This summer I attended the 2010 Distance Teaching and Learning Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Some very interesting topics came up in the facilitated Think Tanks, and I wanted to share some of the predictions that were developed from these active group discussions regarding where eLearning will go in the next ten years. Open universities in Asia, for example, have over a ½ million students enrolled. This global influence will have an impact on the actions of eLearning leaders in the USA, i.e. globalization will impact all educational programs including professional development efforts. MORE >>

Nearly everybody loves a good quotation. don't mean the commonplace, tiresome, boring, or cliché quotes -- but truly good, powerful, inspiring, or thought-provoking quotes. And this desire for pithy wisdom is certainly not lessened by the emergence in recent years of technologies that encourage short messages, such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. People share a lot of things using these kinds of services (and their private Enterprise 2.0 cousins), ranging from personal comments and opinions, to links to blog postings or articles, and yes -- good quotations. The good teacher explains. MORE >>

Learning is a continuum of degrees of formality • BY JAY CROSS. In the five years since the publication of Informal Learning, I’ve become the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. didn’t invent the concept. Informal learning is older than civilization. My contribution has been pointing out that overemphasis on formal learning in organizations is dysfunctional, uneconomic, bad business, and not a whole lot of fun. Formal learning is characterized by a curriculum, i.e., content chosen by someone other than the learner. Often, formal learning is delivered to many people at once. MORE >>

In this the second part of my Review of 2010 I am going to present my 10 favourite resources that I have posted on my Pick of the Day (JPOD) and Social Media for Working and Learning (SMWL) blogs this year. . It was a difficult choice, but here they are in chronological order of posting. Follow the links to the original postings to find out more. 1 - A brief history of pretty much everything. The final piece for an AS art course, a flipbook made entirely out of biro pens. It's something like 2100 pages long, and about 50  jotter books.  It's now been viewed nearly 3 million times on YouTube. MORE >>

As social networking, games and education converge great minds continue to explore the potential of gameplay to encourage and enhance learning. Among the most impressive innovators I’ve encountered in 2010 is Jane McGonigal. McGonigal’s online games have genuinely carved open a wonderful new pathway to human evolution via games. McGonigal’s ideas seem radical at first [.]. Whats new MORE >>