Postrank the media analytics service tracks distributed conversation regarding blogs, feeding and scoring items based on the relative engagement of those conversations. Innovation coming out of a recession is unpredictable; however some clear trends are becoming apparent. It’s time for the annual list of ten technologies to look out for in 2010. 1/ Microsoft Windows 7. Windows 7 was released to very positive reviews on October 22nd and in fact beat Vista’s initial sales by 234%. Microsoft needed a successful hit and Windows 7 delivered it for them. 3/ Increase in social learning. MORE >>

In my role as a consultant, it is hard to completely cut yourself off from business-related communication while on holiday, so the ability to receive all my emails and blog feeds was useful, along with access to my Evernote database and Google docs. I didn't mean to get an iPad. I've even written rather cynical posts about it. But one sort of dropped in my lap.Sort of. So now I've got one. My iPad arrived the day before my holiday in Mallorca; just enough time to allow me to get set up and download a few apps and to get my 3G connection up and running. MORE >>

About Search This Blog Web Notable Books Sponsoring Ads (vT1) Tracker Sponsoring Ads (vG2) « Performance Support for High-Stress Situations | Main | Famous Measuring-Training Story from Neil Rackham » Friday, 23 January 2009 Myths the Business Side Has About Learning: Result of Data Gathering I've been gathering a list of Myths that the Business Side Has about Learning. Will at Work Learning Will Thalheimers research-based commentary on learning, performance, and the industry thereof. reached out to my clients, to groups in LinkedIn, to my Brown Bag Learning participants. MORE >>

As much as people say it's a marketing tool for business (true - we do have this blog feed hooked up to our twitter account), my main use for it is to discover blog posts and articles relevant to the tech industry and training i.e. learning. The added benefit of this is that using Twitter to connect allows you to keep a record of all the questions and comments, in a manner similar to a blog post." If you still haven't got your head around Twitter , don't worry! You'll get there. And it really is a lot more simple than you might think. So, that's the basics! MORE >>

apparently being a significant step forward in social networked learning: site-wide cohorts, portfolio support, external blog feeds, updated wiki, community hubs, etc) in education. We (as in TEKRI ) are sponsoring/organizing the upcoming Moodlemoot in Edmonton from May 1-5, 2011. Stephen Downes and Martin Dougiamas are keynote presenters. I’m looking forward to the discussion opportunities around where learning management systems are heading. Martin, as chief Moodler, has contributed enormously to the adoption and development of learning management systems (with Moodle 2.0 MORE >>