Tag: Learning

My Top Learning Tools

Jane Hart keeps a list of Top Learning Tools, submitted by learning professionals from all over the world. This is my top list:

1. SharePoint: has become my platform of choice for knowledge sharing. The My Site stores all my content, shared or not shared, and makes it accessible from anywhere.

2. OneNote: because of its integration with other Microsoft Office products, I prefer OneNote over other note taking tools like Evernote.

3. Captivate: has been my favorite screencasting tool since version 1.0, because of its ease of use and flexible outputs.

4. Camtasia: my alternative for Captivate when it comes to recording complex applications that need real-time recording.

5. Jing: an ideal screencast recorder for “quickies”

6. WordPress: a versatile weblog with a great community around it

7. Delicious: has replaced my favorites and is quickly becoming my personal web memory

8. Google Reader: allows you to follow hundreds of RSS feeds, share posts, rate them…

9. TweetDeck: Twitter is great if you want to follow the “buzz” of the moment, but it would be impossible to manage the stream without an application like TweetDeck.

10. Adobe Presenter: one of the easiest PowerPoint converters with video, quizzing and SCORM support.

User adoption has not changed since the Middle Ages

A lot of IT projects fail because users struggle with the change that the new tools bring them. As an IT implementer or trainer, it is good to “unlearn” everything you know about the software, and view it from a user perspective.

The video below shows that what is simple, is not always obvious!

LMS or no LMS?

Today, I attended a seminar organised by BE-ODL about the use of a Learning Management System. Lots of interesting presentations and a good discussion. One of the returning topics was the contradiction between the upcoming usage of social learning tools (“Learning 2.0”) versus the formal aspect of a LMS (reporting, tracking…)

In my opinion, this will always remain a contradiction (that’s why one is called “informal” and the other “formal” 🙂 ) but if you do not provide your learners the possibility to use the newer tools on your own network, then be prepared to find your company content open and freely available on YouTube, Twitter, Delicious, Google Docs and others… Learners will find a way.

I stumbled upon an interesting presentation … on SlideShare. And if you wander off to other similar presentations (is that so bad?), you will find even more…

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