Thoughtful Thursday on Twitter

Learning Resources Shared on Twitter

Thursday, January 7, 2010, was a busy one on Twitter. The learning-focused tweeps I follow tweeted a ton of interesting URLs. I almost couldn’t keep up, even with TweetDeck’s help. So, for my personal learning and for my PLN (Personal Learning Network… you!), I’ve listed the URLs here so I can review them as I have time. I hope they’re valuable to you.

Instructional Design

Designing One Hour of Training

@kkapp

http://www.astd.org/LC/2009/0809_kapp.htm

Designing “meaningful benefit” into Courses

@___ who was it? Ping me and I’ll give you credit.

http://jmajor.midsolutions.org/?p=611

Is this Instructional Design?

@cmalamed Connie Malamed, The e-Learning Coach

http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning_design/is-this-instructional-design/

Predictions for 2010

@elearnmag  e-Learning Magazine

http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=106-1

L&D Still Stuck in the Course Paradigm

@c4lpt also known as Dr. Jane Knight

http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2010/01/ld-still-stuck-in-the-course-paradigm-how-can-we-change-things.html

Blogging

@tomkuhlmann of Articulate shared a resource that converts blog posts to audio:

http://hearablog.com/

Graphics: Transparent Backgrounds

As developers, we often need to edit image files by knocking out the existing background to create a transparent background. These Articulate tweeps (Brian and David) shared their screen casts:

@articulatebrian How to use Artweaver

http://screenr.com/T5S

@elearning How to use Aviary

http://screenr.com/9aS

How to Use Icons to Support Content in Web Design

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/03/03/how-to-use-icons-to-support-content-in-web-design/

Mobile Learning

The e-Learning Guild’s Mobile Learning Conference (San Diego, CA)

@GuildMeister Got the word out to all mobile learning fans

http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.1486

Moodle

MoodleMeet on Ning.com

http://moodlemeet.ning.com/

WritersUA User Assistance Tools Survey – 2010

@stcsandiego

http://www.writersua.com/surveys/tools10/index.html

Giving Back

Last, But Not Least: Microplace.com

@____? don’t remember who. Ping me and I’ll give you credit.

https://www.microplace.com/

You can help others by making microloans to very small, family businesses. Now, that’s a nice way to end this post!