Review of 2008: 100 great articles

My 100 favourite resources (articles postings, PDFs, presentations, etc) about learning tools and technologies in 2008

I was taking a look at all the resources that I had collected during 2008 in my Library as well as those that I had posted about in my blogs, etc, to identify those that I particularly enjoyed, that inspired me, made me think and/or I just found useful. There were many, but I finally narrowed my list down to 100 (see below). 

I then fed all the titles into Wordle to generate a word cloud and identify trends in this collection of my favourite resources.  Here it is -my review of 2008 - click on the image for the full-size image.

Here are the resources listed chronologically by the month in which they appeared.  

January 2008

1. Implementation 2.0, Jay Cross, Learning Circuits
2. 13 tips for virtual world teaching, Matt Villano,  Campus Technology
3. Thanks to YouTube, professors are finding more audiences, Jeffrey R Young, Chronicle of Higher Education
4. Seven strategies for implementing a successful corporate wiki, Brad Kenney, Information Week
5. The best companion tools for YouTube and other web videos, Amit Agarwal, Digital Inspiration
6. Twitter for Academia, Tech Tools for Academics
7. In the mood for Moodle, Jeff Stanford, EnglishTeaching Professional, Issue 54
8. Displaying Google Calendar Events on a Map, Tony Hirst, OUseful Info
9. Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0, John Seely Brown and Richard P Adler, Educause
10. The Horizon Report 2008 [PDF], The New Media Consortium and Educause

February 2008

11. Learning through blogging: graduate student experiences, Robert Davison, eLearn magazine
12. Forget email: new messaging service has students and professors atwitter - Jeffrey R Young, Chronicle of Higher Education
13. Learning 2.0 ebook, Jeff Cobb
14. 48 unique ways to use WordPress, Raj Dash, Performancing
15. 7 easy, powerful steps to create a personal learning environment, Passion-based Learning
16. The Learning Webvolution, Karl Kapp and Tony O'Driscoll, Learning Circuits

March 2008

17. A world without courses, narrated presentation by George Siemens, elearnspace
18. Web 2.0 is the future of education, Steve Hargadon
19. Lessons learned from two more Ustream.tv remote webcasts, Wesley Fryer, Moving at the speed of creativity
20. Learning games, going beyond fun, Ralph Vacca, Learning Circuits
21. The latest in learning fast: edu-Twittering, Marcia Conner, Fast Company
22. Twitter - a teaching and learning tool, Tom Barrett, ICT in my classroom
23. The Top 100 lamest excuses for not innovating, Mitch Ditkoff, The Heart of Innovation
24. Ten Web 2.0 Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E-learning Professional, Stephen Downes
25. The Silent Generation meets Generation Y, Tom Casey, Talent Readiness
26. A primer in social media, Eric Karjalauto, A smashLAB white paper

April 2008

27. Seven Tips for making the most of your RSS reader, Marshall Kirkpatrick, ReadWriteWeb
28. Power to the people: social media tracker (PDF, 26 Mb), Universal McCann
29. Become a tweeting twitterer with these apps, Mark O'Neill, MakeUseOf.com
30. A Beginner's Podcasting Guide: Almost everything you need to know to start, Raj Dash, Performancing

May 2008

31. Engaging with new e-learning [PDF], Allison Rossett and Antonia Chan, Adobe White Paper
32. Why Gen Y is going to change the Web, Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb
33. Web 2.0: boon or bane for universities, Education Guardian
34. Do-it-yourself e-learning, Sarah Fister Gale, Workforce Management
35. 50 tips and tricks to create a learning space in Second Life, Heather Johnson, CollegeDegrees.com
36. Master the Google - search like a God and save time, tina, MakeUseOf.com
37. How to make Facebook useful again, Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb
38. Forget Gen Y, what will we see with Gen Z, Cyndy Aleo-Carreira, Profy

June 2008

39. Technology euphoria, Marc Rosenberg, Learning Circuits
40. Ultimate list of Firefox tips and tricks, TechieBuzz
41. Using Flickr to organise a collection of images, Technical Advisory Service for Images
42. Performance analysis and web 2.0, Allison Rossett and Joe Williams, Learning Circuits
43. Key differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, Graham Cormode and Balachander Krishnamurthy, First Monday, Volume 13, Number 6
44. Storytelling sucks, Donald Clark, Donald Clark Plan B
45. Harnesssing the power of clouds, Spencer Kelly, >CLick, BBC

