I was quite impressed by Joyce Seitzinger's Professional Learning Environment (PLN) model that she presented at Deakin University in Melbourne this week. Joyce calls the second quadrant the Filing Cabinet, because essentially, it is low profile and low in terms of the efforts put into communicating with others, and it provides a repository for the user (and their PLN) to store, categorise and possibly share content they think is important to them. The question still open to me is whether this model would change from it's current form to represent Personal Learning Networks. MORE >>

RSS Reader Market in Disarray, Continues to Decline Written by Richard MacManus / December 20, 2009 8:04 PM / 74 Comments « Prior Post One of the interesting trends of 2009 has been the gradual decline of RSS Readers as a way for people to keep up with news and niche topics. So what's happened to RSS Readers. In February 2007 we reported on the state of the RSS Reader market, based on statistics from Feedburner and Pheedo. The first time ReadWriteWeb looked into market share for RSS Readers was 5 years ago, in December 2004. Windows RSS Platform 1587 9. MORE >>

The Learning Circuits Big Question for this month is: If you peer inside an organization in 10 years time and you look at how workplace learning is being supported by that organization, what will you see? The responsibility for e-learning development will decentralise across the organisation. In 10 years’ time, I believe organisations will rely less on external development houses to produce e-learning solutions, and instead bring more – if not all – of it in-house. Learning development should be no different. Learning will be fully networked. MORE >>

Level 6 is the final stage of the mlearning content model comprising rich-media formats such as podcasts or video, targeted firmly at the smartphone/netbook audience. Content in either of these formats has the ability to engage, convey and capture a mobile user, and therefore the higher the production value the greater the impact the content will have. Level 6 Content Types The CellCast Solution supports media-based content in podcast audio and video formats. MORE >>

What is a Learning Management System used for? The micro-blogging feature is a great way to build a network that can be used for varied types of learning. They’re easy to learn and use. Wikis are online so users can access, collaborate, and share content, knowledge and files anytime, anywhere. Twitter is a fast growing and influential social networking service that is being leveraged as a great learning tool. This sense and place of community is a powerful force that can drive learning in the enterprise. The Growing Importance Of Social Learning. MORE >>