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What I Learned at LSCon18

Now that it’s been a few weeks since the Learning Solutions 2018 Conference, I’m reflecting on what I learned.

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Do You Need a Mentor or a Network?

While it might be tempting to ask someone online to mentor you, a network of support will likely be more effective than a single one-on-one mentor.

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12+ Books for Instructional Designers

If you’re looking for some reading to improve your skills or get started in the field of instructional design, check out these books.

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Lurking or Legitimate Peripheral Participation

During the July 7 early #lrnchat about social media and social learning, there was a lot of discussion about lurking. In response to the question “What are some ways you learn through social media that aren’t collaborative, with other people per-se?” I replied: I do a fair amount of lurking (ie “legitimate peripheral participation”) I

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LearnTrends: Personal Knowledge Management

These are my live blogged notes from Harold Jarche’s LearnTrends session on Personal Knowledge Management. My side comments are in italics. Update: The recording of this session (and the rest of LearnTrends) is now available. Sense-making with PKM When he moved to consulting and didn’t have an IT department and those resources, he realized he

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LearnTrends: Extending Learning to the Edges of Organizations

Live blogged notes from Extending Learning to the Edges of Organizations with Charles Jennings & Andy McGovern. My side comments are in italics. Update: The recording of this session (and the rest of LearnTrends) is now available. Official description: Thomson Reuters meets the challenge of supporting the learning and development of its employees across the

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Now What? Beyond Networks

These are my notes from the Learn Trends: Networked and Social Learning online mini-conference. This isn’t my usual comprehensive live blogging, just snippets of things that caught my interest. I wanted to actually participate in the chat and watch Twitter too, and I couldn’t juggle all of it at the same time. This is post