Personal Productivity Tools – Thomas Stone
Going around the room of participants each person shared 1-3 of their favourite tools that they use most often during their daily duties. Microsoft OneNote EverNote – part of Microsoft office. Only part of the Student Suite and ultimate (?) suite. Don’t need to use post-it notes, text files, etc. Tabs, subpages, etc. Screen clipping, […]
Great Day One at AG09
Well the eLearning Guild Annual Gathering for 2009 has once again not disappointed. I’ve learned so many great new things here today. I find it amazing every year that I seem to learn more from just networking and speaking to people over the lunch hour and at demo booths than some of the actual sessions. […]
Retaining Those New Young Employees You Hired – Claire Schooley
Senior Analyst with Forrester Research (internationally) – Characteristics of new workers– learning approaches– ways of recruiting– tools/resources Millennials between 1980 & 2000, There are 81 million of them coming. 78 Million baby boomers will be retiring with only 45 million Gen X to fill the places. Short Term– boomers are working longer-workers are being imported-jobs […]
Brain-Based Strategies for Passionate Learning Experiences – Martinez
By -Dr. Margaret Martinez Psychological factors and relationships that influence persistence, motivation and attrition. Dominate influence of emotion s and intentions on learning. What was the one time in your life you felt truly passionate about learning?Smiles took over the room, positive emotion grew. That is what we want to get each time we teach. […]
Crowdsourcing – Jeff Howe
Crowdsourcing – video displayed by Jeff. Few key ideas Now with the internet we can create a crowd virtually with shared interest. Shared passions for hobbies, crafts, arts, etc. Ie: quality of stockphotos by amateurs is abundant, drives supply up and prices downforces companies to approach us as potential partners, not just buyers Technology is […]