The influence of Gaudi, Picasso, Miro and a host of other avant garde artists is evident wherever you turn, and the opportunities to sample the culture and atmosphere of this iconic city are endless. Continuing my review of the year, here are my top five places for 2011. Mombasa, Kenya. MORE

Strolling down Las Ramblas and gazing at the amazing architecture as you follow the footsteps of Antonio Gaudi, Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro - these are great memories of three days spent there this month. 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

Instead of asking for periodic progress reports, Claudia Miro, when she led client services at a midsize coaching and consulting firm, used social tools to keep tabs on her virtual workforce spread throughout North America. MORE

If you’re looking to serve up various formats of video for a variety of browsers, consider Miro, Easy HTML5 video, and, at the upper end, Telestream Episode, Zencoder and Brightcove. I was thrilled to be accepted to speak and asked to serve on a panel at my first DevLearn experience! MORE

Instead of asking for periodic progress reports, Claudia Miro, when she led client services at a midsize coaching and consulting firm, used social tools to keep tabs on her virtual workforce spread throughout North America. MORE

If you’re looking to serve up various formats of video for a variety of browsers, consider Miro, Easy HTML5 video, and, at the upper end, Telestream Episode, Zencoder and Brightcove. I was thrilled to be accepted to speak and asked to serve on a panel at my first DevLearn experience! MORE

Miro is a free application that turns your computer into an Internet TV video player. You can put your own videos on Miro and then offer it to your students via RSS feed. It can play almost any video file and offers over 6,000 free Internet TV shows and video podcasts. MORE