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On the Learning Circuits Blog, the Big Question for December is: “What dit you learn about Learning in 2007″? As we are approaching the end of 2007, these are my “five cents”:

• e-learning and “traditional” learning is not all that different: as I am working now for a company that promotes classroom training over e-learning, I find that my experience with analysing, designing and preparing for e-learning courses come in very useful when I need to prepare for classroom sessions.
• e-learning tools are everywhere: the Web 2.0 scene is full of applications that can be used for a learning purpose. I like to use Bubbl and Mindomo when preparing for a course, I use Youtube and Teachertube for hosting video demo’s… And if you are inventive, you will find a lot of value in tools that were not really designed for it, like OneNote.
• the big LMS players will lose market share to solutions developed upon collaboration systems like SharePoint: the SharePoint Learning Kit is a very good example of a simple, but effective distribution platform for SCORM courses, that can be combined with the power of the collaboration and document management services of SharePoint. 
• companies start to appreciate Rapid E-learning productions: I had a project at a company where in the past only very flashy e-learning productions were accepted. In 20 days, we developed a simple, short, but effective module about a new software. No LMS, no sound, no animated characters. Keyword: thorough analysis, quick development, modular approach, cost effective.

I wish all of you a very happy 2008 with great learning experiences!

A new version of the famous “Shift Happens” presentation is available. Updated, and even more inspiring than the previous one. Check it out on TeacherTube.

I used OneNote already fairly often as a typical “meeting-note-taking” tool, but last week I tried to use it to make digital handouts: instead of just printing out my slide presentation, I created a new notebook, imported my slides “as printout”, distributed them across different sections, added keywords, diagrams, screen clippings… I zipped the notebook folder and made it available to students as a download before the session. The responses were very positive!

Of course, everybody needs to have OneNote.

There are good examples of educational use of OneNote. This post of Daniel Escapa is very inspiring! Check out his blog for more cool OneNote tricks. Did you know you could share OneNote files on SharePoint?

Want to know more? I learned a lot from this demo.

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A busy day for the IT professional: Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 for Office 2007 and Service Pack 1 for SharePoint.

You know what to do…

Office 2007 SP1: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936982

WSS SP1: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=841876

MOSS 2007 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ad59175c-ad6a-4027-8c2f-db25322f791b&DisplayLang=en

Be careful when installing MOSS and WSS Service Packs. Things need to be tested and done in sequence! Read http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=841876

and visit http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sharepointserver/bb735839.aspx.