It takes time and effort to learn about how the social media work and how they can add to the impact and efficiency of knowledge workers. In my own explorations of the web and how it can be used to help learning, I have noticed two academic reactions. stumbled across an hour long video of Wesch presenting at the University of Manitoba. MORE >>

So I love the web, and I learn so much from what often feels like frittering my time away, but there is no end to  what you can learn to do and learn and do on it. learning webtools socialmedia Clay_Shirky Tags: Internet_use PLE Twitter communication computers e-learning laptop learning 2.0 MORE >>

This month’s “Big Question&# from Tony Karrer jolted me out of my sun-gardening-induced blogging lethargy to reply to this question: In a Learning 2.0 learning professional (or any learner, for that fact. What the heck IS a learning professional??) Learning is about others’ discovery of their answer. MORE >>

embed howto webtools learning 2.0 blogging learning WordPressHere’s a picture I want to link to another website and have it open in another tab or window: The image above links to the website it’s from, but opens on the same page. Sometimes you have to take a slightly different route. MORE >>

If you read some of the predictions for 2009  that were compiled by Lisa Neal Gualtieri at eLearn Magazine, you may have noticed that people foresee a resurgence of informal learning, especially in new, e-mediated forms.  One of the challenges I think we need to address is the need to teach people a new way to learn.  Learning 2.0 MORE >>