Lotus (46). Lotus Connections (11). April’s Big Question from Learning Circuits is “How to Keep up?&# This is in reference the immense and rapidly expanding technology tools. It is tough to stay on top of all the emerging tools. However, being involved in an e-learning community is a big help. For me it is a blog community and following many experts on Twitter. Not only am I often made aware of new tools, but also get opinions, tips, and examples of their use. Many of the blogs I follow are part of the  eLearningLearning community. Social Network (1999). Wiki (1610). MORE >>

As I mentioned in Real-Time Collaborative Editing , I had a fantastic experience participating in group editing of a Mind Map of collaborative tools during a session at Learn Trends. You can see the result below. But it was interesting to see the results exported which I've embedded below. would expect the document to continue to grow and change, but thought it would be worth having it available in a text format as well (so I can find it when I need it). MORE >>

Of course, if you already utilize platforms such as Confluence , Jive , SharePoint , IBM Lotus , Salesforce.com  amongst others, there are built-in micro-blogging or status update features. Inside the organization, a dilemma now exists and is rapidly taking shape. Employees want to connect with one another. Reasons are plentiful, including but not limited to the following: Increasing job demands > less time to get it all done. Global workforce redistribution > 24 hour clock syndrome. Cross functional – cross pollination projects > less formal/hierarchical teams. MORE >>

Example: Lotus LMS by IBM is no longer offered and support will cease to exist on September 30, 2010. Contains over 200 systems.  To view the specific system, click on the system’s name and it will take you to the site or if possible, directly to the information on the system.   Click to view and download the directory, which is in an Excel file -  E-Learning 24/7 LMS & LCMS Directory. Notes. CMSs, learning portals geared only are not on the list. Open Source LMSs are not on the list, you can find this information here. When available, I have provided comments and insight. MORE >>

Last week I presented a session at ASTD TechKnowledge entitled eLearning 2.0 - Applications and Implications. It could just as easily have been called Web 2.0 Applications in Learning. It was designed to be a small to medium size group discussion, but because the room was large it was very challenging to do that successfully. discussed a bit of these issues in First Thoughts After ASTD Sessions. I'm writing this post for both attendees of the session to have some notes and for people who were not at the session to hopefully get value from the discussion that happened there. Provide the content. MORE >>