Elearning | Learn to Adapt

Jul 16

Learn to Adapt Links for July 9th through July 16th

by Jeff Kelly

enterprise 2.0 … it’s this simple, see « pm blog - Mazy Hedayat posts a deliciously complex and confusing diagram that summarizes all the moving parts of Enterprise 2.0. A bit tough to read or use for learning, but it is a great summary…
Why Companies Need Web 2.0 - Forbes.com - No new news here, but Mike Schaffner summarizes how "Web 2.0" (cringe) technologies must be adopted by companies to remain competitive.
Tear down the broadcast towers - BuzzMachine » Blog Archive - Jeff Jarvis posits on how Web video and radio "could" make broadcast obsolete. Best part of the post is the comments. The way we consume media is changing dramatically and it will impact how we use media to teach.
Grockit - About Us - Learning 2.0 - From the site: "Grockit is Learning 2.0. Grockit is about questioning together. To this end, we are developing an online learning game where people can teach each other." I look forward to seeing the game!

Jun 11

by Jeff Kelly

Disney.com Breaks New Ground Streaming Full-Length Movies Online for the First Time Ever - Distribution models for media continue to evolve: "The full-length films will then be available for free streaming on Disney.com (www.Disney.com/WonderfulWorld) for the week following the network presentation."
Is Google Making Us Stupid? - Nicholas Carr in The Atlantic makes an interesting assessment of "What the Internet is doing to our brains".
LearnHub Relaunches Its Social Learning Network - Jason Kincaid gives an update on LearnHub and other sites trying to leverage Web 2.0 social concepts for learning.

May 01

by Jeff Kelly

These are my links for April 30th:

100 eLearning Articles and White Papers : eLearning Technology - Tony Karrer shares an wonderful list of papers related to eLearning. Thanks for putting these all in one spot Tony!
Illusion Sciences: why are we surprised by only some of the things that we see? - Arthur Shapiro's blog reminds us that the world is not always as our foolish mind percieves it. He promises to post scores of these visual illusions and explain the science behind them. Fascinating stuff!

Apr 28

by Jeff Kelly

These are my links for April 23rd through April 28th:

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody - Transcript of Clay Shirky's great presentation at Web 2.0 Conference. As always, his insight into the social impact of technology is sharp as he walks us through all of us finding better things to do with our time (sorry TV).
InSTEDD - Web 2.0 is not just about the money. The power of the Web and social networks is being harnessed to addressed some of the most importnt issues we face. InSTEDD is just one example. The Web is the global brain to help us learn and perform better.
On Managing A Community | chrisbrogan.com - Chris Brogan weighs in on the emerging role of community manager. While his focus is on a media and events company, it is food for thought on what the tasks and measures should be for a learning community manager - a central role in Learning 2.0.
Morgan Stanley’s March Internet Trends Report: Social Applications Dominating - Oh what a difference a year makes! A report chock full of data on the amazing and continuing growth of social networks. As this becomes a communications standard, it will have huge impact on how we work and learn.
More Thoughts on Why Workplace Learning Is Largely Learning 1.0 -

Apr 23

by Jeff Kelly

These are my links for April 22nd through April 23rd:

Blog Learning : eLearning Technology - Tony's take on the power of blogs as a learning tool. True for established bloggers with the time/incentive to blog and who build up a network of cohorts. But for the average Joe's blogs give reflection opportunities - valuable, but not unigue to blogs.
Web 2.0 Expo Preview: Torture by Information Overload - This comes up more and more in the questions at the events I deliver. People are increasingly concerned about the productivity impacts of Web 2.0 platforms. If your employee Twitters all day, does her performance improve?
Whitepapers - Building a collaborative workplace - Anecdote lays out a series of steps for developing your organization's collaboration capability and includes a simple test of your current collaboration capability.
The Future of Technology: Total Convergence and the “Media Explosion” - Interesting bit of crystal ball gazing about how we will consume media in the future. Lots of interesting extrapolation possibilities about how we may consume knowledge and learning as well!