Archive for June, 2005


Audio about Blogging, RSS and Bloglines

These are some audio files to go along with my ‘Getting Started with Blogging and RSS’ tutorial. In the online tutorial you will find all (and more!) of the web addresses I refer to in the audio. You can listen to one or more of the audio files, and you don’t necessarily listen to them […]

Kathleen Gilroy, The Otter Group

Notes on a presentation from the Collaborative Learning Conference 2005
Enterprise Use of RSS for managing information by Kathleen Gilroy (from The Otter Group )
Prefers the term ‘learning network’ to ‘learning community’ – as believes the tools we are using currently to communicate online are better suited to network functions than communities.
Dissatisfaction with CMS tools that […]

Nancy White - Competencies for Online Communication

My notes from the Nancy White Keynote in the Collaborative Learning Conference 2005 run by iCohere.
Nancy’s presentation contained possibily more questions than answers - prompting some reflection on my part.
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In the online environment we have a merge between what we know and what we imagine - eg what we get from someone’s introduction and what […]

Using Bloglines

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Using Bloglines (or How to keep up with dozens of blogs everyday) from Preetam Rai. This resource includes lots of screenshots which I always find helpful.
“Update: Already getting lots more tips from friends. I will keep updating this post.
Thanks to all who commented and linked to this post.
I follow about 80 blogs on […]

Designing e-Learning

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“Welcome to Designing e-learning
Introduction
Using e-learning tools and resources in online, campus or workplace settings
This site shows the many ways you can use e-learning to engage learners, provide flexibility and improve quality in vocational education and training (VET). It can be used as an individual guide, or as a resource for professional development and […]

Informal Learning

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informal learning @ the informal education homepage
This looks like a rich resource. I’m sure I’ve been to this site before but could not find a reference to it on Toolkits, so here it is (again possibly).

informal learning - Fast Company

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Learn More Now
by Marcia Conner for Fast Company
“Still think learning means school? Expand your definition of learning to include conversations with your peers and your children, from books, articles, informal networks, Internet searching, television, and what you learn through trial and error. Use everything that happens in your world as a resource to […]

Mentoring Resources

link to Job Aids For Everyone : A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Job and Task Aids
link to Mentoring in the Workplace
link to The Manager’s Pocket Guide to Effective Mentoring
link to The Step-By-Step Guide to Starting an Effective Mentoring Program