Pearls of wisdom from LearnX 2010
This week I attended the 2010 LearnX Asia Pacific Conference in Sydney.
While I jotted down reams of notes, I’m a big fan of one liners.
So here are some single-sentence pearls of wisdom that I gleaned from the sessions I attended…
Jane Bozarth – Pre- or post-questioning your learners via Twitter stops them from rambling.
Philip Roy – Massey University uses pre-recorded presentations and realtime web conferencing to reduce the transactional distance among their geographically separated students and instructors.
Roger Courville – Twitter can support informal learning outside of formal training sessions.
Miriam Scurrah – Technologies like iClone can make safety training enjoyable.
Ruth McElhone – Rapid authoring tools make in-house development a feasible option.
Chad Outten – Moodle is the #1 LMS among eLearning Guild members.
Tania Tytherleigh – The connection you make with your learners is more important than your experience or your expertise.
Rhys Moult – A little bit of HTML goes a long way.
Helena Popovic – Excitement is food for your brain.
Ramesh Nava – The fundamentals of assessment are validity, reliability and fairness.
Dawid Falck – User generated content is really powerful.
Anne Moore – Don’t think a degree will get you a job; it might get you an interview.
Eric Shepherd – Identity impersonation during e-assessment can be combated by invigilation and microcertification.
I can’t wait for the next one!
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11 June 2010 at 7:34
thanks for these little nuggets of wisdom – good way to remember the presentations – my fav was Jane Bozarth’s timely reminder that ” people are out there learning…. without you” to keep us all focussed on the learner and how and why they learn.
11 June 2010 at 12:24
Nice one Ryan! I’m a fan of one-liners too :o) Great to meet you at LearnX and hopefully I’ll see you there next year, if not sooner – Nicole
11 June 2010 at 15:25
Great summary, Ryan – will be sharing this with colleagues!
My fav was Dawid Falck’s throw away line – ‘Copying one person is plagiarism, copying many is reseach’. It’s funny because it’s true.
12 June 2010 at 16:35
Thanks Ryan – great summary and nice little nuggets. My favourite was also David Falk from Cyberinstitute -informative and entertaining. His story on how Microsoft was beaten to the punch by Wikepedia was a gem.
12 June 2010 at 18:52
Thanks mdoriean, Nicole, Marnie and Con. Dawid Falck’s presentation was certainly one of the highlights. I wish he was on Twitter!
13 June 2010 at 12:08
Thanks Ryan for the mention! So much to take away from the sessions! Will share mine as soon as I post.
13 June 2010 at 16:28
Looking forward to it, Tania, especially in relation to the concurrent sessions I missed.