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Disorienting Dilemmas, Eye-Opening Openings, and Inspirational Closings: Online Training 101

Mindflash

It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the house-tops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.”

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning - Untitled Article

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Textbook torrents a-crashin’ - Abject Learning , September 11, 2009. Google Wave (continued): The Conversation Becomes the Process, and Even the Product , September 13, 2009. Google Sidewiki , September 24, 2009. New Bloggers: Boost Your Chances of Success - You Learn Something New Every Day , September 25, 2009.

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Pokémon whoa!

E-Learning Provocateur

Ingress is a mobile game developed by Niantic (an offshoot of Google). Predictably, Pokémon Go has provoked a torrent of criticism from non-players, and I say some of it is warranted. I ended up imposing a ban on myself in order to focus on my studies, and I did not lift a video gaming finger for years afterwards.

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10 Elearning Trends That Research Says You’ll See in 2018

Elucidat

With performance needs constantly changing and a torrent of content available both outside (TED talks, YouTube, blogs, etc.) Or content that hasn’t been truly designed for “on the fly” learning, like the kind of content we’re likely to look up on a train via Google (not necessarily a short course, but a video or article)?

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Re-orientation

Jay Cross

Now, the torrent of information generated by the ever increasing stream of new developments has rendered this impossible. When I’m looking for something beyond what Google or Wikipedia will find for me, I turn to my research page. Google Docs : collaborative writing and MyDocs in the cloud.

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