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.
- Implementation 2.0, Jay Cross, Learning Circuits
- 13 tips for virtual world teaching, Matt Villano, Campus Technology
- Thanks to YouTube, professors are finding more audiences, Jeffrey R Young, Chronicle of Higher Education
- Seven strategies for implementing a successful corporate wiki, Brad Kenney, Information Week
- The best companion tools for YouTube and other web videos, Amit Agarwal, Digital Inspiration
- Twitter for Academia, Tech Tools for Academics
- In the mood for Moodle, Jeff Stanford, EnglishTeaching Professional, Issue 54
- Displaying Google Calendar Events on a Map, Tony Hirst, OUseful Info
- Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0, John Seely Brown and Richard P Adler, Educause
- The Horizon Report 2008 [PDF], The New Media Consortium and Educause
February 2008
- Learning through blogging: graduate student experiences, Robert Davison, eLearn magazine
- Forget email: new messaging service has students and professors atwitter - Jeffrey R Young, Chronicle of Higher
Education - Learning 2.0 ebook, Jeff Cobb
- 48 unique ways to use WordPress, Raj Dash, Performancing
- 7 easy, powerful steps to create a personal learning environment, Passion-based Learning
- The Learning Webvolution, Karl Kapp and Tony O’Driscoll, Learning Circuits
March 2008
- A world without courses, narrated presentation by George Siemens, elearnspace
- Web 2.0 is the future of education, Steve Hargadon
- Lessons learned from two more
- Ustream.tv remote webcasts, Wesley Fryer, Moving at the speed of creativity
- Learning games, going beyond fun, Ralph Vacca, Learning Circuits
- The latest in learning fast: edu-Twittering, Marcia Conner, Fast Company
- Twitter – a teaching and learning tool, Tom Barrett, ICT in my classroom
- The Top 100 lamest excuses for not innovating, Mitch Ditkoff, The Heart of Innovation
- Ten Web 2.0 Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E-learning Professional, Stephen Downes
- The Silent Generation meets Generation Y, Tom Casey, Talent Readiness
- A primer in social media, Eric Karjalauto, A smashLAB white paper
April 2008
- Seven Tips for making the most of your RSS reader, Marshall Kirkpatrick, ReadWriteWeb
- Power to the people: social media tracker (PDF, 26 Mb), Universal McCann
- Become a tweeting twitterer with these apps, Mark O’Neill, MakeUseOf.com
- A Beginner’s Podcasting Guide: Almost everything you need to know to start, Raj Dash, Performancing
May 2008
- Engaging with new e-learning [PDF], Allison Rossett and Antonia Chan, Adobe White Paper
- Why Gen Y is going to change the Web, Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb
- Web 2.0: boon or bane for universities, Education Guardian
- Do-it-yourself e-learning, Sarah Fister Gale, Workforce Management
- 50 tips and tricks to create a learning space in Second Life, Heather Johnson, CollegeDegrees.com
- Master the Google – search like a God and save time, tina, MakeUseOf.com
- How to make Facebook useful again, Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb
- Forget Gen Y, what will we see with Gen Z, Cyndy Aleo-Carreira, Profy
June 2008
- Technology euphoria, Marc Rosenberg, Learning Circuits
- Ultimate list of Firefox tips and tricks, TechieBuzz
- Using Flickr to organise a collection of images, Technical Advisory Service for Images
- Performance analysis and web 2.0, Allison Rossett and Joe Williams, Learning Circuits
- Key differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, Graham Cormode and Balachander Krishnamurthy, First Monday, Volume 13, Number 6
- Storytelling sucks, Donald Clark, Donald Clark Plan B
- Harnesssing the power of clouds, Spencer Kelly, >CLick, BBC
July 2008
- M-Learning Devices: performance to go, Clark Quinn, Learning Circuits
- Young people and social networking services, Digizen
- Is Google making us stupid, Nicholas Carr, Atlantic Monthly
- 100 cool things you can do with RSS, Alisa Miller, Accredited Degrees
