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25 Random Acts of Kindness for L&D Professionals

Scissortail's Learning Nest

Kindness makes the world a better place. Or share them via Slack, email, or social media. Leave a nice comment on a video, social media post, or blog that you appreciate. Take a coworker out to lunch, or have a virtual coffee over Zoom. There’s no doubt about it. So let’s get to it!

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eLearning Conferences

Tony Karrer

Once again, Clayton Wright has been nice enough to compile an incredible list of conferences focused on use of technology in learning. Please note that events, dates, titles, and locations may change; thus, check the specific conference website. crw Another source of major eLearning conferences is: Tom King's eLearning Google Calendar.

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What drives Social Media Learning?

Origin Learning

Can a formal, regulated, and structured framework be given to social learning ? It is the “intimacy” and “immediacy” aspects of social media that is prodding small, medium, and big enterprises to evaluate the option of implementing social learning solutions. Work is no longer confined to cubicles and office spaces.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking. At the conference, a representative from Raytheon Corporation spoke about a study they had conducted among their vast employee population. Properly d.

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Virtual Worlds: Affordances and Learning

Clark Quinn

Two days ago I attended the 3D Teaching, Learning, & Collaboration conference, organized by Tony O’Driscoll. I’ve previously posted my thoughts on virtual worlds, but I had a wee bit of a revelation that I want to get clear in my head, and it ties into several things that went on at the conference.

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Conferences are Cancelled: Making L&D Community Connections in Lockdown

Litmos

By this point in a normal year, there would have been several major L&D conferences. We’d be connecting with our friends and colleagues in the training community in person, watching speakers, and talking with vendors on exposition floors all over the world. What do conferences look like during a pandemic? See you in Denver!”

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The ARG experience

Clark Quinn

In preparing a couple of presentation for the Realities 360 conference coming up late this month, I got thinking about ARGs again. For instance, those where the needs were pressing and the real world experience is important. In particular, I was thinking about artificial virtuality (AV). That is, the goal is virtual (e.g.