July 5, 2009
Skills for learning professionals

In a Learning 2.0 world, where learning and performance solutions take on a wider variety of forms and where churn happens at a much more rapid pace, what new skills and knowledge are required for…

Social and Networked Learning
In June, through LearnTrends, we hosted an event on Social and Networked Learning. The recordings are now available (thanks to Scott Skibell of SkillCasting). Topics include: What is social…
Web Squared
I prefer to stay away from pop-culture resources as a source of guidance for where we are heading in terms of technology, and more broadly, society. I listened to a podcast (TWiT, episode #197) and…
July 4, 2009
An open letter to farmers wanting to sell me stuff grown on PEI

Hi,

My name is dave. If you are a farmer on this island, odds are I don’t know you. I’m the web projects lead at UPEI and a social media consultant in Charlottetown. I didn’t grow up on the island…

Does anyone still use Second Life?
Does anyone still use Second Life? The answer, according to a recent report (which is a bit of a pain to get, but free), is a strong yes. Not only is Second Life thriving, its citizens spend more…
July 3, 2009
Friday’s Finds #7

From the Twitter files this past week:

via @c4lpt - 10 Strategies for Integrating Learning and Work (part 3)

via @1ernesto1 - Cheater or Collaborator?

via @johnsgunn - Canadians…

July 2, 2009
Disruption and scientific publishing
Clayton Christensen is well known for his work on disruption. His discussion of disruption at a systems level - i.e. how a new technology is able to develop on the edges of an industry and…
July 1, 2009
The Edgeless University
The Edgeless University (.pdf) argues, that while university enrollment continues to increase, universities are in an increasingly “fragile state”. Growing competition, heavy reliance on public…
June 30, 2009
Connecting ideas with communities
I use the chasm model to explain my professional work of 1) seeing what is ready to cross the chasm by 2) staying connected to the innovators & being an early adopter so that 3) I can help…
Lawsuits? What Lawsuits?
Arrived at NECC in time for the morning keynote debate about whether or not bricks and mortar schools impede learning. It wasn’t a great question to begin with, because I don’t think anyone really…