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ASSOCIATION E-LEARNING NEWSLETTER
from Tagoras | Jeff Cobb
October 2010
Volume 2, Issue 7
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. A Brief Note from the Editor: A Little Help, Please!
2. Learning 2.0 for Associations - New Edition, Free
3. Upcoming Events
4. Links of Value
5. Sector News
6. Tagoras Updates
7. Contact Information
8. Administrivia

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1. A Brief Note from the Editor: A Little Help, Please!
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In the last edition, I asked readers to please take a few minutes
to respond to 4 quick questions that will help determine how better
to provide value to you in the coming year. Out of hundreds of
readers, we got only a few responses, so I am repeating my request.
Please - it really only takes a few minutes and it is completely
anonymous. I'd be truly grateful. You can find the survey at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F2B3D5X

As always, I welcome your feedback, and if you have a colleague 
who might be interested in this newsletter, please share it.

Best regards,

Jeff Cobb
jcobb@tagoras.com
919.201.7460

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2. Learning 2.0 - Next Generation Learning for Associations
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Three years ago I put together a Power Point presentation that
would become the basis for Learning 2.0 for Associations, a free
"e-Book" that we released at the beginning of 2008. This brief book
provided a primer on how learning was changing and how Web 2.0
technologies like RSS and social media were spurring the change.
These were somewhat hot topics at the time, but I was nonetheless
very surprised when Learning 2.0 for Associations wound up being
downloaded many thousands of times. Wow - the next generation of
association education was surely right around the corner!

Three years later, in spite of a great deal having changed, I feel
like so many of us are still wrestling to get a grip on "2.0"
concepts and how they impact continuing education and professional
development. With people continuing to download the original
book, I've also felt more and more that I really needed to update
it a bit. So, at last I have done just that and you can download a
free preview copy at:

http://www.tagoras.com/learning20/

We still have some small tweaks and additions to make before we
officially release it next week, but it's basically done, so I
wanted to go ahead and share it with newsletter readers. One of the
main areas I am still working on is updating the resources for
which there are links throughout the book, so if you visit those,
just bare in mind that they will change quite a bit in the coming
days.

As for the arrival of the next generation of association education
- well, I take it as a good sign that the ASAE professional
development council has managed to carve out a "Next Generation
Education" track at the upcoming Great Ideas conference. That and
the many association examples that appear in Learning 2.0 and the
related resource pages make me feel like we are on the verge of
something big.

Stay tuned - I'll report back in another three years.

Jeff

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3. Upcoming Events
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We've found or received word of the following upcoming events. If
you have any e-learning-related events coming up, be sure to drop
me a line (jcobb@tagoras.com) so I can get them into the next
newsletter.

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ASAE Great Ideas
March 13-15, 2011
http://www.greatideasconference.org/nextgenlearning.cfm

The Next Generation Learning Track at the next Great Ideas
conference has been officially announced. I'll be there along with
Jeff Hurt, Mickie Rops, Kathi Edwards and others. I hope you will
join us.

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That's it for events this time around. Let me know if you have
anything you want to get into the next newsletter (which will come
our around mid-October).

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4. Links of Value
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As usual, here are a few items I have come across recently that I
thought might be of interest to readers:

Self-paced Learners Meet Social Software: An Exploration of
Learners' Attitudes, Expectations and Experience
http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2010/09/30/self-paced-learners-meet-social-software-an-exploration-of-learners%E2%80%99-attitudes-expectations-and-experience/

This is a timely post relative to the release of the second edition
of Learning 2.0 for Associations referenced above. In it, George
Siemens points to new research on how learners engaged in
self-paced study do or do not take advantage of social media. Turns
out the findings are rather mixed. Siemens asks the right question:
Is this owing to the usefulness the tools or because of the or the
previous experience level of the learners? You can guess how I
would answer.

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Everything you ever needed to get started with Twitter
http://www.socialfish.org/2010/09/everything-you-ever-needed-to-get-started-with-twitter.html

A mere pup, wet behind the ears at the time of the original
Learning 2.0 for Associations, Twitter has emerged as perhaps THE
tools for connecting online and offline learning. So, it seems only
appropriate to point to some good Twitter resources. As it happens,
Maddie recently did a nice little round-up over at Social Fish. The
only thing I would want to add is:

Jane Harts Twitter Workshop: 20 Tasks to Get Started with Twitter
over on that great Learning 2.0 platform, Slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/janehart/twitter-workshop-1604109

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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010: Final list, presentation and more
http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2010/10/top-100-tools-for-learning-2010-list-presentation-and-more.html

Speaking of Jane Hart - her annual list of top learning tools has
just been finalized and published. This is a must read for learning
professionals.

