In effect, through the use of social media and telecommunication technologies, these teachers are becoming global educators. consider myself a global educator and have tried to articulate my ideas on why this is a different role to traditional teaching. We are connected educators, linked in to a number of powerful global communities of practice, and we have access to resources, dialogue and audiences we would not enjoy in a traditional learning and teaching role. Blog: Blogging is arguably one of the most powerful tools for global education. Unported License. MORE >>

Many of us do so willingly, but there is a very real underlying tension between the effects of the global and the desires of the individual. Globalization can be defined as 'the increasing interdependence of world society' (Giddens, 1991: 520). The effects of globalization are being felt around the world. Yet the effects of globalization are by no means as clear cut as Toffler and McLuhan were predicting. 1986) Global Shift: Industrial Change in a Turbulent World. We all need to make choices, but how free are we to choose? It's dog eat dog. Giddens, A. MORE >>

Today, The Smart Campaign launched Client Protection and Financial Education in Microfinance , the course that I developed in conjunction with The Smart Campaign and ACCION International as part of the second eLearning Global Giveback. The eLearning Global Giveback is sponsored by The eLearning Guild and LINGOS to provide eLearning developers with the opportunity to pair with international non-profits to develop courses. will be demoing the course at the Global Giveback Reception on March 24th at the Learning Solutions 2011 Conference & Expo. Amanda's Projects MORE >>

Globalization is changing where we work and who are our competitors; they could be anywhere in the world and could crop up overnight. Employee Engagement Human Resource Development Organization Culture Organizational Learning culture engagement globalization learning management productivity technologyWhy should you keep on learning? You have a college degree, maybe a terminal degree such as MBA or Ph.D. You have a job that you know how to do and you’re good at it. You get a regular paycheck, and, if you’re lucky, have a long-term contract and stock options. You know the trends. MORE >>

Over at L & D Global Events they have been posting a series of interviews of learning and development professionals. great big thank you to @LisaAGoldstein and all the folks at L & D Global Events. have been reading them over the last several months and it has been a real pleasure to learn more about others in the field, including their perspectives on the L&D business, where they've been, where they're going and more. This week they gave me the honor of including an interview of me. It is very flattering to be included in such great company. MORE >>