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ID REFLECTIONS DECEMBER 29, 2011 50 Posts and Articles that Made Me Think in 2011 Inspired by JaneHart’s Top100 Articles of 2011 , I thought I should put down at least the top 50 thathas made me reflect and ponder in the past one year, has changed the way I dothings and shaped quite a bit of my work-life decisions. Not all the posts havebeen written in 2011, but since I either stumbled across them in 2011 or readthem with greater appreciation this year, I thought it fair to include these inthe list. have divided them across five categories for easy reference. From the categories, you willbe able to see what has influenced me the most in the past one year. approaches? | CLIVE ON LEARNING DECEMBER 29, 2011  Profile of a learning architect: Dick Moore Throughout my book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of learning architects in action. In this final profile, w e look at the work of a learning architect who has worked within what is very much a top-down learning environment and on a very large scale. Dick’s work at learndirect helped to ensure 2.8 Since 2000 it has used technology to enable more than 2.8 | AARON SILVERS DECEMBER 29, 2011  Learning Registry Plugfest 2 A few weeks ago, the second Learning Registry Plugfest took place at the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. Over the course of two days the community gathered together, worked across organizations (and technologies) and surfaced some critically important questions and ideas the will drive the next wave of development for the Learning Registry (@learningreg). | BAMBOO PROJECT DECEMBER 29, 2011  The Six 21st Century Skills You REALLY Need Given the work that I do, I'm a sucker for skill lists. As our work worlds grow ever more complex and challenging, it seems that the skills themselves become more complex too. . Increasingly, though, I've begun to believe that these lists are distracting us from the real skills of success. My 21st Century Skills List. In no particular order, my 6 21st Century skills are: Self-Awareness. Reflection. | | | | | | | |
| - Through the 70:20:10 Looking Glass
This is the second of three posts adapted from articles written for Inside Learning Technologies & Skills magazine. The original has been published here. The third article will be posted here a little while after it has been published in the magazine for the Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition in London 26-27 January 2012. In the first MORE >> -
LEARNING WITH E'S | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011  Four game changers
It was great to meet and talk with some very creative and inspirational people during my travels in 2011. Here are four people I spent some time with and whose powerful ideas are changing education: Miguel Brechner. spoke to Miguel Brechner after his well received keynote speech at ALT-C in Leeds this year. He requested a meeting with me after reading my blog reportage of his speech. He wanted to clarify a few points, including a response to the critique of the One Laptop Per Child projects. We can expect to see more projects of a similar nature taking hold in 2012. Wayne Mackintosh. MORE >> -
 Create, Collaborate
Tweet This cartoon, by Hugh Macleod of GapingVoid , pretty well sums up my last few years. The Internet has allowed me to self-publish at will and get connected to a growing network of people, several of whom I have had opportunities to collaborate with. There are no more hierarchies between creation and collaboration. We live in a most interesting time in history. Never before has it been so easy to collaborate. Thanks, Vint Cerf , Sir Tim and everyone else who helped make the network era possible. Communities InternetTime MORE >> -
ONEHUNDREDFORTYWORDS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011 Well Read: The Creative Habit
I’m starting to feel like all I’ve posted here in the past month is that I’m writing or talking in other places; it’s been a very busy month. And I will get back to writing here soon, but first, today’s announcement is the biggest of all. I’m thrilled to share that I’m starting a new monthly column for Learning Solutions Magazine: Well Read. Well Read will highlight books that are outside of the traditional learning milieu but that have an impact on our practice. Kind of a Liberal Arts approach to the field of learning. Enjoy! MORE >> -
ELEARNING BROTHERS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011 Does Slide Count Matter?
I recently read a great blog post by Articulates Tom Kuhlmann, titled Here’s Why Slide Count is Irrelevant to Your E-Learning Course. In the post he mentions the following key points: Screen count does not matter to the elearner…what matters, is the interaction built into the course. Do not auto-advance the slides in your course. Some people are fast readers, some are not, and some want to review the slide information before progressing through the course. Give the control to the learner! Finally, three tips for creating productive eLearning: Break the content into bite-size chunks. MORE >>
- A Year of “The Performance Improvement Blog” in Review THE PEFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT BLOG | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
- 2011: My year in blog posts, presentations and other resourcees JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
- Year in Review: The Worst Employee Training Mistakes of 2011 MINDFLASH | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
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