2011 is 1/12th over and thanks to my exalted status as thought leader (!!) for the BQ, I am compelled to write my predictions for 2011. I thought the concept of using Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) for training at a large hotel  chain was quite a smart idea. Maybe training groups need to include budget for the dispensation of devices in their project plans too? Others have put together a ton of great predictions already. Such as: Horizons report. Actual thought leaders – elearn magazine’s list. Tony Bates. Social learning is still a fuzzy concept. MORE >>

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011 TOP 100 LEARNING TOOLS The list is compiled (by Jane Hart ) from the Top 10 Tools lists of 531 learning professionals worldwide (from education, training and workplace learning). Here we go: Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011 View more presentations from Jane Hart If you are interested in a more detailed view of the movement of the tools on the list, take a look at the Winners & Losers 2011. Jane has also created a Best of Breed 2011 list, which categorizes the tools under a number of headings. What else can I say! MORE >>

It is time once again to ponder the research, extrapolate on recent experience, and attempt to read the tea leaves so we can predict the future of enterprise mobile learning in 2011. If 2010 was the year of the pilot, then 2011 will be the year of the deployment. As stated in our previous post , the mobile learning “app” has proved its superiority over less compelling mobile web-delivered training materials. Flash will still not be supported on iOS devices in 2011 but this fact will matter far less over time. mLearning Engagements Expand. Pad/Tablet Use Explodes ! MORE >>

The second part is a bit of evangelism hoping that more organizations will follow the path foreseen by my Internet Time Alliance colleagues, and move beyond just training to covering informal learning.  For the annual eLearn Mag predictions, this year I wrote: I think we’ll see some important, but subtle, trends. Deeper uses of technology are going to surface: more data-driven interactions, complemented by both more structured content and more semantics. These trends are precursors to some very interesting nascent capabilities, essentially web 3.0: system-generated content.  MORE >>

I recently had the opportunity to attend and speak at SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, California along with roughly 8,000 other attendees. My overarching impression post conference is that attendees, speakers and Microsoft are now (some would say finally) on the ‘social train’ In 2009 there were relatively few sessions focused on social, and even those were sparsely populated in terms of attendance. In 2011, not only were there more social-based sessions, any non-focused social session seemed to have social being discussed at some point in the chat too. MORE >>