I’ve been reading tons of posts lately on “Learning 2.0.” Folks have been talking about “Web 2.0″ since 2004 – it’s taken the learning community until 2009 to get onto the band wagon. The big question everyone is asking is, … Continue reading
Headed to the ISPI conference in a few weeks? Be sure to check out “Learning Technologies: Finding the Right Fit.” Nancy Harkness, BLP’s Learning Services Director, is conducting a 40-minute session on evaluating technology for use in learning. She’ll walk … Continue reading
Due to budget restrictions many people are tackling projects on their own, including everything from home improvement, car repairs, landscaping, and yes, even corporate learning. DIY in corporate learning is a growing trend and from what I’m hearing, it’s gaining momentum. … Continue reading
The past few weeks have given us several exciting technology announcements and rumors, most notably the new android phone from Google and the Apple iTablet/Slate. It’s easy to be excited by tools like these as well as augmented reality and … Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but I frequently finding myself asking “Now, where did they hide the properties button?” It seems like I can’t always find what I’m looking for in Microsoft products. And the help search engine? Don’t even … Continue reading
Performance management is a top HR challenge. Driving performance and increasing efficiencies is a top concern of management. Yet there is fear and lack of knowledge in implementing and harnessing the power of one of the newest performance management tools … Continue reading
We started the month talking about the features and functions of learning management systems. It’s only fitting we end talking about the changes the future holds for those features. Soon, it won’t be enough that the LMS tracks formal learning like … Continue reading
I spent the day at an ASTD conference on e-Learning design. We spent a very abreviated time talking about development tools, and HTML and XML came up. (More about what else I learned at the conference later.) When I got … Continue reading
I found this search tool completely by accident last week. Middlespot is geared to researchers and functions in a way that is very different from Google. First, it organizes my past searches so that I can see them listed out … Continue reading
Last week, as I rushed around the house trying to get three kids and a husband out the door, I accidentally put on my sunglasses instead of my regular glasses. For a moment, I looked around wondering why the house … Continue reading
