Social or Community?Fred Cavazza raises an interesting point on the difference between social and community platforms. "Community" platforms allow members to fully engage in conversations, while "Social" platforms, like Facebook, Twitter and Flickr, are more passive. In the comments, Fred says that blogs are definitely social, as they allow authors to block ... On the EdgeYesterday we presented our session at Corporate Learning Trends and everything that could go wrong, did. Plan A failed so we switched to Plan B which didn't work so we made up Plan C that limped along for the hour. Jane was stuck in traffic, the technology did not work ... Learning TogetherToday, at 8:00 PM GMT we'll be introducing our new venture, TogetherLearn. Details are on the LearnTrends collaborative site.
This venture is a natural progression of my work over the past decade, after retiring as a military training development officer in 1998, with a freshly minted MEd in hand. At that ... AcademicInfo
I've been blogging at AcademicInfo for the past month writing posts more focused on higher education or the issues that I think may be of interest to this audience. Karyn Romeis is also writing a series of book reviews. Drop by if you're interested and feel free to suggest topics ... Corporate Learning Trends & InnovationsSessions start tomorrow (Monday):
Come to Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations 2008 if you want to:
participate in a stridently unaffiliated event (no Platinum sponsors here)
discuss things you don't find at commercial conferences (we're indie)
take part in an event that's 100% free (because the web scales)
join sessions anywhere with net access (this ... Toward a Read-Write SocietyWith the election over and Bill C-61 dying with the last Parliament, the government is once again looking at making changes to copyright law. In A Copyright Call to Arms published in the Globe and Mail this week, the authors call for consultation from all sides of this complex issue:
Ministers ... Post Work Literacy
The Work Literacy online learning event is over and many of the participants are now at DevLearn08 and I might surmise that they're connecting with some folks they met during the course.
Our learning community event spanned six weeks and had 766 registered users at the end. When Michele, Tony and ... Performance Design BlogThe Centre for Learning Technologies was a hybrid organisation that was university-based, externally-focused and did both research and business consulting. In my three years at the CLT I was involved in about 40 projects and worked with a great team, especially in my first year with Tom Gram, the Director.
Tom ... The Age of DissonanceAs Enterprise 2.0 initiatives continue to proliferate, I cannot see how the latent dissonance I perceive and have tried to articulate will be avoided. I think it will have to be addressed by using new design principles for knowledge work.
This is one of the conclusions that Jon Husband makes in ... Blogger/Podcaster Dinner in SackvilleDerek Hatchard is organising a regional Blogger/Podcaster Dinner:
What: Casual get-together for bloggers and podcasters
When: Friday November 21, 6:45pm
Where: Joey’s Pizza and Pasta, 16 York St., Sackville, NB
Who: Anyone who produces content for a blog or podcast (audio or video)
Why: Just cuz
No presentations, no sponsors, just good food and conversation.
RSVP on ...
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