Heavy users of social media record many aspects of their daily lives: activities, location, thoughts, feelings, and even purchases. 8221; ( Being Human in 2020 (.pdf) Self-tracking looks at a future of “being able to remember everything about your life in extraordinary detail. Bell proposes that a “continuous digital diary or e-memory” that integrates digital recording devices, memory storage and search engines will fundamentally “change what it means to be human.””

Here’s a chronological list of the posts that were based on learning experiences or were significant learning experiences themselves. In Learning Formats 2020 , I tried crowd-sourcing for the first time. The process was fascinating, and the results, more than satisfactory. Reflecting on running the training function was interesting as an exercise. The discussions I had with some friends that led to the post on changing behavior was a tremendous learning experience and proved to me the power of conversations.

Clayton Wright just sent me his incredible annual list of eLearning Conferences . Clayton publishes this as a Word document but does not publish it as a web page and so we’ve somewhat established a pattern of published in here. You can contact him at: crwr77@gmail.com . December 2009 December 1-4, 2009 New Zealand Association for Research in Education , Distinction Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand.