Experts point to the lithium ion batteries Apple use as the source of the problem. I have had no problems with my Apple iPod at all. Well, none you want to listen to anyway. I used it a lot to listen to my personal music playlists. Flaming hell, I flogged it to death. MORE

Mayekay is the co-founder and CEO of SiNode Systems, which builds silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries. Recap from: Built In Chicago News Article. MORE

April's Big Question from Learning Circuits is "How to Keep up?" This is in reference the immense and rapidly expanding technology tools. It is tough to stay on top of all the emerging tools. However, being involved in an e-learning community is a big help. For me it is a blog community and following many experts on Twitter. Not only am I often made aware of new tools, but also get opinions, tips, and examples of their use. MORE

Talking to them, and the others there (Vignette & Lithium) has me reflecting more broadly. Lithium was advertising ’successful’ communities, and so I naturally inquired about their approach. I spent yesterday touring the Web 2.0 expo (part of the time with fellow miscreant Jay Cross ), and it led me to think a bit more about social media tools and approaches. MORE

Last week a visit to wikipedia on a related topic on Lithium saw me diving deep into this mazing mineral on whose availability a lot of green movement in based upon. And what in lithium caused me to engage in deeper learning? Did the dual pressure of a deadline and picking up my daughter from skating had anything to do with the frantic behavior, as opposed to a more relaxed post-prandial online walk on the information highway searching for lithium? MORE

The kit contains a Drill/Driver, an Impact Driver, a Reciprocating saw, one Work light, one Charger and two Interchangeable Lithium-ion Batteries. Today student's present their mock solution to a mock exercise as part of their Master's of Science in Instructional Technology degree requirement. It is a great event. MORE

Last week I presented a session at ASTD TechKnowledge entitled eLearning 2.0 - Applications and Implications. It could just as easily have been called Web 2.0 Applications in Learning. It was designed to be a small to medium size group discussion, but because the room was large it was very challenging to do that successfully. I discussed a bit of these issues in First Thoughts After ASTD Sessions. MORE

Talking to them, and the others there (Vignette & Lithium) has me reflecting more broadly. Coming back after a week of being mostly disconnected I'm woefully behind on email and even more so on my reading. Luckily, I have a short cut to seeing the stuff that is generating interest across most of the top eLearning bloggers. So, here's the hot list for April 1 - April 11 via eLearning Learning. Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals. MORE