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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | April 12, 2019

Mike Taylor

I’ll also be back to navigating the world of corporate culture, firewalls, and all the things that come with it. That a video lecture is insufficient to actually learn something. First up is a big enterprise software platform rollout that looks like will have me tapping into a broad set of modern workplace tactics. Wish me luck?

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Second Life and Learning

Tony Karrer

I think that Second Life is not going to turn out to be the winner because of technical issues, e.g., firewalls. However, I think that the next generation of Second Life will displace tools like WebEx for many online events.

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The show must go on: How physical events are moving into a virtual realm

Cloudshare

The cloud can simplify IT involvement, while eliminating permission to get behind firewalls, product shipping and travel hassles. This doesn’t mean simple online lectures. Some feature analytics for insight into prospect usage. Instead, sessions should incorporate interactive elements.

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2009 Predictions, Remembrance and Challenges

Kapp Notes

I teach a wonderful class but I feel it has too much lecturing even though I have been working to eliminate the lectures, we have group exercises, group assignments, student presentations, good discussions but still.can I totally eliminate lectures.not sure I can. with time management.

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A truckload of Twitter tools and some peachy keen visualizations.

Mark Oehlert

I still have much love for all the feeds in my reader but it feels more lecture-like with people talking AT me. edmodo : Just like Yammer is an attempt to take Twitter (aka microblogging) inside the corporate firewall, edmodo seems to be aiming at the teacher/class market.

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Profile of a learning architect: Nick Shackleton-Jones

Clive on Learning

In retrospect, Nick realises that it was a mistake to assume that people would engage with an internal network in the same way some would outside the firewall – blogging, cross-linking to each other’s resources and so on. Technology is helping to transform our view of learning, as it both supports and highlights the role of informal learning.

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7 Challenges to Social Learning

Origin Learning

Instructors may feel more comfortable lecturing employees as they feel they are covering the ‘necessary’ course of the training material. Issues like firewalls and security may be major concerns when you launch an enterprise-wide social learning project. Garnering support from seniors. The most important one. Security issues.