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Predictions for 2009

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My predictions for 2009: With the continued economic difficulties, e-learning will grow due to its cost efficiency, or at least its perceived cost efficiency. Blogs and social media will grow as a knowledge management tool. It has already begun, but we will see it become more common place.

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Economic Times - Impact on Distance Learning

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Distance learning and a few related fields are noted as being areas where there are jobs Here are quotes from the article that pertain to distance learning, social media, cloud computing, and mobile technology. The Boston Globe just published an article titled Where the Jobs are in Anxious Times.

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LearnTrends 2009 Archive Videos Now Available

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If you were not able to attend this past week's LearnTrends Conference, they have recorded the sessions and made them available at the link below. link] The sessions were wonderful. Thank you to everyone who put it together. I learned quite a bit during these 3 days and plan to visit the recordings of the few sessions I was unable to attend.

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eLearning Cyclops: Cool Tools to Liven Up The Classroom

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Social Media - Get a back channel going in the classroom and keep it posted on the screen. Plus, what a great way to continue supporting learners by interacting via social media after the class ends. Labels: Classroom Training , Cloud , Cloud Computing , ISD , Social Media , Tools. ► 2009. (2).

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eLearning Cyclops: Making It Over The Wall #LCBQ

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Social media - Right now I am in the midst of encouraging staff to use social media as a learning and teaching tool. Social media provides access to an immense amount of informal learning and direct access to experts outside the organization walls. ► 2009. (2). Jeff Goldman. at 4:11 PM.

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eLearning Cyclops: Deconstructing My #DemoFest Course - Part 1

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Social Media included Twitter, Screenr videos, and Diigo social bookmarks. This time does not include ongoing learner support using social media and Intranet pages. Limited staff participation in the social media elements, specifically Twitter. ► 2009. (2). Jeff Goldman. at 4:03 PM.

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eLearning Cyclops: Informal learning. Maybe I Can Informally.

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It makes sense to use a social media tool to do this (e.g., Please dont think smile sheet, instead think individual questions delivered via social media. Are people talking about it and/or encouraging others to use social media and informal learning? ► 2009. (2). use hash tags in Twitter).