Google Wave in 10 Minutes. Google Wonder Wheel & Other Search Options. ranks pretty highly in the Google search results for “ instructional designer ,&# currently #3 (behind Wikipedia & Indeed). Tags: Blogging Careers & Work Change Instructional Design LMS Patterns Wikis online portfolios rss Sakai statistics TCC09 It’s time for that annual ritual of looking back at the year. Unlike last year , this year I’m actually reviewing before the new year starts. What did I do this year? few things come to mind. No more renting! Why a Wiki? MORE >>

Eric Schmidt (Google): “We create as much info in 2 days as we did from dawn of man through 2003.” ” Ahh, but this is a loaded statistic… “What is ‘information’? Try things that are unimaginable – happens daily at Google. Learning Technology devlearn elearning failure google seely warcraftThe book: The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion. Yesterday’s opening keynote for DevLearn was John Seely Brown (USC). “A new culture of learning in a world of constant change.” MORE >>

Head First Statistics is really a form of teaching, not learning.  If you’re not interested in learning about statistics and nothing’s pushing you to do so (like your job or your graduate program), then I’m confident (at the 0.975 level) you’re not going to, regardless of the form in which the opportunity to learn appears.  It’s true: in many fields like statistics, there are concepts, principles, terms, equations, and so on that you’re expected to know. Granted, statistics does tend toward the lots-of-specific facts side. MORE >>

An article in the New York Times today describes Google's Project Oxygen, a statistics driven research project to study what makes good managers. Google's People Analytics team apparently studied the attributes of high-performing teams and published the "Eight Habits of Highly Effective Google Managers." " Apparently Google believes that its management style is very unique, so their goal in this effort was to uncover the "secrets" to excellent management at Google. Google is a data-driven culture. Be a good coach. MORE >>

Google Chrome. Google Inc. Google CEO Larry Page. Last year, Google offered more classes to more employees than it ever has before, with about a third of its 33,100-strong global workforce going through the in-house program. Whats important is that it aligns with our overall business strategy," says Karen May, Googles vice president of leadership and talent, who has led the revamping of GoogleEDU. Google logo is seen through windows of Moscone Center in San Francisco. Google thinks it has found a way to make its learning stick. Google Inc. MORE >>