Contributors Michael Stephens

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Hello, Columbus!

In two weeks I’ll be at the Columbus Metropolitan Library to help launch their Learning 2.0 program. The program is called Learn & Play @ CML. If you are attending any of these sessions, which they are opening to other interested library folk in the area, please say Hi. http://www.columbuslibrary.org/ebranch/index.cfm?pageid=241

15 Objections to Using Social Learning

Via http://engagedlearning.net/ Objection #15 – The Silent Yet Deadly Objection #14: Prove It! Objection #13: How Do You Measure ROI? Objection #12: How Will You Measure That It Is Working? Objection #11: Too Much Info Objection #10: Wasting Time Objection #9: They Aren’t Technical Objection #8: Out of Date Information Objection #7: The Information is Wrong! Objection #6: Mixing Things Up Objection #5: How Do You Know it’s Accurate? Objection #4: Posting Anything, Including Bonobos Objection #3: Control of Information Objection #2: What Does This Have To Do With Training? Objection #1: Socialize! Learning manager Kevin Jones offers insights and solutions […]

Share Your Tips at The Library Tart’s Blog!

I’m monitoring 70+ blogs for SLJ’s All Together Now. This caught my eye: Elle writes: I’d like to send out this question to everyone in 2.0 land:  Seems like when you get a group like this together you have some go-getters in the crowd- probably great on the job, too!  So, tell one or two great ideas, programs, events, tips- whatever, that really stood out for you in the past year, a “tell and share” of sorts!  Soon we’ll have an arsenal of info to tuck into our pockets for that just right time! Trot on over here: http://thelibrarytart.edublogs.org/2008/07/25/food-for-the-soul-feeds/ and […]

Twinkle: More on Localization

I’ve been testing Twinkle… it too does things with the localization features of the iPhone 2.0 software. I’ve discovered Twitter folk near me in Mishawaka…but sadly Spider Lake is devoid of Twitterers right now. This is fun, a little silly, but also a serious: what will localization do for us in the coming years?