- Do start up companies need community managers, ReadWriteWeb
- 50 Firefox 3 add-ons that will change the way you surf the Web, Jessica Merritt, BestCollegesOnline.com
- See me, hear me: Skype in the classroom, Julie Clark, School Library Journal
- How to measure social media ROI for business, Aaron Uhrmacher
- The portable office: work anywhere: with web applications you can collaborate no matter where you are, Gina Trapani, Macworld
August 2008
- 40+ topics for corporate bloggers, Aaron Uhrmacher, Mashable.com
- What happened to performance support? Jay Cross, Informal Learning
- 30+ plugins to make your WordPress blog more social, Mashable
- 50 ideas for using Twitter in business, ChrisBrogan.com
- 50 ideas on using Twitter for education, Carol Cooper-Taylor
- Twittering not frittering: professional development in 140 characters, Suzie Boss, edutopia
- Top 10 calendar tricks, Lifehacker
- Moving to Moodle, reflections two years later, Ining Tracy Chao, Educause Quarterly Vol 31, No 3
September 2008
- State of the Blogosphere, Technorati
- 10 extremely useful gMail tips, Technotraits.com
- Examples of E-Learning 2.0, Tony Karrer, eLearning Technology
- Social bookmarking in the enterprise at MITRE, Jack Vinson, Knowledge Jolt with Jack
- 10 aspects of Web 2.0 strategy that every CTO and should know, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Thinking differently about mobile learning, Cheryl Johnson, Learning Circuits
- Is the enterprise ready for microblogging tools like Twitter, Mashable
- Going green: are you ready? Silke Fleischer, ELearning! magazine
- A List of Socal Media Marketing Examples, Peter Kim, Being Peter Kim
October 2008
- Real blended learning stands up, Jennifer Hofmann and Ninette Miner, Learning Circuits
- The virtual gathering experience Debbe Kennedy, Learning Circuits
- Google Docs Guide: How to do stuff with Google Docs Amit Agarwal, Digital Inspiration
- Eleven interesting ways to use Google Docs in the classroom, a presentation by Tom Barrett
- How to master screencasts in seven steps, Torley, Mashable
- 47 awesome Twitter tools you should be using, Deontee
- Blogging grows up, The Economist
- Are employees twittering away productivity, Marcia Conner, FastCompany
- Enterprise Microsharing Tools Comparison: Nineteen Applications to Revolutionize Employee Effectiveness,
Pistachio - The case against pre-testing for online courses, Clark Quinn, eLearn magazine
- What everyone should know about working with Subject Matter Experts, Tim Kuhlmann, The Rapid E-Learning Blog
November 2008
- Taking advantage of the financial crisis, Jay Cross, Internet Time
- 6 Quick Steps to Create a Game Based E-learning Course, Rupa, One-Stop resource for instructional designing
- How to Insert YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations, Amit Agarwal, Digital Inspiration
- The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On, Stephen Downes, Half an Hour
- HOW TO: Convert Your Blog Into a Podcast on iTunes for Free, Doriano Carta, Mashable
- Wake up and smell the coffee, Harold Jarche, Learning & Working on the Web
December 2008
- Research papers on business blogging, mathemagenic
- The e-learning rules of engagement, Mark Notess, eLearn magazine
- The Semantic Web in Education, Jason Ohler, Educause
- All aboard the Web 3D train, Anders Gronstedt, LearningCircuits
- Use Google Reader like a rockstar, Matt Singley, Mashable
- Studies in Second Life, Christal Gardiola, University Affairs
- Social media brings new risks for companies and employees… Chad RIchards, Social Media Today
- Beyond the course, Clark Quinn, Learnlets
- Time To Rethink Your Corporate Blogging Ideas, presentation by John McElhenney
- The 5 Stages Of Twitter Acceptance, Rohit Bhargava, Social Media Today
- HOW TO: Get the Most Out of StumbleUpon, Jake Marsh, Mashable
- Learning for the 21st Century, Jay Cross, Informal Learning
- Change and uncertainty: The making or the breaking of corporate learning and development, Clive Shepherd, Clive on Learning
