is the time of year when you’ll read lots of predictions as to what will be hot in 2008 in L&D, so I thought it would be rude not to get into the act too. is the next generation of websites where users generate the content so that many publish to many e.g. blogs, wikis, on-line communities.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 15, 2008

Trendpedia - blog trend search. Graphs the number of blog posts over time which include a search term or phrase. tags: blog , visualization , patterns. Works even for terms with low numbers of actual posts (e.g., You can compare the trends for up to 3 terms at a time.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

I’d been mulling posting these to the blog. It is All Fun and Games…And Then Students Learn- Kapp Notes, July 30, 2008. Gadgets, games and gizmos for learning- Clive on Learning, January 29, 2008. Serious Games Blog. Serious Games Blog. Using computer games in education- ThirdForce Blog, January 30, 2009.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2008

Stephen Downes summarizes week 2 of CCK08, including a description of how different the discussions in Moodle and on the blogs are. The Moodle discussion has become very angry and dominated by a handful of people, while the blogs show much more diversity in perspectives. tags: cck08 , connectivism , networks , discussion , blog.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

I’d been mulling posting these to the blog. It is All Fun and Games…And Then Students Learn- Kapp Notes, July 30, 2008. Gadgets, games and gizmos for learning- Clive on Learning, January 29, 2008. Serious Games Blog. Serious Games Blog. Using computer games in education- ThirdForce Blog, January 30, 2009.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 29, 2008

JOLT - Defining Tools for a New Learning Space: Writing and Reading Class Blogs. Examines blogs as learning tools for creating a “community of discourse.&# This article focuses more on the role of the facilitator in shaping the learning community than on the instructional design of assignments using blogs.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 4, 2008

Stephen Downes has upped the ante on predictions for 2008 by creating a report card on predictions of 2007. Half an Hour: Last Year's eLearn Magazine Predictions If you want to see most of the blogs referenced, see Darren Draper's Bloggers Make Better Predictions. Here is his post. I tried to be more specific.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 2, 2009

Just read an article in the Guardian The long tail of blogging is dying (Found via Donald Clark ). But recently – over the past six months – a new trend: fewer blogs with links, and fewer with any contextual comment. out of the 133m blogs it tracks had been updated in the past 120 days. Blogging definitely takes work.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 10, 2008

This article skims the surface of what might be possible if social networking tools, blogs, wikis, and more were used to construct courses and give students more control. tags: lms , socialnetworking , ple , blog , wiki , web2.0 , learnercontrol. What would that do to the pedagogy?

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 19, 2008

Blogging and Reading Comprehension Strategies « Classroom Tech Tips. and tips for students to improve blog conversations. tags: blog , education , k-12 , writing. We know they are student centric, wholistic, they are teaching about how to learn as much as teaching about the subject area.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Includes links to blog posts about ID careers (including my 2007 series), companies that hire IDs, courses and certificates available in India, and salaries. Getting Started with Instructional Design. Manish Mohan on getting started in the field of instructional design, responding to several reader questions. Posted in

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 17, 2008

tags: blog , digitalliteracy , education , writing. How do we teach connective writing that uses the full potential of what real blogging can be, as opposed to just “writing with blogs&# ? » Thinking ’bout Linking Bud the Teacher. Reflections on how writing for online is different than writing for text.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 1, 2008

tags: blog , community , education , citations , reputation. The Learning Circuits Blog: Big Questions. tags: e-learning , blog , instructionaldesign. Collection of posts and ideas about etiquette and expected behavior in the edublogosphere, including dealing with inappropriate comments, online reputation, and healthy debate.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 14, 2008

» What Everyone Should Know About Working with Subject Matter Experts The Rapid eLearning Blog. Tips for working with SMEs: * Don’t expect SMEs to be experts at learning theory. Present good examples of what you think will work. Everyone is working for the organization’s success. tags: sme , instructionaldesign , e-learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 18, 2008

Make Your Blog Design Work For You | chrisbrogan.com. Design ideas from someone who says that every part of his blog design is intentional. tags: blog , design , usability , goals. It may not be perfect, but he’s thought about all the elements and how they help him accomplish his goals.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 13, 2008

x28’s new Blog » Blog Archive » My take on Connectivism. Natalie Kilkenny writes about how much more productive she is as a telecommuter than working in a cube farm and answers the question “How do they know that you’re working when they can’t see you?&#. tags: telecommuting , career , productivity.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 12, 2008

Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Working Wikily: The fine lines between content and curriculum and self-directed learning and instruction … Beth Kanter on the process of developing curriculum collaboratively with a “swarm&# of contributors on a wiki.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 3, 2008

Dave's Whiteboard » Blog Archive » Think and do? You read a post on one of your regular blogs, then click a link (1). tags: blog , conversation , connection , lifelonglearning. Top News - Blogging helps encourage teen writing. tags: blog , writing , education , k-12. tags: blog , writing , education , k-12.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 30, 2008

tags: blog. Some of these aren’t really relevant to what I do (like the advertising info), but there’s some ideas here for making my blog more useful. Principles include “People before Things (or test scores)&# and “As the Individual Grows so Will the Collective Wisdom of the Community&#.

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Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 17, 2008

Educational Technology and Life » Blog Archive » Passion and Professional Development… Online. Mark Wagner on different philosophies for teaching, both face-to-face and online. From one of the assignments in PLS’ Facilitator Skills Training. tags: FST , teaching , profdev , passion , e-learning , education , learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 4, 2008

iterating toward openness » Blog Archive » If Facebook Worked Like Blackboard. A short post, but very pointed–if Facebook worked like an LMS, no real community would ever develop. Questions the whole idea of closed educational systems. tags: facebook , education , e-learning , lms , blackboard , openaccess.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 31, 2008

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: How to Make Wiki References. Screencast and directions for adding references in Wikispaces. Wikispaces references now work like Wikipedia, where you can add a reference and it creates a linked footnote. tags: wiki , citations , howto , screencast. WebAIM: Web Accessibility Gone Wild. tags: accessibility , webdesign.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 31, 2008

The Bamboo Project Blog: Guide to Using Free Tools to Create an Online Portfolio. Vanity search on Diigo to see everyone who has bookmarked my blog. Classroom Management Quotes. tags: education , quoteable. Some good quotes on classroom management and education. tags: career , portfolio , tools. Search People By Site > Diigo.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 10, 2008

What to do with a visually noisy blog » VisualsSpeak Blog. Christine Martell explains blog visuals with some usability and color theory. tags: graphicdesign , usability , blog , color. The pink sweater is my favorite. tags: flickr , math , k-12 , education , visualization.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 24, 2010

- Leveraging Learning , October 6, 2009 7 Creative Ways to Introduce Social Media to Your Team - Learning Putty , October 22, 2009 10 Tips to Get Started with Twitter - Learn and Lead , April 18, 2009 Coping with Twitter - Learning Conversations , February 26, 2010 Hashtags in Twitter and walls, fountains, ways to keep everyone's remarks in the picture (..)

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 29, 2008

Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » Diigo you have given me a headache. Wikinomics » Blog Archive » Wiki collaboration leads to happiness. Cool Cat Teacher Blog: The Five Phases of Flattening a Classroom Annotated. tags: privacy , socialbookmarking. tags: socialbookmarking , socialnetworking.

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