As a co-host, I am hardly without bias, but I found this morning’s opening of the free Corporate Learning Trends event fantastic. In spite of some childish hacker-vandals and a few sound issues, each of the three sessions this morning worked.
- Despite the fact that Jane Hart and I work with one another on togetherLearn, I had never used — or even heard of — VoiceThread, nvu, or Yugma. The proliferation of free learning tools certainly comes at the right time.
- Robin Good ran a daring experiment, inviting the audience into MindMeister to collaborate on a living mind map of collaborative technology. A play within a play. Captivating.
- George Siemens just moderated a discussion on complexity and strategy that raised deep questions in an accessible way. His slides were technological minimalism. (I’ve got to cut back my upcoming slide decks. Lots.)
As expected, the 100:10:1 participation inequality factor kicked in. Of 1000+ registrants, slightly north of 10% took part in real time. If history is a guide, a similar number will visit the discussion boards or listen to the recordings. (We are recording everything.)
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