I have now finalised the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list based on the contributions of 223 learning professionals worldwide. The list is available online at www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html recommended/top100.html or as an embeddable slideshow (see below) or as a PDF to download. have also sorted the tools into categories, and this table also shows the top tool in each category as well as the top free tool, if different.  This list is available at Toolset for Learning 2009. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: elearning learning MORE >>

Source: Facebook vs LinkedIn Traffic. The illustration above shows the overlap between people who use LinkedIn and Facebook.  What initially caught my eye was the demographic (age analysis) of LinkedIn VS Facebook users.  We know that  professional relationships are moving from the Rolodex to the social networks.  LinkedIn is designed for specifically for business professional networking, while Facebook is a bit more casual.  Yet, I do professional networking on Facebook and I'm noticing a number of colleagues are too. So,  I'm learning third hand through looking at the materials. Other posts. MORE >>

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Daniel Pink's book A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future contains a description of new age - the Conceptual Age. He describes how our society has gone from agricultural to industrial to the information age. But then he describes how we've really moved on past that to a new age where the dominant value for most organizations are created by high-end knowledge workers working on concepts. He calls them creators and empathizers. That is to make emphasis on his focus on the right-brain aspects. In other words. That's not as helpful as it should be. MORE >>

Debra Polson is a very enthusiastic speaker. She showed showcases of custom mobile games. Debra motivates students to develop mobile games and they love it! All of the examples are about Fun first, then Educational. Examples mentioned: Scape (an urban sustainability education tool), Scoot and Milk (the mobile learning kit), I will focus on this last one. MILK : explore, research, design, publish, play, reflect. the mobile learning kit) It is written in php scripting + database technology. One conclusion was that peer assessment is a HIGH motivator. Long live Australian creativity MORE >>