Site Map My ASTD Membership Store Home > Learning Circuits > 2009 > Twitter As a Learning Tool. Twitter As a Learning Tool. They’re twittering—or as they would put it, “twitting out&# information about you, your session, and what they are thinking and doing in real time. And their fellow Twitterers are talking back in the staccato bursts of the 140 words that Twitter requires. Twitter is a free micro-blogging service. More than 100,000 people followed Barack Obama on Twitter throughout his campaign. Really. Really. MORE >>

Recently, I attended a different sort of conference, one for leaders from the many local American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) chapters around the country. It was called the "ASTD ALC" or Chapter Leaders Conference (see their FAQ for details ). This year, I joined the Board of Directors of my local ASTD Chapter, the Genesee Valley chapter (for those not from upstate New York, that is basically the greater Rochester area).   Did you know there are some 130 ASTD chapters around the U.S.? Find your closest local chapter here.) MORE >>

Immediately one word came to mind: Twitter. It isn't the tool itself that has been so impact full for me; it's the world to which Twitter opened up to me. Then I discovered Twitter. From that moment on, I have never looked at 'Training' the same, and each day the interactions I have on Twitter continue to shape me as a professional. find that Twitter has the audience and usage that best provides professional development support for those in our field. It's a challenge for individuals and for the industry as a whole. recall those early years well. MORE >>

We should! ~@ dwilkinsnh #ISPI #ASTD GenY has a tribe. Tags: #ISPI #ASTD social media collaborative learning Twitter Collaboration communication I just attended an #ISPI session hosted by the Massachusetts ISPI chapter (@ MASS_ISPI ). The session was on HPT and Social Learning: Organizational Performance in the Cloud b y David Wilkins, VP of Product Marketing at Learn.com. Jean Marrapodi (@jmarrapodi) in her inimitable fashion made it possible for me to attend this session via Skype. And Dave (@dwilkinsnh) made getting up at 4:00 a.m. so totally worth it. No one owns SoMe. MORE >>

TechKnowledge 2012 Twitter Game For the first part of the conference, I have co-created a game that is designed to increase conference learning and give attendees the opportunity to network with peers or play solo. If you’d like to partner with others, use Twitter hashtag #TKgame at the conference. Well, my time blogging here at The Learning Circuits Blog is quickly coming to an end. It’s been a great time with some awesome discussions. So, I hope to meet a number of readers, commentors and lurkers in person at TechKnolwedge 2012 at the end of this week. 12:15 p.m., MORE >>