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Photos you can use

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:39:26 -0400

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

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:29:00 -0400

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

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:28:59 -0400

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…

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:22:22 -0400

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 Africa

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:22:22 -0400

Trends and Issues in Open and Distance Learning in Africa:

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

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:22:21 -0400

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

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:14:57 -0400

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

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:46:26 -0400

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

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:46:25 -0400

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

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:46:25 -0400

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 seats

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:46:23 -0400

Networked Learning 2010 preconference online hot seats:

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

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:09:12 -0400

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

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:06:16 -0400

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

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:47:23 -0400

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

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:54:17 -0400

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

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:46:48 -0400

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

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:44:49 -0400

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

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:44:49 -0400

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

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:44:48 -0400

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

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:44:48 -0400

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…