If you need a personal wiki that can reside on your flash drive, TiddlyWiki provides one. Whenever I write new Flash Actionscript (that works) or find useful Actionscript, I make it a point to place it somewhere accessible where I can access it later. It may be years before I need that particular code again, but I want to access it quickly along with any associated notes I saved with it. Here has been my solution for many years. have added a personal wiki to my removable flash drive. There may be others out there, but this one works for me. Adobe Flash Lite Misc. flashlite flash MORE >>

ChartGo.com provides an incredibly easy to use web-based tool for creating charts, including bar, pie, line and area charts. They also provide numerous avenues of sharing your chart (URL, e-mail link to chart, social bookmarking, Twitter, etc.). Here is a free, practical tool for creating charts. You can quickly create a chart, save it, and add it to a course, website or blog. If you want something more sophisticated, stick with Excel. If you want something you can create in a matter of minutes, this is the tool for you. Here is an example of a chart I made. MORE >>

Provide job aids. If Currently, I am involved in creating simulations for a new system application. This is something I have done a lot of over the years. And I have learned quite a bit, but the hard way. To avoid the problems I encountered in the past, I strongly suggest making the following considerations prior to developing software or system application simulations. Have access to a “test” system to capture the sim's screens. If Is there sensitive data or information on the system (test or live) that should not be displayed on the simulation? Timing of the course launch. MORE >>

Here are just some of the speakers you can expect to hear from at the conference: George Siemens Tony Karrer Jay Cross Tony O'Driscoll Charles Jennings Andy McGovern Clark Quinn Deb Schultz Jerry Michalski Jane Hart Laura Overton Christy Confetti Higgins Janet Clarey Pam Boiros Harold Jarche Jack Merklein John Smith This is an impressive group of people who will be providing great perspectives and conversations around innovations in workplace learning. The preliminary schedule for the LearnTrends online conference is now available. Its See the full agenda here.   And register here. MORE >>

Here are some of the new features that make it easy to to follow: Best of  link - Provides the best posts on eLearningLearning based on social signals. If you have not been to eLearningLearning.com recently you will notice their redesign and new features. am a frequent visitor and also member of this elearning blog community. It's a great collection of elearning blogs with a wide spectrum of perspectives. RSS - The best of eLearningLearning or full lis t of blog posts. Mail - Receive recaps of the best of elearningLearning or receive recaps of the full list of blog posts. ISD e-Learnin MORE >>