Association eLearning

Live Wiki Postings!

My final post from Learning2005 before I head back to DC...

This morning we had a session on Association Learning.  During the session I took notes for the group and posted them (live) to the conference wiki page.  Notes from the session can be found at http://www.learningwiki.com/916.

I created the resources and notes session in hopes that participants will go in and add to the page or post their comments.

The conference wiki (learningwiki.com) is open for the year and is open to the public - so I strongly encourage you to check it out.  What an amazing resource.  Masie is going to morph the Learning2005 wiki into the Learning2006 event... how cool is that!

So in a nutshell --- as a participant of the session, I took "live notes" and had them instantly posted on the conference site.  Just imagine how is this going to change the way associations host conferences and build knowledge capacity for the organization.  It is mind-blowing to think about all of the opportunity that is available using this technology and format.

It also turns the role of presenter completed on its head - which is actually a good thing.  Much, much more to come on the use of wikis!

LearningLand

What is LearningLand?  Well, it is a ballroom at the convention hotel set up to relax, eat, check email, surf the web, ponder, meet other participants, and most importantly, play.  There are vendor resources on a big table in the back of this room, but other than that, this is a no-sales pitch area!

Some associations are starting to play with this type of open space.  My recommendation is to keep this type of space open all day.  You never know when learning will take place :)

To view photos of the LearningLand, click below for a continuation of this topic.

Wikis for Learning

So what are wikis and how do they relate to learning?  This is a great question that you and at least 1,500 participants here at Learning2005 are trying to determine.  Click here to view the definition.

The largest example of a wiki (a Hawaiian word meaning "quick") would be Wikipedia - a completely free and participant driven web site where anyone (and I mean anyone) can go to the site and author content.  It has been touted as the largest encyclopedia in the world.  What amazing impact Wikipedia has had on the world of data collection...and it's pretty accurate at that.

So wikis raise the question about how associations (the hubs of professional and industry content) can rapidly create "the resource" for your industry/profession's knowledge.

What would happen if your organization created a wiki and you let your members author away?

Text Messaging at Conferences

I'm at Learning 2005!

Here is the first of many blog postings this week from Orlando!

Elliott Masie kicked off his conference tonight with a host of cool technologies and conference technology enhancements (see previous post about Conference Design & Education Technology). 

Masie has launched SMS Text Messaging at the conference.  Participants simply send a simple text message to a number (given to participants via email).  A response message is sent back to verify the user.

Basically, a daily text message will be sent out by Masie....more to come on this great idea!

Conference Design & Education Technology

If you don't know about it already, Elliott Masie has a new learning conference that starts on October 30th called Learning 2005.

If you are at all interested in innovation in learning, reformatting and redesigning learning experiences, learning technologies, and blending all of this together - you must find a way to attend this conference.

Visit www.learning2005.com.  In his genius and fun loving spirit of perpetual learning, Masie is using a blog as the conference web site.  Following are a few of the great ideas he is working on...