ASTD offers this “Field Guide to Learning Management Systems.&#. Lots of resources on this one (a Google search will give you even more): This TrainingForce post lists basic steps for the LMS process overall as well as some guidelines for what to include in the RFP. Tags: Blogroll LMS aLearning Strategies eLearning Resources ASTD asynchronous learning Brandon Hall LCMS online learning RFPs resources strategic planning Tony Karrer I know, I know. You don’t have time for all of this. Resist the temptation to skim the surface!! Starting Points. Choosing an LMS? MORE >>

My notes from Ellen Wagner’s presentation introducing big data to ASTD. Start simple – Google Analytics, use that data to show value in data collection and get more/better analytics. We’ve accumulated 2.8ZBs of data. That’s an insane amount of information. People are willing to give up some privacy for convenience – tracking on sites like Amazon, Netflix – all recommendations based on “data breadcrumbs” you’ve left behind. Learning organizations need to be more like businesses – looking at data, metrics, optimization. MORE >>

These are my liveblogged notes from ASTD Tech Knowledge 2013 Opening Keynote kicking off today January 29, 2013 in San Jose, California. Google’s application form you fill out all the people you already know at Google. Kineo. 10206. Normal. false. false. false. EN-US. Apologies for typos and incoherence. danah boyd. Microsoft Research. Networked Learned: How Tomorrow’s Workers Will Challenge Today’s Organizations. zephoria. link]. Thinking through organizational change that matters. Interested in the inflections where technology meets with society. Why not talk to everyone? MORE >>

These are my notes from the morning session of ASTD LearnNow Conference, happening July 25 & 26 on the lovely shores of the Charles River in Cambridge, MA. did a quick tour of different social media tools and platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Google + and so on) so people can get a better sense of the tools out there. m co-facilitating this event with Bob Mosher (Ontuitive), Conrad Gottfredson (Ontuitive) and Chad Udell (Float Learning). Bob Mosher is starting the day off with some discussion around where do we start implementing these new technologies? But there are steps! MORE >>

SSO for Google and Salesforce.com (you have to have the product). Wow, wasn’t that marching band fantastic? loved the lip synch of that tune. Okay, time for the 2nd half to begin, so let’s go right to the kickoff. As before, please excuse text line space funkiness – WordPress app on iPad. TOUCHDOWN. The product comes in two flavors – a simple and a more robust. focused on the more robust. Talk about a nice run to the end zone! This version ($40/u/m) is geared towards the instructional designer/developer. FIRST DOWN. Adobe Presenter. Easy to use. Outputs to MP4. MORE >>