The road ahead :  I am presently developing detailed role descriptions, community guidelines, role assessment tools, and the identification of appropriate learning products and offerings.  The person who looks for and uses content, information, and social connections. Media Savvy :  Able to use social media in a natural way. Tagged: learning community , social learning. Tags: learning20 social learning learning community Premise :  Learning communities or networks thrive because its members possess certain skills and capabilities.  Role Description. Consumer. MORE >>

I was just asked about trends in open source for eLearning and particularly open source eLearning tools. Probably one of the better sources on this is Jane Hart’s Instructional Tools Directory. You can find a long list of tools broken into authoring tools, games/simulations, quiz/test tools, social media, delivery platforms, tracking and whether they support mobile. Beyond that, probably the best thing to do is to use eLearning Learning to go through it’s open source eLearning and open source eLearning Tools. Here’s some of what I pulled out. MORE >>

The final list of top 100 tools for learning for 2010 is now out on Jane Hart’s website. understand this list is more inclined towards tools that learning professionals use for their own learning as opposed to those used for creating learning programs or training sessions. see great gains made by some of the tools while I have not even experienced them as yet. quick look at the top 10: Twitter – micro-updating tool. YouTube – video hosting and sharing tool. GoogleDocs – online collaboration tool. Delicious – social bookmarking tool. MORE >>

He opined that the new ‘cigarette’ break was the social media break where employees will stand outside with their mobile phone and check in on their social networks.  The reason, of course, being that their companies block social media access via their IT infrastructure. I remember this because the company asked that the vendor turn off the email system as they didn’t want folks frittering away time being social.  Yet that same mentality of not trusting employees to use resources responsibly comes in with social networks.  MORE >>

It’s a visual search engine that draws content from all over the Web, particularly social media sites. Other visual search tools include: viewzi , Kart00 and search-cube. Though Word Clouds aren’t new, have you used them as a learning tool? It is one of the most innovative tools for creating nonlinear presentations. Try these free online mind mapping tools, some of which are collaborative: Mindmeister (check out their Public Mind Maps), Xmind and Mindomo. Post from: The eLearning Coach 10 Ways To Learn In 2010. The whole world is a school. MORE >>