Tweet Here are some more questions from our Working Smarter conversation on 30 March 2011, followed by my comments. Feel free to weigh in. Q1: Our Legal department discourages social learning because the communication cannot be reviewed by them before being presented. How has this been addressed by others? Q2: What social media/social learning methods are effective in regulation heavy business where a single mistake can cause business-wide repercussions.  I am actually afraid of peer-to-peer education because often even the most respected peers just don’t get it right. InternetTime MORE >>

What’s the point? That is what one senior exec said to me, the other day when it came to social learning. shot off the usual reasons, the benefits, the gains and then found myself expanding into the next possibilities of where a system and content authoring tool had to go. It didn’t seem that far of a stretch, actually. Not at all. For end users, they have to see value that is the point. For vendors, they could make it happen and generate revenue. So, where do we begin? Slideshare. What solution ?  LMS/LCMS/Learning Who can use it ? Anyone, regardless of vertical. Scribd. Connotea. MORE >>

Today was the first day of SNW in Santa Clara. The Dell team was there, working in the hands-on labs area (more on that tomorrow!) and giving presentations. Will Urban had a session on VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) where he covered some of the basic considerations for moving from a test bed of 50 users to a more realistic user base of 1000 (and more). He talked about design considerations and components of VDI images – all stuff that has direct implications to your storage infrastructure. He showed slides from this Dell white paper. You know, the guy who co-founded Apple. MORE >>

I am pleased to share that I have an article in today’s Learning Solutions Magazine. It’s called Thinking Outside the Toolbox , and it’s been simmering for a couple of years as I’ve watched my own thought processes and had conversations with many others in our industry about our tools and how they relate to what we design and create. This line of thinking was also the basis for the Morning Buzz session I facilitated at the Learning Solutions conference. encourage you to add your thoughts. Enjoy! Share/Save. Announcements Articles conferences Design ls2011 Tools MORE >>

Last year, TEKRI and Athabasca University hosted a week-long research seminar on networks and learning. The event was quite successful. As a result, we are organizing a similar event this year. The seminar will be held in Edmonton from June 20-24 and is open to students and faculty. It’s an opportunity for review of existing and leading research as well as intensive discussion about the roles of social media and networks in education. For more information: on s eminar leaders and cost/registration MORE >>