The Work Literacy online learning course is over and Michele Martin - Deconstructing the Work Literacy Learning Event and Harold Jarche - Post Work Literacy have posted their thoughts around the event. Here are some thoughts on the course and the implications for design of similar kinds of online learning courses. To me this is often the best kind of learning. believe that many learning experiences designed to reside in a social network will inherently feel more scattered. Learning Trends 2008 - Online - Free [link experience. MORE >>

The wise Ellen Wagner has a neat post about what should be the ‘ten commandments’ of online learning. came up with this as I was trying to suggest what the core value propositions (yeah, I said it, deal with it) of an online offering should be. And I tried to frame it the way I thought Steve Jobs might: An absolutely killer learning experience. What I mean by a killer learning experience is one that is engaging and  effective, ie all the principles of Engaging Learning. I agree with them, and recommend them to  you. The market is waiting. MORE >>

There are so many cool ways to learn online now. Learn through Visual Search Engines. Learn from Word Clouds. Though Word Clouds aren’t new, have you used them as a learning tool? Although Question and Answer sites aren’t new on the Web, we’re now at a point where there are enough experts online and enough Q&A sites to make finding an answer more feasible. One of the best ways to learn is to look at things from a new perspective. We now have lots of options for taking free online college courses. online learning MORE >>

read: “Online Live Training: what challenges do you face? Have you started delivering training live online training yet? Then she asked, “What do you find to be your greatest challenge in training live online?&#. Because if your content doesn’t match the delivery mode, it doesn’t matter how interesting, entertaining, adept, practiced, experienced or knowledgable your instructor/facilitator/trainer is, the online event will fail. So I’ll say it again: your content needs to be presented in a way that enables your learners to learn. MORE >>

I often get people asking me for support as they begin to develop some sort of online learning capability. As with all aspects of teaching and learning - it's more an art than a science, but there are a number of key starting points: Know your brain science. This applies to all forms of teaching, whether online or offline, but it's vital that we build our interventions on what research (not anecdote!) I'd recommend every teacher/tutor/learning designer take a look at Brain Rules. Cathy Moore is the person I turn to for advice on learning design. MORE >>