This results in an amplification of your ideas, but usually, it won't happen unless you license your content for free sharing and repurposing (see my Creative Commons licence at the bottom of this post). Image source Going viral by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 creative commons sharing content social media amplfication viral Katie HafnerMany bloggers would give their right arm to be able to write posts that are widely read. For many, blogging is a little like whistling into the wind. MORE >>

This month's LCBQ is What are your Predictions and Plans for 2011? Tony Bates - eLearning Outlook for 2011 1. Shared Services between Institutions Manish Gupta - e-Learning Predictions for 2011 Live Online Training to Grow in India Birth of Motion Controlled Learning & Interactivity Performance Support Tools to Gain Adoption Outsourcing to Continue Growing Gaming to Gain Momentum LMS’s to Remain Primary Delivery Mechanism for e-Learning Glenn Hansen's 2011 predictions - 2011 - the year of collaboration Collaboration tools such as micro-blogging software (e.g. MORE >>

30 Places to Find Creative Commons Content – goes well with this video on Copyright. Design Learning Technology TWiB copyright creative commons elearning heroes instructional design SCORM tincanHeather Penney – 9/11 Hero – Amazing story (via Daring Fireball ). The 10-Minute Instructional Design Degree. “Also – instructional design and visual design are different things. Visual design is just as important (and it isn’t about making things “pretty”), and it needs to be done before the development phase begins.” ” – Judy Unrein. MORE >>

There are 6 Creative Commons licenses now. Presenter: Zaid Ali Alsagoff: Sharing to Connect, Interact and Learn. Slide deck for today available on his site). ?. great image - Stephen got a little editting when it got added to the whiteboard during the session). link]. Cris2B : Open PhD concept -- [link]. ?OER OER - Starting Points [link]. link]. OpenCourseWare Consortium. link]. Free Online Univserity Courses - [link]. Andreas Link: : Open content licensing for educators #OCL4Ed: [link] www.youtube.com/edu (university youtube sites). Cindy Jennings: [link]. TED Talks - [link]. MORE >>

This morning Elliott interviewed Cathy Casserly from Creative Commons and Dean Kamen. Cathy was a passionate advocate for openness and sharing. She talked about going further into learning, and I was reminded about Project Tin Can , making a more general learning path. Dean recited his interesting childhood and then launched into his inspiring project to make science cool again. strategy technology MORE >>