He put great emphasis on tech companies such as Google,Apple and so on, which was novel. 1200 leaders in learning from 120 countries at WISE2011, all flown intoDoha by the Qatar Foundation to shape the future, with a focus on innovation.Did they succeed? Yes and no. It takes more than three days to create anEducation Spring. Here’s my take. MORE >>

I recently had the opportunity to attend and speak at SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, California along with roughly 8,000 other attendees. In 2011, not only were there more social-based sessions, any non-focused social session seemed to have social being discussed at some point in the chat too. That’s the good news. Egads. MORE >>

This month's LCBQ is What are your Predictions and Plans for 2011? Tony Bates - eLearning Outlook for 2011 1. Of course, you can’t look at learning in 2011 without mentioning mobile learning. Some Mobile Learning Predictions for 2011 Mobile learning will get its own identity. I'm hoping that others will join the effort. MORE >>

Morgan Stanley has just released the results of a survey showing that 51% of CIOs of large organizations expect to be buying tablets for their staff within a year, with another 16% expecting to support staff using their own tablets on the company’s network. Source: Digital Daily , Morgan Stanley. Source: Digital Daily , Morgan Stanley. MORE >>

d like to propose that 2011 be about reciprocity. Teacher and professor unions that don’t wish to evolve, academic administrations too tepid for change, NFP’s and Corporate companies stating costs as reasons for remaining steadfast in yesterday’s ways are all causes of isolated thinking. With all conceptions of Web 2.0 MORE >>