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eLearn Magazine’s 2010 Predictions

January 8, 2010

Four members of Internet Time Alliance submitted their thoughts to eLearn Magazine’s 2010 Predictions.
Wave Crests
Google Wave is already set to become a very popular tool this year, and I think it represents the way that tools are going to evolve in the near future, that is that the social functionality found in standalone tools [...]

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Future of learning technology

January 5, 2010

Sage Road’s Ellen Wagner describes the future of learning technology in this interview at DevLearn 09.

Ellen was recently named Executive Director of WCET.

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Michael Allen describes the future of authoring systems

January 5, 2010

At DevLearn 09, Michael Allen gave us a peek at a new authoring system under development at Allen Interactions. (In case you didn’t know, Michael was chief architect of Authorware, the precursor to Macromedia and granddaddy of digital authoring systems.)
His latest project, code-named Zebra, is a powerful, drag-and-drop authoring environment. I’m impressed. I expect Zebra [...]

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2010

January 5, 2010

The Big Question
# What are your biggest challenges for this upcoming year?

Take advantage of convergence of informal learning and social networks
Make the case for learnscapes in HBR, CIO, other management arenas
Become a tip-top webinar leader and public speaker

# What are your major plans for the year?

Joint projects with Internet Time Alliance
Five keynote presentations, twelve [...]

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Reflecting* on the second half of 2009

January 2, 2010

*If you are not reflecting, you are not learning. Here are some things I learned from in the past six months.
I bought a Flip HD

The Flip UltraHD camcorder is a breakthrough learning device. Two hours of high-quality video from a cam that slides into your pocket. All for less than $200. Here’s a sample:

I continued [...]

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Sixth Sense

December 31, 2009

If somehow you missed this fantastic TED talk by Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry, there’s still time to see it this year.

Consider how this will accelerate learning!
It can’t be that far away.
Happy New Year!

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Your favorite 2009 posts on Internet Time Blog

December 29, 2009

eLearning is not a big cost-cutter

Corporations are flocking to eLearning for all the wrong reasons. It’s cheaper: no travel, no facilities cost, no instructor salaries. This sort of fanciful thinking tripped up eLearning ten years ago. MORE
Informal Learning 2.0
In the world of business, the era of networks is crowding out the Industrial Age. Network connections [...]

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Poster child for open software

December 22, 2009

The beauty of open software is that it gets better all the time.
I’ve been blogging a long, long time. A decade. I remember the earliest versions of Blogger and the introduction of TypePad. But nothing has impressed me as much as the continuous evolution of WordPress. Over and over again, Matt Mullenweg and crew [...]

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Impact, a new journal on workplace eLearning

December 21, 2009

The inaugural issue of Impact, the Journal of Applied Research in Workplace E-learning just appeared on the web. You can read this first issue on the web for free. (Disclosure: I am on Impact’s Editorial Board.)
I’ve read a little over half of the 14 articles. Richard Straub writes cogently about the lay of the eLearning [...]

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Confessions of a Public Speaker

December 21, 2009

I just finished reading Scott Berkun’s Confessions of a Public Speaker. The book is chock full of tips for those of us who speak in public.
Next year, I’m shifting from consulting to delivering webinars, in-house briefings, and conference presentations, so I’m sharpening my presentation and storytelling skills. Scott’s book has gotten great reviews. It [...]

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