It is just a fact of today’s world: we are all learning to do more with less. It is important to identify the greatest value for our time and resources. That means that defining the value of learning (and therefore training) in the workplace is critical. Ruth Kustoff – Learning Strategist and eLearning Expert is letting us share with you her thoughts on  The Value of Learning in a Tight Economy. Ruth is passionate about, and creative in, defining learning solutions. She explores the ideas of what would happen if learning took care of itself in your organization?  ”? MORE >>

Tweet Cristina Milos recently tweeted  that; “ Curating is different from aggregating information. That is why I am not a fan of Paperli or Scoopit.” ” The curation craze has been assisted by an increasing number of web platforms that enable easy sharing (with emphasis on the word easy ). But what value do they really provide, aside from another platform to sell user data or advertising? Merely seeking and sharing information does little more than create more noise online. The sense-making part takes effort. Merely tagging an article does not create knowledge. MORE >>

It’s hard to capture Erik Wahl’s dynamic presentation at the Learning Solutions conference (e.g. he painted three separate artworks during the presentation as music videos played). Still…: design meta-learning MORE >>

This morning at LSConf, the our speaker is Erik Wahl of Art of Vision fame. The conference site describes him thus, "By breaking apart traditional thinking, Erik challenges and inspires his audiences to redefine commonly held assumptions and misconceptions about “creativity," "goals," "success,” and "vision.” Discover how you can sharpen your creative skills and identify a personal style for inspiring yourself and others to rethink vision and purpose." Very exciting, let's see what he has to say. can't tell you how awesome this guy's start is. am in awe. Apparently it reduces blood pressure. MORE >>

How do you capture a 19 hour day in a post? That is the challenge of today’s blog. had installed myself yesterday evening in the pool area of the hotel. Laptop, wireless (sponsored by easygenerator!) and a glass of whiskey. was just starting to write this post, when two guys (Drew and Marc) joined me. We ended up talking until quit late. That’s one of things I really like about guild conferences. There are so many interesting people working on and thinking about the same stuff as I do. spoke today to dozens of them. Really inspiring. Project Tin Can: new scorm standard! Lingos. MORE >>