LMS – Enough already

August 16, 2010

I am growing weary of the shouting match termed the Great LMS Debate and don’t plan to waste any more breath on it. Others are articulating the issues well. Check these out:
In The LMS Must Die, Mark Berthelemy highlights all the learning needs that LMS don‘t deal with.
All the time we have LMS’s, organisations will [...]

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Personal Learning Environment 2010

August 14, 2010

In mid-September, I plan to participate in this production from Stephen Downes, George Siemens, and Dave Cournier.
George writes:

Announcing: Open Course – Personal Learning Environments, Networks, and Knowledge

This should be fun…Stephen Downes, Dave Cormier, and I will be offering an open course on Personal Learning Environments, Networks, and Knowledge, starting September 13. The course is jointly [...]

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Transferring from Ning to Grou.ps

August 10, 2010

The Internet Time Community has been hosted on Ning for a little over three years. Most of the time, it has been more of a test site than a real community. We’ve experimented with features, swapped ideas, kept track of one another, and so forth.
I was shocked and saddened when Ning announced that its free [...]

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Top Ten Trends from McKinsey

August 9, 2010

I enjoy McKinsey Quarterly because it addresses the Big Picture.
McKinsey Quarterly frequently highlights trends that will ripple down through many aspects of the global business environment. For example, the current issue describes Clouds, big data, and smart assets: Ten tech-enabled business trends to watch.
Trend 1: Distributed cocreation moves into the mainstream
Trend 2: Making the [...]

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Don’t try too hard

July 31, 2010

People who are told a story is controversial remember it better than those who are told it is fact. I chalk this up to my belief that “Uncertainty challenges the mind.” This delightful article from the July 2010 Scientific American Mind goes one further: too much obedience to task stunts breadth of vision.

The Willpower [...]

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Conversation, not presentation

July 30, 2010

When Jane Hart and I shared our thoughts on social learning at the Irish Learning Showcase in Dublin last week, a formal presentation would have run counter to our message.

Instead, Jane and I had an informal conversation in the front of the room. In time, others joined in.
The format enabled us change direction [...]

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Time is all we have

July 17, 2010

Effectiveness – Jay Cross
Published April 2008
Time Is All We Have
Networks arise when isolated entities link to one another. Improvements in communications technology (e.g., the invention of language, writing, printing, mass communication, computer networks) encourage connections. The denser its linkages, the shorter a network’s cycle time. Speed begets speed.
The connections that knit us together make us [...]

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SpacedEd: simple, free, formal, worthwhile

July 16, 2010

In the beginning of the year, I decided to experiment with a simple learning technology developed at Harvard Medical School. Called SpacedEd, the free, cloud-based software doles out a couple of questions at a time every other day. Two minutes and you’re done. Great for basic drill.
I talked with Duncan Lennox, co-founder and CEO, who [...]

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Web x or n or 4+

July 15, 2010

The University of Plymouth’s Steve Wheeler is sharp as a tack. I enjoyed this dive into the deeper future.
Web 3.0: The way forward?
View more presentations from Steve Wheeler.

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How to support informal learning

July 12, 2010

Interview
by Robert Morris, Dallas Business Commentary Examiner
Cross is a champion of informal learning, Web 2.0, and systems thinking. His calling is to help business people improve their performance on the job and satisfaction in life. He has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program [...]

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