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15 Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest – 16

Upside Learning

Need to quench your thirst for the latest in learning, technology and media links further? The iPad 2’s new features facilitate remote learning, exploration, and stylish lectures. Watch some of the heavy weights in the learning industry talk about learning, technology, apps and more.

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How our learning theories shape how we use technology for learning

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

I read a paper called Perspectives on learning and technology: A review of theoretical perspectives "This paper provides a review of literature pertaining to theoretical references on educational practice and technology from perspectives of learning theories of the 20th and 21st centuries."

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4 Ways to Apply the Situated Learning Theory

Origin Learning

Using Technology. Information and facts that are hard to retain when they are drilled out of any meaningful context and are learned much more effortlessly when learners are acquiring them as part of a game or through social media such as blogs or micro blogs.

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eLearning Learning Hot List Feb 1-14

Tony Karrer

Items HP Learning Center - free online software, business, marketing and IT classes for small and medium business Pedagogy - MoodleDocs Keywords Learning Technologies Social Media Hosting Twitter iPhone Ning Adobe Sun Google TechKnowledge ASTD Notes on the list. The posts come from the primary sources for this group.

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SharePoint Update

Tony Karrer

If you are interested in attending, go to the Learn Trends Ning Site and sign-up. Michael Palko Solution Education Manager The Healthcare Business of Thomson Reuters Michael will talk about how he's using SharePoint to manage The Training Space, an internal learning community that connects and "cross pollinates" teams.

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How to Harness Informal Learning

Rob Hubbard

Increasingly, technology also comes into the equation. How can informal learning be harnessed? Many of the technologies used in elearning can provide answers as to how to harness informal learning. a Ning network), using wikis and blogs. Some ideas include creating knowledge bases by building networks (e.g.

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Can Social Networks Replace Your LMS?

OpenSesame

Without a doubt, an LMS doesn’t really manage or measure learning, but the tracking provides a baseline of information for learning and development professionals. As visionaries like Harold Jarche and Clark Quinn reveal the future of working smarter, learning technology will have to keep up.