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L2A Links for June 18th

Posted by Jeff Kelly on June 18, 2013

Summer Course Authoring Tool Rankings – Nice summary list of the major e-learning tools out there.
Social Media in Academia – The ETNA (Enhanced Training Needs Analysis) 2012 survey has found that “nearly three quarters of academics in further education agree that social media tools enhance the quality of the learning experience.”
2013 Hottest E-Learning Trends – Advances in technology generally define the latest trends in any industry, and the elearning industry is no different. New devices and APIs are shaping the present and future of how organizations administer and record learning. In 2013, we are starting to see how the latest technologies are making their way into formal learning delivery.
Four Videos on Instructional Design –

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L2A Links for April 15th

Posted by Jeff Kelly on April 15, 2013

50 suggestions for implementing 70-20-10 –
2013 e-Learning Revolution Infographic – Nice summary of statistics re: E-Learning
Learning Styles, ha, ha, ha, ha – “Learning style awareness is only a ‘cog in the wheel of the learning process’ and ‘it is not very likely that the self-concept of a student, once he or she has reached a certain age, will drastically develop by learning about his or her personal style’.”

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L2A Links for March 21st

Posted by Jeff Kelly on March 21, 2013

Lisa Belkin: Why I (Often) Work From Home And You (Maybe) Should Too – Marissa Mayer's decision has kicked off a great deal of discussion. Kudos to Lisa Belkin for loading her response with a wealth of (occasionally circular) hyperlinks.
Adobe Captivate, TechSmith Camtasia Studio, Articulate Storyline: Production Times – Interesting estimates on the LOE for various tasks. For the most part, they reflect what I have experienced.

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L2A Links for December 15th

Posted by Jeff Kelly on December 15, 2009

Government 2.0: Five Predictions for 2010-12 – O’Reilly Radar – Mark Drapeau shares his predictions for trends in Government 2.0.
Portrait of a Multitasking Mind: Scientific American – My tirade agains multitasking continues: From the article: "New research by EyalOphir, Clifford Nass, and Anthony D. Wagner at Stanford University suggests that people who multitask suffer from a problem: weaker self-control ability."
How the iPhone Could Reboot Education | Gadget Lab | Wired.com – A private university in Texas completes the first year of a pilot program in which it hands out free iPhones and iPod Touch devices to its entire freshman class. The goal is to see if, and how, the iPhone can reinvent education.

Tags: bookmark, brain, creativity, education, evolution, government2.0, iphone, l2a, learning2.0, mobile, multitasking, neuroscience, predictions, psychology, trends

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L2A Links for October 22nd

Posted by Jeff Kelly on October 22, 2009

Disney’s Going Digital: Buy Once, Watch Anywhere – The slow boat of convergence is picking up speed.
U.S. Navy CIO: Social Media Should Be Part of Military IT Standard – U.S. Navy CIO Rob Carey wrote that social media is a resource for the American military that should be used to build trust and collaborate, both within and outside the organization.
How the Internet is Changing the Way We Will Watch TV: Scientific American – The slow boat of convergence continues to chug along…
Gartner: Loosen up on Social Networks, Security | Deep Tech – CNET News – The reality of enabling social networks marches on. From the article: "…corporate computing departments shouldn't block social networking and security shouldn't completely lock down communications with the outside world. And even if information technology authorities wanted to shut down such activity, they couldn't. "

Tags: bookmark, convergence, disney, drm, enterprise2.0, gartner, government, government2.0, l2a, military, piracy, research, security, socialmedia, socialnetworking, television, trends, twx, video, Web2.0

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L2A Links for July 29th

Posted by Jeff Kelly on July 29, 2009

Report: Social Networks Growing while Other Social Media Sites Stagnate and Decline – RWW's sumamry of the interesting report from Universal McCann showing that the holistic social networking sites (Facebook, Orkut) are starting to absorb activity from the niche social media sites (Blogger, Flickr).
In the Future, the Cost of Education will be Zero – Josh Catone pulls together a number of great references to argue that: "The marginal cost of education is being driven toward zero due to social media and innovative approaches to online learning like OpenCourseWare, Flat World Knowledge, and the University of the People. That’s because the nature of information is such that it can be created once at cost and distributed and consumed over and over again for free."

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L2A Links for July 7th

Posted by Jeff Kelly on July 7, 2009

FREE — Teaching Resources and Lesson Plans from the Federal Government – A nice collection of educational resources available for free from the Federal Government. It will be interesting to see how this and other resources (such as data.gov) continue to grow as the Feds try to become more open and transparent.
Facebook Users Are Getting Older. Much Older. – Watching nech tech go mainstream. Remember whaen e-mail and AOL did the same thing? From the article: "If the iStrategyLabs numbers are correct, Facebook, simply put, is not a young site anymore. Most of the users (20,3 million, or 28.2% overall) on the site belong to the 35 – 54 age group. Compare that to the age group that was once Facebook’s bread and butter – the 18 – 24 group – which is now in third place with 18 million (25.1%) users, behind the 25 – 34 year old group, which makes for 25.2% of Facebook’s user base with 18.1 million users. The number of users aged 55 and over has grown from negligible 950,000 to 5.9 million in mere six months."

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L2A Links for May 5th

Posted by Jeff Kelly on May 5, 2009

7 Harsh Truths about running online communities « Boagworld – A nice summary piece by Paul Boag highlights some of the considerations to effectively running an online community.
60% of Twitter Users Quit Within the First Month – Twitter is growing at a fantastic clip (thanks, Oprah!), but to what end? It will be interesting to see just what percentage of the population has the time or inclination to broadcast their brilliance on a regular basis.

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L2A Links for February 14th

Posted by Jeff Kelly on February 14, 2009

The Death Of “Web 2.0? – A sure sign that “Web 2.0” is becoming mainstream, Robin Wauters pulls together statistics showing the decay of the term’s popularity.

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Learn to Adapt Links for February 12th

Posted by Jeff Kelly on February 12, 2009

Twitter / FDArecalls – FDA has started using Twitter to announce recalls. A great example of how the Feds are beginning to adopt social media tools!
Pew Internet: Generations Online in 2009 – Over half of the adult internet population is between 18 and 44 years old. But larger percentages of older generations are online now than in the past, and they are doing more activities online, according to surveys taken from 2006-2008.
Pew Internet: Adults and SNS – The share of adult internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled in the past four years — from 8% in 2005 to 35% now, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project's December 2008 tracking survey.
The End of Marketing and PR? | Steve Kayser’s Riffs, Tiffs and What Ifs – Steve Kayser puts together a really robust list of examples of how "Web 2.0" is changing the world of marketing. A great case study resource too!

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