July 2008

46. M-Learning Devices: performance to go, Clark Quinn, Learning Circuits
47. Young people and social networking services, Digizen
48. Is Google making us stupid, Nicholas Carr, Atlantic Monthly
49. 100 cool things you can do with RSS, Alisa Miller, Accredited Degrees
50. Do start up companies need community managers, ReadWriteWeb
51. 50 Firefox 3 add-ons that will change the way you surf the Web, Jessica Merritt, BestCollegesOnline.com
52. See me, hear me: Skype in the classroom, Julie Clark, School Library Journal
53. How to measure social media ROI for business, Aaron Uhrmacher
54. The portable office: work anywhere: with web applications you can collaborate no matter where you are, Gina Trapani, Macworld

August 2008

55. 40+ topics for corporate bloggers, Aaron Uhrmacher, Mashable.com
56. What happened to performance support? Jay Cross, Informal Learning
57. 30+ plugins to make your Wordpress blog more social, Mashable
58. 50 ideas for using Twitter in business, ChrisBrogan.com
59. 50 ideas on using Twitter for education, Carol Cooper-Taylor
60. Twittering not frittering: professional development in 140 characters, Suzie Boss, edutopia
61. Top 10 calendar tricks, Lifehacker
62. Moving to Moodle, reflections two years later, Ining Tracy Chao, Educause Quarterly Vol 31, No 3

September 2008

63. State of the Blogosphere, Technorati
64. 10 extremely useful gMail tips, Technotraits.com
65. Examples of E-Learning 2.0, Tony Karrer, eLearning Technology
66. Social bookmarking in the enterprise at MITRE, Jack Vinson, Knowledge Jolt with Jack
67. 10 aspects of Web 2.0 strategy that every CTO and should know, Dion Hinchcliffe
68. Thinking differently about mobile learning, Cheryl Johnson, Learning Circuits
69. Is the enterprise ready for microblogging tools like Twitter, Mashable
70. Going green: are you ready?  Silke Fleischer, ELearning! magazine
71. A List of Socal Media Marketing Examples, Peter Kim, Being Peter Kim

October 2008

72. Real blended learning stands up, Jennifer Hofmann and Ninette Miner, Learning Circuits
73. The virtual gathering experience/a> Debbe Kennedy, Learning Circuits
74. Google Docs Guide: How to do stuff with Google Docs, Amt Agarwal, Digital Inspiration
75. Eleven interesting ways to use Google Docs in the classroom, a presentation by Tom Barrett
76. How to master screencasts in seven steps, Torley, Mashable
77. 47 awesome Twitter tools you should be using, Deontee
78. Blogging grows up, The Economist
79. Are employees twittering away productivity, Marcia Conner, FastCompany
80. Enterprise Microsharing Tools Comparison: Nineteen Applications to Revolutionize Employee Effectiveness, Pistachio
81. The case against pre-testing for online courses, Clark Quinn, eLearn magazine
82. What everyone should know about working with Subject Matter Experts, Tim Kuhlmann, The Rapid E-Learning Blog

November 2008

83. Taking advantage of the financial crisis, Jay Cross, Internet Time
84. 6 Quick Steps to Create a Game Based E-learning Course, Rupa, One-Stop resource for instructional designing
85. How to Insert YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations, Amit Agarwal, Digital Inspiration
86. The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On, Stephen Downes, Half an Hour
87. HOW TO: Convert Your Blog Into a Podcast on iTunes for Free, Doriano Carta, Mashable
88. Wake up and smell the coffee, Harold Jarche, Learning & Working on the Web

December 2008

89. Research papers on business blogging, mathemagenic
90. The e-learning rules of engagement, Mark Notess, eLearn magazine
91. The Semantic Web in Education, Jason Ohler, Educause
92. All aboard the Web 3D train, Anders Gronstedt, LearningCircuits
93. Use Google Reader like a rockstar, Matt Singley, Mashable Studies in Second Life, Christal Gardiola, University Affairs
94. Social media brings new risks for companies and employees... Chad RIchards, Social Media Today
95. Beyond the course, Clark Quinn, Learnlets
96. Time To Rethink Your Corporate Blogging Ideas, presentation by John McElhenney
97. The 5 Stages Of Twitter Acceptance, Rohit Bhargava, Social Media Today
98. HOW TO: Get the Most Out of StumbleUpon, Jake Marsh, Mashable
99. Learning for the 21st Century, Jay Cross, Informal Learning
100. Change and uncertainty: The making or the breaking of corporate learning and development, Clive Shepherd, Clive on Learning