http://www.dfosterassociates.com Increasing revenue through learning and collaboration Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:52:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To follow up on yesterday's post on Social Networking tools, I wanted to share an article about some of LinkedIn's new tools.  Basically, LinkedIn is working to allow other sites to embed "in" links within their content so that as you are reading it, you can see if/how you are ... http://www.dfosterassociates.com/archives/2007/12/14/using-linkedin-and-social-networking-for-collaborative-learning/ I'm a big fan of Social Networking, and feel that it helps create multiple avenues for collaborative learning opportunities. I just found this great article on how to get started with Social Networking. It was a pain to link to on the site, so I have re-printed the whole article ... http://www.dfosterassociates.com/archives/2007/12/13/getting-started-with-social-networking-for-collaborative-learning/ I was at a great MIT Enterprise Forum event last night focused on robotics. It was interesting to hear that one of the challenges that many of the panelists discussed was the need for better training of both the users of the robots and of the future robotic engineers. Rod ... http://www.dfosterassociates.com/archives/2007/10/11/collaborative-learning-for-the-robotics-industry/ I'll just been asked to help moderate Monday's NELA event on Serious Gaming.  It should be a great event.  I've seen Scot Osterweil speak before, and he is very good.  If you are interested in how to use Gaming or Simulation in your eLearning this is a must-see event. You can ... http://www.dfosterassociates.com/archives/2007/05/17/nela-serious-gaming-event/ As part of my talk Moving from Training to Collaborative Learning I talked about how to reinforce learning in a seminar by following it up with assignments and discussion.  If you came to the talk and would like to participate in that, or if are interested in the topic.  Please fill-out ... http://www.dfosterassociates.com/archives/2007/04/13/reinforcement-for-collaborative-learning-presentation/ I saw this great video during a discussion about how we all learn informally.  It was part of a discussion about how we (meaning the participants at the talk) would research Web 2.0.  I like it because it really shows you examples of things in such an innovative way.  The ... http://www.dfosterassociates.com/archives/2007/04/12/web-20-video/ Today at the eLearning Guild's Annual Gathering a number of people asked if I would post my handouts.  They claimed that they couldn't make my presentation on Moving from Training to Collaborative Learning and wanted a copy of the handouts.  You should know that the handouts don't really stand on ... http://www.dfosterassociates.com/archives/2007/04/11/collaborative-learning-handouts/ Okay, here it is "unfiltered" as Lance suggested.  He is now branding himself as a "Creative Abrasionist" and tonight I got my share.  I ran into Lance at the eLearning Guild's Annual Gathering tonight and we started a discussion about why he stopped blogging.  And then, as an "abraisionist" he immediately ... http://www.dfosterassociates.com/archives/2007/04/10/does-my-blog-suck-more-than-lance-dublins/ My presentation "Moving from Training to Collaborative Learning" which won the 2006 NELA Choice Award has been selected by the eLearning Guild for the 2007 Annual Gathering.  Take a look at the conference info, it should be a great event.  I'm also being interviewed for a podcast prior to the ... http://www.dfosterassociates.com/archives/2007/02/08/speaking-at-elearning-guild-2007/ NELA is helping to promote a great seminar by Clark Aldrich called "Cutting Through The Simulation Babel."  If you are interested in learning more about simulations or how gaming can be used in learning, this should be a great event. Register for the event directly with Elluminate. http://www.dfosterassociates.com/archives/2007/01/02/simulations-and-gaming-webinar/