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Q & A from our Learning 2.0 Webinar
1/28/2008 | posted by
dwilkinsnh
Below are the questions we received during our Learning 2.0 webinar, along with some answers. We'd encourage you to comment on these and give us your take.
What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a user editable web page. One common example of a wiki is Wikipedia, a web based encyclopedia. Check it out... www.wikipedia.com
How big a jump is it to add video to a webinar like yours?
It depends on the solution. Both WebEx and iLinc support video. In this case, it didn’ ...
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Learning 2.0 means a lot of things to a lot of people. I think the core of Learning 2.0, like the core of Web 2.0 is the empowerment of the masses to create, collaborate and contribute. In Web 2.0, this covers some pretty diverse ground: users created ad campaigns, users coming up with new product ideas, users supporting themselves and each other. In Learning 2.0, learners can also create – not ad campaigns, but learning and content. Learners can come up with ...
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How’s that for a title? So, let me preface this post by saying that I’m a Ron Paul supporter. What appeals to me about Dr. Paul is his philosophical consistency, something I find lacking in pretty much every other candidate, not just this election, but pretty much every election since I’ve been voting. But that’s not really what this post is about. It’s really about what his campaign and unknown supporters have been doing and wh ...
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So a few days back I wrote about my new love for Twitter and how I think Twitter could be used to re-imagine aspects of training and development. There was a lot more I wanted to write, but in case you haven’t noticed, I blog long. I’ve decided that I’m a “go big or go home” sort of blogger. I’m ok with that so you should be too. Ok, so where was I? Yeah right, there rest of the story on Twitter.
I think Twitter is the beginnin ...
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Some of you may know that I have a bit of experience in the custom content development world (12 years in the space, Director for the Firefly product during its formative years, speaker at over 48 conference sessions, etc...) so it might surprise you to know that I've never been a huge fan of courseware. For a lot of years, I tried hard to push clients to electronic performance support systems (EPSS) as a way to address real organizational performance needs instead of yet more courseware t ...
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For the last few weeks I have been using Twitter and Snitter a lot more. I’ve also read some of the musings on my colleagues on the value of Twitter. Aaron basically argues that it’s a way to stay in front of clients. Jim argued that it’s mostly noise, but that there might be value if you “…put together a strong network of like-minded individuals…” which might lead to “…highly relevant, interesting, helpful posts...&rdq ...
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I Twittered two session today: one by Paul Saffo (the keynote) and one by a first-time presenter. Interesting contrast. I had never heard of Paul prior to this, but this is one smart dude. Plus he presents well. I will be tracking him going forward.
Second presenter was good, but generally unprepared for the sorts of questions we had. Not sure if it was the disconnect between her "assigned task" and expectations from a set of seasoned professionals, but m ...
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So I have like 4 or 5 draft blog posts that I should be working through. I have a product requirement spec to finish that was due last Friday, and I'm doing a presention tomorrow at Dev Learn (on team-based content authoring...) that I haven't even started yet. But am I working on any of that?
No.
"Why not?" you ask. Well, it's simple really. I had a horrible travel day -- 16 hours in planes and airports to go from Boston to San Jose. So here's ...
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A colleague recently sent me a link to an outstanding article by McKinsey on the importance of employee networks: "Harnessing the power of informal employee networks." Some of it's key findings are very similar to the findings in Six-Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age which I also think is worth a read. The authors in the McKinsey piece note that most the real information in large organizations does not flow through traditional employee hierarchical ...
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One of the basic tenets of the “Social Networking – Web 2.0 – Community” movement is that crowds are smarter than individuals. While there is ample evidence to support this:
60% increase in productivity at Proctor and Gamble from crowdsourcing
91% success rate of the audience in Who Wants to be a Millionaire
The success of stock market indexes versus individual portfolio managers etc… etc… etc… ...
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