by Andrea on April 15, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Informal Learning , Training Development , blended learning , eLearning , social learning Recently, I was lucky enough to attend a keynote speech by Dr. John Medina on his book Brain Rules at the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions 2011 conference.  You might wonder why Dr. Medina was speaking at a conference for eLearning professionals until you see this last credit…He is also the director for the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific University. We All Did. What did you do? MORE >>

For all the years I have been involved with eLearning we have skirted around the truth, which is that the vendor has always failed to deliver what he promised. So why would I expect you to believe me when I tell you that the latest, newest, biggest, greatest, most spectacular thing to come out of eLearning is happening around you right now? Once we moved online and the web learning we know became known as eLearning (C.2000), the new game in town was the management system. Neil Lasher is a leading light in both the eLearning and ‘mobile’ industry. MORE >>

These streams can be fed by other tools like Twitter, Linkedin and Google reader and I love it. Linkedin is an important application for me (although I don’t like their mobile app at all), I use it a lot to network and connect to people. Easygenerator also has a Linkedin group and I take part in a few other groups. For me Linkedin is the central social application, my tweets and blog post are also published on my Linkedin page, it is my professinal homepage on the web. Especially the eLearning guild does a great Job. think it works great. MORE >>

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. As an instructional designer/eLearning professional, what books are the essential tools in your reference library ? Oh, and as I mentioned in a recent entry on my blog, Dont Make Me Think by Steve Krug is useful on the usability stakes - perhaps more so when you step from courseware and in to the wider field of elearning/performance support. Also, "Efficiency in Learning" covers some of the same territory as "Elearning and the Science of Instruction" but is more recent. MORE >>

Collected tools from a LinkedIn eLearning Guild discussion on must-have tools for freelancing. Tools for Freelance Instructional Designers « Design Doc. tags: instructionaldesign tools freelance. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Filed under: Bookmarks. Bookmarks MORE >>