Third post in a series. In case you missed it, here are  the first  and second. INFRASTRUCTURE. Technological infrastructure for social learning. Work and learning are converging, and as this change happens, the infrastructure of the old corporate learning must go – things like traditional one-size-fit-all in-person training seminars. In its place enters social and informal learning hubs like on-demand content, live online discussions, wikis and forums, and searchable content archives. The primary thing to bear in mind, says MIT’s Andy McAfee (McAfee), is INATT. People come first. itashare. MORE >>

Let’s be clear: I’m not a hard-core developer. My primary motive in anything tech-related is to figure out how it will limit or enable design. So now that that’s on the table… I’m doing a little playing with Tin Can statements generated by the ADL’s bookmarklet and viewed in SCORM Cloud. To the uninitiated: The idea of a bookmarklet is simple… It’s a snippet of code that you turn into a bookmark or favorite in your browser, and when you’re on a page that you want to do something with, you just click it. That’s it. MORE >>

Last week I write about factors affecting the adoption of non-mandatory e-learning, and made a comment that whether or not your e-learning will be mandatory (i.e. compulsory for staff to complete) will affect your instructional design approach. Today I’ll address this comment. First of all, let me explain this post is only addressing differences in [.]. Compliance Design MORE >>

Four days ago I came across this wonderful post from Patrick Dunleavy on why he choose Mendeley to become his personal research library organizer. He gives a good account on how he uses it, but what I was missing in the post was a comprehensible quick userguide, introducing the Mendeley features. Luckily my esteemed and warm-hearted colleague Prashanth Srinavas just finalized a presentation right on the subject. It is a great way to get up to speed with Mendeley in a minimum of time.The thing I like about Mendeley is that they finally got onto Android as well last year. MORE >>

One questions I am asked frequently is about the idea of building a game for a learning experience or adding Gamification elements to a course or learning program. The question is usually, “Help, where do I start with all this?” ” As with almost anything, the first place to start is with self-education. Because shortly, you need to make a decision do I want to pursue a game or gamification? –but there are others). Education will help give you some ideas. Also, looking at other games or gamification efforts is helpful. Make changes accordingly. Games MORE >>