Blogs - Ideagora

If this catches on...

For those of us working in higher education (and perhaps K-12 as well): We are most definitely in a game-changing environment. Looking at the beta version of odijoo.com...if this type of infrastructure/paradigm were successful and we play this out into the future a bit...it's mind-blowing! Syndicated online courses...matching up buyers and sellers of courses via online-based exchanges...creating a platform for distributing one's -- or… Continue

Added by Daniel Christian on October 31, 2009 at 4:31pm — No Comments

Creating a learning ecosystem

A new model of teaching & learning: Let's offer our students a personalized, customized, learning ecosystem Education is moving towards providing much more customized, personalized learning environments – environments whereby the student selects and utilizes their preferred means of learning. Students will need to be able to continually know where to go to get information in the future. This idea aims at helping them in their never-ending quest for obtaining effective, lifelong, lear… Continue

Added by Daniel Christian on October 31, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Informal Learning 2.0

In the world of business, the era of networks is crowding out the Industrial Age. Network connections are replacing rigidity with flexibility, penetrating internal boundaries and silos and knocking down the walls that have separated businesses from their customers. Networks are ushering in new ways of doing business. Corporate approaches to learning have to change as well. Some cutting-edge corporations are adopting a new bundle of practices – let’s call them informal learning 2.0 – in order to… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on October 21, 2009 at 3:54pm — No Comments

Interactyx Limited Provides Franchise eLearning Solution

Interactyx Limited is pleased to announce franchise training and communication solutions that address unique franchisor and franchisee needs with TOPYX® Trainer, the affordable eLearning 2.0 Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with integrated social networking, mobile learning and eCommerce functionality. The TOPYX Trainer Franchise Training 2.0 solution enables franchisors and franchisees to extend virtual training to owners, area and unit management and employees with 24/7 real-time access… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on October 21, 2009 at 11:15am — No Comments

Learning Tools in Tough Economic Times

In tough economic times, finding money for professional development of your staff can be a challenge. But it doesn’t have to be, given the proliferation of inexpensive or free web applications for personal and workplace learning. It’s sometimes assumed that learning tools means tools specifically dedicated to learning and often we overlook the value in ordinary tools. This duality is what makes these tools so powerful – because they are not separate tools you have to use but ones that are famil… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on October 14, 2009 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Franchise 2.0: Turn traditional learning on its head

When [Jim Sullivan] I’m not writing a monthly column for readers of Nation’s Restaurant News and NRN.com, I have a day job designing leadership, sales-building and service-energizing training programs for managers and crew at foodservice and retail chains worldwide. Many companies and customers are curious how social-media sites will affect how foodservice training programs will be designed and delivered to Gen Next. The short answer is: a lot. Read the full article here:… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on October 12, 2009 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Leveraging Technology to Gain a Competitive Edge for Small Businesses

Small business owners will spend days shopping around for the best deal on benefits like Medical insurance or Short term health insurance. Yet researching Contact center software that runs on a… Continue

Added by Pat Jewett on October 6, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Affordably Boost Revenue with a Real-Time Collaborative Sales University

Traditional sales orientation for new and experienced representatives provide your revenue producers with periodic “core dumps” of key messaging, market positioning and updated best practices to effectively sell to customers. The time between these meetings is focused on managing the progression of tactical activities to attain revenue projections. The sales management processes center on the execution of potentially flawed, misaligned or sub-optimized activities that extend the time required to… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on October 5, 2009 at 11:09am — No Comments

Logo Design Creation Process From Concept To Completion

Do you want to know the secret of how top-quality graphic designers design logos? This article will disclose exactly how top-notch logo designers of today’s contemporary age design their logos. It will show the design route that these designers undergo to get to their final logo design. Logo Designers Design Route: 1. Logo Design Brief 2. Background & Competitive Research 3. Drawing The Sk… Continue

Added by Kathy Maxwelll on October 4, 2009 at 11:45pm — No Comments

Medical Info Online

All kinds of records from Angioplasty to Dental plans will be entered into a national online data base that people, preferably medical providers, will be able to access. There has always been many issues to keeping medical records. Through the years these records have been kept o… Continue

