Sat.Sep 27, 2008 - Fri.Oct 03, 2008

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Autism - Networks

Xplaner

Ok, I give! CCK08 is officially killing me! I’m going to try and hang in there. I think the problem is that the topics are so meaty, and interesting, that I want to only do this class and nothing else. For instance, this post has been sitting in my head for a while. I just haven’t been able to get the words together to do real justice to the idea in my head.

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The Power of Blogging ISN’T Just in Reading Them

Boxes and Arrows

( RANT ALERT! ) In a few weeks we’re going to be looking at blogs in the Work Literacy course. As we think about that module and the fact that for most people, their primary interaction with blogs is to read them, I’m growing impatient with this idea from a learning perspective. In fact, I have to go on record right now as saying that reading blogs is only a small part of what makes blogs powerful for learning.

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Will the promise of being in a “sexy, hot� field attract more kids to tech?

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Here is the tweet that started it: That twitter conversation was sparked by this Details article about the so-called Playboys of Tech (my daughter calls these sorts of guys hipsters…). Chrissie was annoyed that there are never any articles about hipster tech women. But that sentiment of that tweet - that somehow typical tech women are not gorgeous and hot - really rubbed me the wrong way.

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Your Thoughts on the Top 100 Women in eLearning?

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Lisa Neal Gualtier , Editor-in-Chief of eLearn Magazine left a commen t yesterday on my gender and blogging post that she's writing an article on the Top 100 Women in eLearning and is looking for some suggestions: So far she's had recommendations for Allison Rossett, Ellen Wagner, Patti Shank, Diana Laurillard, Jane Hart and Gilly Salmon. Cathy Moore also chimed in with Ruth Clark.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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But Do They Work?

Boxes and Arrows

One of the big questions I'm frequently asked about using social media is whether or not the tools "work." Depending on the questioner, this can mean a variety of things, but underlying everything is one issue--will my department or organization improve if we use social media? Via Shel Holtz and Workplace Learning Today comes yet another "yes," to that question.

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Don’t Do this: Require books that are out of print

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Don’t require your students to purchase books for your class that were last printed over 20 years ago, and are currently out of print. Make the chapters of those books available as pdf’s. Authored by gminks. Hosted by Edublogs.

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Gender and Blogging and Top 25 Lists, Oh My!

Boxes and Arrows

Hot on the heels of our two women bloggers sessions at the Brandon Hall conference , Janet Clarey points out that Zaid's list of 25 Great Edublogs features only three women-- Cathy Moore (who joined us in our women who blog workshops), Jane Hart and Patricia Donaghy. Janet rightly notes that given the large number of female edubloggers, it is interesting that only three would make Zaid's list.

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The Social Media Game--Remixed and Some Comments

Boxes and Arrows

At last week's Brandon Hall Conference , I remixed David Wilcox and Beth Kanter's fabulous Social Media game for my workshop introducing learning professionals to Web 2.0 and learning ( Go here to download the game cards if you're interested in using them). I divided my group of about 25-30 people into 6 teams (it was supposed to be 8, but apparently we had problems counting) and gave each team a deck of cards and a learning scenario.

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Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals--First Module is Up

Boxes and Arrows

Over at Work Literacy: Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals , the first module on social networking is up. We wanted to start with social networking because we're using Ning to run the course, but I will say that this is a BIG topic to cover right out of the gate. Let's just say that although I thought I'd get some serious veg time yesterday after my week in San Jose, I spent quite a bit of my Sunday pulling together the modules into some kind of coherent order.

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Sign up for the Free eLearning Guild Webinar on eLearning 2.0

Boxes and Arrows

On Thursday, October 2, at 11:30 a.m. (EST) the eLearning Guild will be hosting a free webinar to discuss their most recent 360 Report on e-Learning 2.0. I'll be there with report co-authors, Tony Karrer , Brent Schlenker , Jane Hart , Mark Oehlert , Steve Wexler , and Sanjay Parker. (Unfortunately Will Thalheimer won't be able to join us.). If you want to learn more about how social media is being used for learning in companies, colleges/universities and other organizations, you should definite

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and guest speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.