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Open Source eLearning Tools
http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/10/open-source-elearning-tools.html

A lot of tools lists seem to be floating around right now. In this
one, Tony Karrer lays out a whopping 71 you might want to consider.

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19 Tips for Effective Online Conferences
http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/08/19-tips-for-effective-online.html

Like Jane Hart, Tony gets a double click this month. This list of
tips is a great starting point for anyone planning an online
conference and a good refresher for veterans.

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RSA animates Sir Kenneth Robinson
http://www.internettime.com/2010/10/rsa-animates-sir-kenneth-robinson/

And now for something completely different. This video, via Jay
Cross, combines clever animation with the always-captivating
thinking of Ken Robinson. Robinson's talk is focused on K-12
education, but of course, today's elementary students are
tomorrow's professional development customers. It's worth listening
to and reflecting upon what Sir Ken has to say. 

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An Association E-learning Conversation: The Print Version
http://www.tagoras.com/2010/10/11/association-elearning-behrens-cobb/


Finally, I mentioned in the last digest that we would be putting
together a print version of the conversation that Ellen Behrens and
I recently had about e-learning in the association sector. That's
now available, and if I do say so myself, it turned out quite
nicely. The download is completely free - as in no money or e-mail
address required.

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5. Sector News
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In this section we share news from any associations that are
launching new e-learning initiatives or vendors who have new
products, new clients, or other news relevant to association
e-learning. Please send any news you've got to jcobb@tagoras.com.

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WBT Selected by Association of Credit and Collection Professionals
http://www.wbtsystems.com/news/release/1912

The Irish LMS maker announced that ACA International, the
Association of Credit and Collection Professionals, has selected
its TopClassLMS to power Campus ACA, an online educational resource
for credit and collection industry professionals. 

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Latitude Learning Receives Ektron 2010 All-Star Award for Best
Extranet Website
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/10/prweb4643864.htm

Latitude Learning, one of the most recent participants in our LMS
interviews, wrote in to say that it has received the Ektron 2010
All Stars award for its outstanding and innovative use of
technology for Best Extranet Website. The award was announced
Monday, October 11th and winners will be celebrated at the annual
Ektron Synergy conference on Nov. 7 - 10 in Orlando, Florida.
Winners of the 20 awards were judged based on the functionality
implemented to solve critical business issues and the tangible
results from the implementation.

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Simple Learning Management from Peach New Media
http://www.peachnewmedia.com/slm/

Peach New Media has released a new "simple learning management, or
SLM, feature set that enables customers to manage many aspects of
the Freestone learning management system on their own.

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GeoLearning Named a Finalist for "Best SaaS LMS" by Elearning!
Magazine Readers
http://www.geolearning.com/about/pressdetail.aspx?NEWSID=459

GeoLearning announced that GeoMaestro LMS has been named a finalist
for "Best SaaS LMS" in the 2010 Best of Elearning! Reader's Choice
Awards hosted by Elearning! magazine. 

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Web Courseworks and CommPartners, two companies that recently
formed a partnership, will be working in tandem at the Alliance for
CME (International Association of Continuing Medical Education
Professionals), The Alliance will be utilizing the course
development services of Web Courseworks and CommPartners as well as
the Course Stage LMS developed by Web Courseworks. Web Courseworks
also reports that MGMA (Medical Group Management Association) has
selected CourseStage as its LMS. 

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I'll say it again: Sector News is a very easy - and free - way to
spread the word and maybe give your colleagues and peers some new
ideas. That goes for both associations and vendors. If you have
something for next time, send it to me before November 10 at
jcobb@tagoras.com. Why wouldn't you?!

You can also track sector news at 
http://www.tagoras.com/tag/sector-news/
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6. Tagoras Updates
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Following the upcoming release of the second edition of Learning
2.0 for Associations, we plan to release a report on virtual
conferences, based on a survey we conducted recently and related
research and interviews. Stay tuned for more on that in the next
edition of the newsletter. In the meantime, you may want to check
out some of the data from the survey in the Bisnow article
referenced under Links of Value above:

http://www.bisnow.com/washington_dc_trade_association_news_story.php?p=10189

***

Our Rapid Advisory Services have begun to really take off as a way
for organizations to get rapid, cost effective advice on complex
areas like e-learning strategy and learning management system
selection. Find out more at:

http://www.tagoras.com/catalog/rapid-advisory-services/

If you haven't checked out the resource area on the Tagoras site
yet, I encourage you to. We're adding great free resources to it
all the time:

http://www.tagoras.com/resources/

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8. Contact Information
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I truly welcome your thoughts on how I can make this into a
newsletter that fits your needs in the best possible way. Always
feel free to e-mail me at jcobb@tagoras.com or call me at
919.201.7460 with any comments you have about the content provided
in the newsletter and suggestions for future editions. 

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9. Administrivia
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