May 2011
5 posts
“I’d just love to pick your pocket” →
Challenging the status quo →
Massive Open Online Courses: Interview with Howard... →
Howard Rheingold is a highly regarded thinker/theorist on the social impact of technology (see his book Smart Mobs). Recently, he’s been exploring on how social media influences learning – see
Fix the workplace →
The Problem with Literature Reviews →
As any student knows, a literature review is the starting point for almost any article or essay. When at the level of writing a thesis or dissertation, a review of literature is critical. However, I…
April 2011
1 post
Friends, trust and firewalls →
February 2011
14 posts
Analogies and fales analogies →
“Online Learning” Isn’t “Learning Online” →
Wasted Effort at Work →
2020 Workplace →
Training Evaluation: a mug’s game →
The cost of codification →
Ask Eunice →
Digital hierarchies →
Leadership for Networks →
Slacker’s guide – week 4 TOOLS! →
There is nothing, i think, that leaves me feeling more frustrated than ‘tools’ that are supposed to be easy to use. I think in the rush to explain to people that a tool is useful, the teller often…
Instant private micro-sharing →
The 10,000 Parent Challenge: An Update →
CCLD KSEN Workshop follow-up →
Strata Conference: a few reflections on Day 1 →
I’m at the Strata Conference this week. It’s the first conference I’ve intended in years where I don’t have to speak or do anything except listen and learn.
Yesterday, after fortunately meeting…
September 2009
57 posts
Photos you can use →
A friend asked about online repositories of photos that can be used for academic presentations and I mentioned several sources. I realized after sending the list that many others may not know about…
Recombining Organizational DNA →
The survey results from the togetherLearn Chief Learning Officer survey show that 77% of respondents feel that people in their organization are not growing fast enough to keep up with the…
Friday’s Finds #19 →
Weekly summary of interesting items I’ve found on Twitter:
Half an Hour: An Operating System for the Mind (a must read) “facts learned by rote & at a younger age bypass a person’s critical &…
What I think connectivism is… →
Connectivism and Connective Knowledge 2009 is in full swing. The Daily is experiencing a bit of a delay as Stephen’s website (and OLDaily) are recovering from a rather significant attack. The…
Trends and Issues in Open and Distance Learning in... →
Dave Cormier and I are offering a bi-lingual (French/English) open online course on emerging technologies for learning starting Oct. 12. The course is part of a grant from OSIWA and a…
Google →
Google has been busy this week: Chrome Frame is a service that runs Chrome directly in Internet Explorer. The announcement provides more detail. It’s Google’s way of letting Microsoft know that…
Networked community management →
As more of our social and work life moves online there is a growing demand for community managers. Betrand Duperrin discusses the differences between community managers and organizational managers…
Speed of memes →
Messages spread much quicker than they used to…but satire still reigns supreme as a means of creating artifacts for sharing cultural humour. Yo Kanye, I’mma let you have one of the best memes of…
Corporate Learning: Trends and Implications →
I’m pleased to announce our third annual LearnTrends online (and free) conference on corporate learning, to be held November 17-19, 2009.
Tony Karrer has more detailed information on his…
Scaling Mt. Idiocy →
I am a strong proponent in advocating for universities to change. But, universities are systems. You can’t alter one aspect without creating a ripple effect of unintended consequences. As I read…
Networked Learning 2010 preconference online hot... →
Networked Learning 2010 conference is hosting a series of online “hot seats” over the next few months. These online sessions are free to attend, but registration is required.
Details and schedule…
New challenges of management →
Anthony Poncier (in French) covers the eight challenges of management in the virtual era, which I’ve loosely translated:
Being concurrently nomadic and collaborative.
Renewing the workplace…
Work Smarter – informal learning in the cloud →
Just picked up my copy of Jay Cross’ latest book, Work Smarter, which sells through Lulu for a reasonable $19.99. As Jay says, this is not a traditional book. It’s an unbook and not meant to be…
Don’t, Don’t, Don’t vs. Do, Do, Do →
Recently, I presented at a school on an opening day for teachers where the first thing that greeted everyone on the table in the lobby was an 8-page Acceptable Use Policy which staff members…
If learning was free →
Writing If TV Ads for Free, Seth Godin looks at the business and says that the reason there was so much talk about advertising instead of just doing it was because TV ads are expensive. Not all…
Friday’s Finds #18 →
A weekly compilation of the interesting things I’ve found on Twitter:
via @1ernesto1 “Dear teachers, we trust you with the children but not the Internet. Yours truly, THE ADMINISTRATION.”
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Taming digital distractions →
Forget multitasking. The real challenge many people face in work productivity is coping with distractions. I find it rather easy to ignore activities I ought to be doing with sites like YouTube,…
The Future of Work →
Britannica is getting sloppy with their blog postings. Most posts – even ones I disagree with – are usually fairly well thoughtout. Then, they post this: The Future World of Work: Flexible and…
Microsoft and Google →
For most of the late 80’s and into early 2000, innovation on the desktop seemed slow or even non-existent. Microsoft dominated the personal computer experience. That has changed. Between Apple,…
Identity, memory, death, and the internet →
Dave Cormier offers an insightful (and touching) post on how identity and memory are preserved online. He compares the passing of a colleague (last year) and his brother (20 years ago) and how…
Untangling the web →
Networks serve as a useful model to describe electricity grids, business activity, the internet, spread of diseases, and even obesity. Caution is warranted, however, in over emphasizing networks. In…
Identity, memory, death and the internet →
Lofty title perhaps, but a topic that I’ve been thinking about a lot over the last year + since our excellent colleague, Lee Baber died of lung cancer. A shining light that woman… and one that…
“like changing tires on a speeding car” →
“How it Works” is a 5 minute video by IBM Research that describes the changing nature of the way we work. There’s not much “new” but it is well-presented and I think would be useful as an opener…
Immediacy →
Location and immediacy are two big trends developing in part to mobile devices – constant connectivity enables us to receive information in context – i.e. location…and microblogging produces a…
Thoughts on new learning →
With CCK09 now underway, I’m having a bit of trouble keeping up with posts and reflections of learners. We encourage individuals to set up blogs (or use Moodle, SecondLife, whatever else)…and…
Love the low end →
A while back I wrote about innovation and learning and especially how the recommendation by Scott Anthony to love the low end, makes a lot of sense for business and learning professionals. “The…
Information rich…and attention poor →
Information rich, and attention poor addresses a frustration many of us feel: there’s too much! it’s all going too fast! I agree with the author that attention is the attribute in greatest demand…
Why Studies About Multitasking Are Missing The... →
Multitasking has gotten bad publicity recently. I personally don’t think I multitask – I task switch. Some people can task switch rapidly. Others prefer to focus on one element at a time. However,…
Liberating Data from Google →
I’m frequently negative on Google (largely because in a few year’s time, Google will likely have a similar lock-in in many of its services/markets to what Microsoft had at its peak). However, the …
Sowing seeds of destruction →
John Hagel’s Labour Day manifesto calls for institutions to change and embrace the “passionate creativity” of workers.
Twentieth century institutions are not succeeding in the twenty-first…