Karl Kapp’s written another book, this time on gamification , and I certainly liked his previous book with Tony O’Driscoll on Virtual Worlds. This one’s got some great stuff in it too, and some other ideas that raise some hackles. With that caveat, I think there is a lot to like here. ”  Exactly! There are flaws. MORE >>

Yesterday, Harold Jarche shared the image on the right, in his post To learn, we must do. For me this is spot on. Whereas PKM is therefore the key to successful social learning. So how can we help students as well as workers develop the new PKM skills? The PKM framework is based on eight years of practical research and use. PKM Social learning MORE >>

I’m at the DPLA Plenary meeting, heading toward the first public presentation — a status report — on the prototype DPLA platform we’ve been building at Berkman and the Library Innovation Lab. So, tons of intellectual stimulation, as well as a fair bit of stress. But the platform would do much more. DPLA session beginning. MORE >>

Work is learning and learning is the work. Yet too much of our organizational learning is focused on the 5% that is not at work , and usually sitting in a classroom or staring at a screen clicking the next button. Learning is the new Black. Check out the back of the t-shirt too. PerpetualBeta Store. Informal Learning InternetTime MORE >>

I will be dating myself here, but so much of the orthodoxy in the instructional design process was forged back in the late 80’s and early 90’s when the only Computer-Based Training (CBT) tools were Toolbook for the PC, and Hypercard for the Mac. Back then, the metaphor was a deck of cards and each card was a 640×480 screen’s worth of content. MORE >>