Second Life is not a teaching tool Tool Set 2009 New Design for My Smile Sheet The art of changing the brain Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives How to Convert Your PowerPoint Presentation into an Elearning Course Social Media makes this course stand out Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging? Bryan Chapman Tips for facilitators in Ning The ‘Least Assistance’ Principle No more excuses for poor e-learning content eLearning Defined eLearning Technology. Learning 2.0 - The Things How we read online. Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools - A Summary PR 2.0: MORE >>

Asynchronous Discussion I personally have found that Ning works great as a tool for all sorts of different needs. Creating a new Ning network is very easy and it gives you a lot of what you would want / need as a work team. Here are a couple of quick guides to getting started on Ning: How to Create Your Own Social Network with Ning Start Your Own Social Network in Minutes with Ning Of course, if you've not yet joined some of the existing Learning Communities on Ning, then go do that right now so you are used to how it works. MORE >>

So it is high time that I give an update, and Jane has provided me the perfect excuse as she recently announced the final results of the 2009 edition of her survey of Tools for Learning. Here are the top 10 tools for 2009, with the number of votes each received. The growth of YouTube—not just in terms of the number of videos it serves up daily, but in how people perceive it—is evident by its climb from a modest 18th place in 2008 to 3rd in 2009. And another big climb is evident for SlideShare, which went from 31st in 2007 to 20th in 2008 to 7th in 2009. 159 Twitter. MORE >>

The Learning and Skills Group is a UK based community on Ning , that's really active and has about 1800 members on it. Sumeet Moghe, 2009. The last few days in Hong Kong have been incredible -- I saw some great sights, participated in some interesting activities and backed all of it up with some great food. Talking of food, I very quickly realised that its kinda tough to get by without using chopsticks in Hong Kong. Now I'm sure that some upmarket restaurants offer forks and knives for food. Food for me however, spells 'cheap and streetside'. or "I don't learn that way." MORE >>

Today, Ning made a bunch of free apps available for download. have added five of them (Ning’s limit) to the Internet Time Community to assess how they work. Since the top menu of a Ning community is limited to 14 items, I collapsed some links into sub-categories. Mouse over Add-ons to see the new apps. installed TokBox (videochat), MindJolt (games), Huddle Workspaces (collaboration), a WordPress blog reader, and Poll Daddy. Give them a whirl at the Internet Time Community site. And leave a comment about their usefulness. Thanks. MORE >>