Check These Out…

Wayyy behind on my reading (again, of course)… so while I catch up on that, here are some great blog posts to check out:

Why less is more, by Cathy Moore; note that this holds true ESPECIALLY for elearning : http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2009/01/less-text-more-learning/

The Famous Self-Educated, by Jeff Cobb: http://www.missiontolearn.com/blog/2009/02/famous-self-educated/

How much did K-12’s factory-style education blow the curiosity right out of you? Thoughts on curiosity at  Get Me Jamie Notter’s post on Curiosity (and Jeff De Cagna’s comment) are worth a look.

What if you decided to categorize all the niche sites for social media?!? Here’s an effort to do just that: http://socialmediaanswers.com/niche-social-networking-sites/

Looking for a low-cost LMS? Check out Tony Karrer’s post on his eLearning Technology blog: http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/02/low-cost-lms-help-needed.html

And some actual suggestions about using Twitter for elearning, from Jeanne Meister’s New Learning Playbook blog: http://newlearningplaybook.com/blog/2008/12/31/feedback-from-users-of-twitter-as-a-training-tool/

So much to learn… so little time!