TLDCast - Stella Lee Talks About Aging Workforce

Special Guest Stella Lee Talks About Issues Facing Learning and Development Professionals

I'm really looking forward to today's #TLDCast with Stella Lee.

She is going to help us answer these big questions:

• How do we support the aging workforce? 
• How do they prefer to learn? 
• How can we leverage data to improve learning and performance support? Is big data the answer? 
• What is the role of the L&D department for employees in preparing the future of learning (e.g. AI/machine learning/automation replacing workers, jobs being obsolete, etc.)?

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TLDCast - Open Forum - Host Brent Schlenker

#TLDCast is going to be FANTASTIC this week! Get it on your calendar.

Monday through Friday 

8am PT - 11am EST - 4pm UK

Don't forget to get registered for Monday's open forum conversation. These are my favorite. The serendipitous nature of community conversations is always surprising me.

We will likely review the video challenge that I presented the community on VideoFriday last week. Since it was #NationalDonutDay I created the following challenge:

TLDC VideoFriday Challenge:

Create a dramatic 10sec Video of yourself eating a doughnut (or other food).
1) Use 5 shots/edits or less
2) Straight cuts only - no transitions
3) Must be completely produced on your mobile device.
Those are the only rules!

TLDCUK Meetup

Don't forget to RSVP for the TLDC-UK Meetup coming June 21st.
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TLDChat - Video Friday - Guest Brian Fanzo talks Live Streaming

Welcome to #TLDChat!

Today we are talking with the amazing Brian Fanzo, aka @iSocialFanz !

You can view it here or click the video screen below and login at crowdcast.io for the event. 

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L&D Talk: Gartners Emerging Tech Hype Curve, LMS Platforms, The Changing L&D Industry

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Today our panel discussion centered around the new Gartner Hype Cycle For Emerging Technologies report.

We also discuss LMS markets, trends, and issues.

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L&D Talk is every day 8am Pacific Time. We are currently testing new live streaming platforms.
But you will always find us at LnDTalk.com.

Kno Knows eTextBooks

I saw the KNO eTextBook solution on TechCrunch TV from CES.
The eTextbook is so much more than just flipping digital pages on an eReader.  The features of the Kno eTextbook solution are incredible.  Check out the full list of features here.

There are several features that caught my attention, but I was very intrigued by the presenter's comment about images:

"...any image with labels is automatically converted into a quiz."

When I went to the web site I was impressed to see a course manager.  The interface is clean and appealing.  It's got a real Mac-feel to it.  I think the syncing will be critical.  Having your textbooks available on both your laptop and your mobile device is the future.

While the textbook industry takes it's time converting to digital, I'm left wondering what publishers are embracing Kno.  Or are the big publishers going to create their own standards, their own apps, their own formats, their own stores, etc.  I hope the content creators can figure out how to create their content and go directly to the new textbook market...in much the same way that iTunes changed the music buying process.  But that remains to be seen.

Building the Instructional Designer's Relevance in 2012 - Aaron Silvers

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Aaron Silvers gave a fascinating presentation for the recent eLearning Guild's online forum entitled Building the Instructional Designer's Relevance in 2012.  You can find the recording here.  If you are not a paid member of the Guild you won't be able to view it, but presentations like this are exactly what makes the Guild archives well worth every penny you invest in a membership.  And yes, it IS an investment...in YOU!  Nobody can make you better at your craft.  You MUST own it and make time to improve yourself and your skills.

WWII Action LIVE via TWITTER - Uber Cool Educational Use of Twitter

Yes.  I know that there have been lots of historic figures twittering, but something about the use of authentic WWII messages being transmitted via twitter just engages me in a big way.  Why?  I don't know.  And the fact that it is the @ukwarcabinet might be part of it.  I'd like to think I'm going to "see" a very different side of war.

People ask me all the time how twitter could be used in education...oh, I don't know...this seems to be a pretty creative use to me.  Of course with all eLearning tools, your learners MUST already be there.  If you have an audience already utilizing twitter then this makes perfect sense.  It might also make sense if your goal is to combine a history lesson with a technology lesson.  This could get twitter haters to see the technology in a whole new way as well.

Its all about being creative and seeing things differently.  Stop trying to use twitter as a replacement for your chalkboard.  That won't work...if you haven't already found out.

You've got to engage with new media and just use it for a while before you can start to see creative learning solutions like this.  I'm looking forward to seeing how the story unfolds.

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