Planet’s Pick of the Week Ending September 20, 2009 September 25, 2009
Posted by elearningtyro in : Announcements, Planet's Pick , add a commentWe are glad to announce the ‘Planet’s Pick of the Week’ (September 13, 2009 to September 20, 2009).
The ‘Blogger of the Week’ is Tony Bates.
Last week, Tony posted six blog posts. Through these posts, he shared links to useful resources on:
- LMS selection for a small college.
- The role of information and communications technologies in a university.
- The themes of motivation, group work and community in an online distance education environment.
- The seven deadly sins of e-learning.
- A research program sponsored by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.
- The impact of new information technology on the nature of knowledge.
The ‘Blog Post of the Week’ is ‘How to Build a Social Learning Culture‘ by Lars Hyland.
Through this interesting post, Lars listed several useful tips to build a social learning culture within an organizational context.
Congratulations, Tony and Lars!
Planet’s Pick of the Week Ending September 13, 2009 September 18, 2009
Posted by elearningtyro in : Announcements, Planet's Pick , add a commentWe are glad to announce the ‘Planet’s Pick of the Week’ (September 06, 2009 to September 13, 2009).
The ‘Blogger of the Week’ is Mike Bogle.
Last week, Mike posted seven blog posts. In one of his posts, Mike described the distributed model of sharing information. He also expressed his thoughts on using Seesmic and TweetDeck to effectively manage ongoing stream of discussions on Twitter.
The ‘Blog Post of the Week’ is ‘Job Aid for Coaching and Feedback‘ by Aradhana Datta Ravindra.
Through this interesting post, Aradhana introduced a job aid for coaching and feedback. Aradhana developed this job aid after four days of stimulating work. Her job aid, which incorporates various management and leadership theories, could be a useful tool for training managers!
Congratulations, Mike and Aradhana!
Planet’s Pick of the Week Ending September 06, 2009 September 10, 2009
Posted by elearningtyro in : Announcements, Planet's Pick , 2commentsWe are glad to announce the ‘Planet’s Pick of the Week’ (August 30, 2009 to September 06, 2009).
The ‘Blogger of the Week’ is Michael Hanley.
During the previous week, Michael posted five blog posts on podcasting for e-learning. In one of his posts, Michael listed the advantages of hard disk recording to store digital audio for podcasting. He also announced the release of his new podcast episode, “Transatlantic: The Flying Boats of Foynes”. Through his other posts, Michael initiated his series of forthcoming blog posts on editing podcasts using Audacity, an open source multi-track audio editor and recorder.
The ‘Blog Post of the Week’ is ‘Visitor to Second Life‘ by Ken Allan.
In this interesting post, Ken shared his experiences after visiting Second Life, the Internet’s largest 3-D virtual world community, for the first time. It is for sure that any visitor, who did not explore Second Life yet, will become too curious to visit it after reading Ken’s post!
Congratulations, Michael and Ken!
Planet’s Pick of the Week Ending August 30, 2009 September 3, 2009
Posted by elearningtyro in : Announcements, Planet's Pick , 2commentsWe are glad to announce the ‘Planet’s Pick of the Week’ (August 23, 2009 to August 30, 2009).
The ‘Blogger of the Week’ is Sumeet Moghe.
During the previous week, Sumeet posted five blog posts. In one of his posts, Sumeet listed useful language patterns for trainers and public speakers. He also shared three effective ways of using a standalone video for e-learning. In addition, Sumeet expressed his thoughts on using the Dreyfus model to engage learners in an online program.
The ‘Blog Post of the Week’ is ‘The Secret Recipe to Delivering World Class Lectures‘ by Zaid Ali Alsagoff.
In this useful post, Zaid described five learning steps or phases to deliver world class lectures. He also shared several useful resources to master lecturing.
Congratulations, Sumeet and Zaid!
