Clayton R. Wright has done his 26th version of his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. Past years eLearning Conferences 2011 , eLearning Conferences 2010 , eLearning Conferences 2009. You can contact him at: crwr77@gmail.com. It covers events from four continents. https://registration.livegroup.co.uk/ssatnationalconference/ MORE >>

Towards the end of each year I share some thoughts on what awaits in the year ahead. It is actually a lot easier to look years into the future than just a single year, as while we can readily discern broad trends, the major events in a year are usually unforeseeable, though they may express the longer-term directions. 2012: 12 Themes. CROWD WORK. MORE >>

Joe wrote this week about how Iceland is using the web to Open up its democracy and then asks the big question – what about corporate life? Will corporations follow? They are dying sooner and sooner. Are corporations more like animals or more like cities? Unfortunately, West et al.’s The costs rise with revenue. Makes sense right? MORE >>

Given the work that I do, I'm a sucker for skill lists. As our work worlds grow ever more complex and challenging, it seems that the skills themselves become more complex too. . Increasingly, though, I've begun to believe that these lists are distracting us from the real skills of success. My 21st Century Skills List. Asking Questions. Reflection. MORE >>

In writing about mobile for higher education, other than meeting learner administrative and information needs, I obviously focused more on the formal learning roles mobile devices could facilitate. And one of the things that has been of interest to me is looking differently at pedagogies. Traditional. Navigable/adaptive. It was also seen at UNext. MORE >>