Fad or Revolution: You be the judge!

The Social Media Revolution 2012  
Published on Oct 23, 2011 by TheTotalprofit
 

I came across this very interesting video made and forget about the music if it doesn't suit you, forget about the presentation if you think its too prezi like and pay attention to the statement and words e.g. "Word of Mouth" to "World of Mouth". The changes that social media is bringing, changing the very way we update ourselves, the way we transact, the way we communicate (although some might may social media is killing actual f2f experiences but that's another topic all together), the way we learn, unlearn and re-learn. Social media has over taken pornography as the number 1 activity in the web, etc. Just sit back and enjoy this very interesting presentation- who know? You might LEARN something...

ELS 2012 - Roadmap to Mobile Learning - Growth of Mobile | E-Learning Council

Interesting stats about mobile phone industry and gadgets.

ELS 2012 - Roadmap to Mobile Learning - Growth of Mobile | E-Learning Council

OLDaily: 7 Things You Should Know About ... Badges

Sharing from Stephen Downes blog. Must read!

OLDaily: 7 Things You Should Know About ... Badges: OLDaily: 7 Things You Should Know About ... Badges

From “learning technologies” to “social technologies” | Learning in the Social Workplace

Read this interesting article by Jane Hart, thought I shared it out. From “learning technologies” to “social technologies” | Learning in the Social Workplace

CLO as a Moviemaker article

I was reading this article and the author mentioned about e-learning to be made like the movies which is really a good idea. Let's face it, if I asked you to go do an e-learning course- it is as exciting as going to see the dentist but if I asked you to watch the latest movie, you might even buy me popcorn with a drink. E-learning doesn't have to be done like a page turner type of learning via software, it can be engaging like games or movies. It's all boils down to design. I recently attended webinar organized by Zaid, the speaker was engaging his participants by use of everyday stuff like books and stuff toys, he even pulled out a lightsaber to keep the audience thinking what will he pull out next. That kept our attention going, it was fun learning. That's how e-learning should be designed- with fun. Click here to read the article

More info about Flipped Classoom

You heard about it- the famous Khan Academy but is there more? This is a very interesting slide presentation that I believe will open our eyes about flipped classroom by Jackie Gerstein.

A Model for the Flipped Classroom

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Classroom learning, eLearning, mLearning- so what?

When people say the word training, what pops into your head? Some will say lectures, classroom, team building, management & leadership classroom courses. Maybe you would have heard elearning, mlearning- this would have been about for a while now. Some say elearning is dead, some say it's alive and well and growing. Then there is blended learning, blogging, wiki, podcasting, virtual classroom, social networking i.e. FB, Twitter, virtual worlds, gamification, etc. The world is getting more interesting for us that we can learn more than ever before. Some are free, some costs thousands for a degree- some dying by degrees. Recently a friend texted me while she was attend the National Achievers Congress and Robert Kiyosaki was speaking and I learnt a new term- PHD is short for Poor Helpless and Desperate. Having read a few of his books, I know what he meant. And so I am learning, sitting down in Starbucks writing this blog- trying to prepare a proposal for a new project I am embarking on and I learn what the new PHD meant- that is if I had kept on working as an employed person. I am a learner- first and foremost, I am a learner. Whichever way the information is sent to me, via mobile phone, whether I search for materials with my iPad or listen to podcast or attend a webinar with my notebook or even attend a classroom face to face- I am learning from all this. So classroom learning, one to one mentoring, coaching, webinar, seminar, computer based training courses, web based elearning courses, podcast, blogging, wikis, mobile phone, free apps, etc- so what? I am learning.