Added by Lee W. on October 3, 2009 at 5:29pm — No Comments

Interactyx Limited Delivers Corporate Training Solutions

Interactyx Limited is pleased to announce corporate training solutions that target specific needs across all industries with TOPYX® Trainer, the affordable eLearning 2.0 Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with integrated social networking, mobile learning and eCommerce functionality. The TOPYX Trainer Corporate Solutions are highlighted below: Collaborative Corporate University Sales University Channel Partner… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on September 30, 2009 at 9:23am — No Comments

Review of Traxler’s ‘Students and Mobile Devices’

I heard that the best ALT (Association of Learning Technology, UK) paper this year was Students and Mobile Devices: Choosing Which Dream by John Traxler so I thought I’d review it. Generally, it was very interesting and gives a good overview of the implications mobile devices have for education. There were times when the words “mobile devices” could have been replaced with “Web 2.0″ and there were points with which I disagree. Here… Continue

Added by Tom Preskett on September 26, 2009 at 5:41am — No Comments

Use Social Media - Fulfil your Destiny!

There are some interesting ideas in the slideshow "Getting Real About Enterprise 2.0". By far the most interesting for me is slide 8: "The social web emerged because it reflects basic HUMAN NEEDS." I've been saying for a while something a bit like this - something like humans are naturally social and we use social media because we want to. Web 2.0 is popular because people want to use it. They… Continue

Added by Tom Preskett on September 25, 2009 at 12:03pm — No Comments

Interactyx Limited Expands Affiliate Program

Interactyx Limited is pleased to announce the ongoing expansion of our affiliate program that is focused on reaching new international markets and providing additional penetration into select domestic industries with TOPYX®, the affordable eLearning 2.0 Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with integrated social networking, mobile learning and eCommerce functionality. This is part of a larger strategy to better serve the domestic and international markets by partnering with key affiliates strat… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on September 24, 2009 at 3:47pm — No Comments

Why are Web 2.0 technologies still bleeding edge in corporate training functions?

A recent report of 700 learning professionals conducted by the American Society for Training & Development entitled Transforming Learning with Web 2.0 Technologies found that Web 2.0 technologies is still “bleeding edge” when used within corporate training functions. Only 9% of companies use Web 2.0 technologies in a major way within their learning function. My [Al Novas] last blog -… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on September 23, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Protecting the System vs Helping the Learning

In Don’t, Don’t, Don’t vs. Do, Do, Do, Will Richardson talks about how he turned around a hefty policy of don't concerning use of the internet to a heft policy of, well, possibilities. It's useful to record here his list of do's: “Do use our network to connect to other students and adults who share your passions with whom you can learn.” “Do use our network to help your teachers find experts and other teachers… Continue

Added by Tom Preskett on September 23, 2009 at 4:03am — No Comments

Learning Technologies - Disrupting Teaching and Learning

Sessums comments in Reflections on Transforming Teaching and Learning ring true with me. "only disruptive innovation—adopting digital learning wholesale—will change education. This disruption is most likely to emerge in places where traditional ways of teaching are outright failing; over time..." Where I have been able to get academic use of Learning Technology to influence their teaching and learning in my workplac… Continue

Added by Tom Preskett on September 21, 2009 at 6:10am — No Comments

Social Media: A Negativity

I am often surprised of the way some will talk about social media. Some of the comments quoted on Reflections on Students and Social Media: Consuming the Consumed seem to think of it as some sort of monster devouring and deviling everything in it's path. A force for evil destroying all that is natural and innocent. I'm exaggerating of course but I think this misses the point. People use social media because THEY WANT… Continue

Added by Tom Preskett on September 21, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

"Japanese People and Society" chapter

I'm honored that the Japanese government is about to publish my chapter introducing "Japanese People and Society." With permission of the Japan International Cooperation Agency it's posted on the Web at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Aac_-D0_oEt4ZGpzemRobV8xMjZmZGg0Y3FmZA&hl=en Continue

Added by Steve McCarty on September 20, 2009 at 9:56am — No Comments

Unpaid Advertising

This blog has been take over by commercial interests. The last three posts are advertisements and are not about serious discussions. I would not mind this if I knew they were paying something to support Innovate! Reid Continue

Added by Reid Cornwell on September 17, 2009 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

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