James Hoyle

James Hoyle, Spain, Adult, English Language Teaching

James Hoyle, MA Oxon, is the CEO of Go English, based in Barcelona, Spain. He has been teaching English since 1995 and founded the company in 2001. Since 2006 James has been working in the field of blended learning in the corporate sector combining online learning with face-to-face, telephone and online classroom teaching, always keeping the teacher at the centre of the learning experience.

Blend Your Teaching - currently offline
Discussion of innovations in Blended Learning techniques, teaching tips, teacher training and education management.

Theme: blended, ELT, online, collaborative learning, corporate training, corporate learning, LMS, elearning, elearning2.0, emerging technologies, english language teaching, exams, examinations, evaluation, online education

Robert Hohmann

Robert Hohmann, Germany, Further

Robert is the initiator of the Learning Managers Network and a seasoned learning management practitioner leveraging a track record on the convergence of learning, technology, and business operations across multiple businesses and cultures.

Learning Managers Network
Allay the information overload for learning professionals working on the front lines. Updates delivered via Learning Managers Network's Facebook Wall.

Theme: corporate learning, learning management and operations, design and development, technologies and tools, skills for the workplace

Renee L. Robbins

Renee L. Robbins, USA, Adult, Social Learning Theory

Renee L Robbins is a learning professional from Chicago, IL. She graduated with a degree in adult learning theory from DePaul University and most recently managed the internal education program at Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America.

She has a passion for social media and is committed to exploring ways to leverage emerging technologies to enhance the learner experience.

Learning Putty - currently offline
How do you fill a learning gap? With learning putty!
This blog addresses how you can use the tools of social media to enhance the effectiveness of your training and development programming. Primarily for adult education but the theories can be applied to other age groups as appropriate.

Theme: social learning, social media, training, learning, development, corporate learning, social learning theory, distance learning, online learning

Eric Davidove

Eric Davidove, UK, Business, Corporate, Adult, Learning, Training, Social Media

22 years with Accenture "living through and helping my clients manage through change."

My core competencies include business case development, project and programme management, business and systems integration, process design, organizational change, learning and development, social media, operational management, commercial and vendor management, measurement and evaluation, and change management.

I have worked across many industries and geographies, with diverse teams, with proven results. My social learning project recently won an award from "World of Learning."

daretoshare
This blog is dedicated to informal and social learning, collaboration and networking, social media and learning strategy.

Twitter: edavidove
Linked In Profile: davidove

Theme: learning, collaboration, social, training, social media, social learning

David Miller

David Miller, USA, Corporate

Passionate eLearning developer with expertise in Flash (10 years) an a love of Second Life (12 sims).

subquark
Ramblings on elearning, second life, and twitter.

Theme: second life, elearning

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Alicja

Alicja, Canada, English as a Second Language

I am part of the Blogging Team for neuroLanguage, a new media company that offers a publishing platform that transforms digital content into an engaging and highly interactive English Learning solution that helps perfect pronunciation, comprehension and reading speed.

The Edisco Agenda - currently offline
This blog will keep you up-to-date on key market trends withing the education and learning industry as well as new product launches as they happen.

neuroLanguage has partnered with BusinessWeek to bring English learners BSL - Business a Second Language provides global business news and analysis inside an English tutor that helps perfect pronunciation, comprehension and reading speed.

Theme: english learning, english as a second language, business as a second language, businessWeek, english learning solutions, corporate learning, business learning

Kristina Schneider

Kristina Schneider, Canada, Organizational, Corporate, Post-Secondary, Adult, Organizational Learning Strategies

Kristina Schneider is an organizational learning and performance technologist, merging instructional and systems technology with knowledge, project and operations management. Currently, she is the Director of Operations at Aviation Strategies International (ASI), a small yet highly reputable Montreal-based aviation management consulting and training firm with an international network of associates and business clientele.

After completing a Master’s degree in Educational Technology, Kristina is now pursuing Doctoral studies in Business Administration at the Université de Sherbrooke, focusing on organizational strategies for knowledge management and transfer as well as professional communities of practice concurrently with her role at ASI.

Kristina’s first book, Edublogging: A Qualitative Study of Training and Development Bloggers, was published in March 2010 and has already been well received and recommended by the educational technology community. As a recognized expert in her field, Kristina was invited to join the team of contributors at Brandon Hall’s Workplace Learning Today where she will be a member and an active blogger.

She brings to the table over ten years of professional training and development expertise in the areas of instructional design and development for e-learning, blended learning and distance education, organizational learning and professional development strategies, social learning applications, performance technology, knowledge management and transfer, communities of practice and other collective expertise networks.

Technogenii
My space for reflection on learning about learning.

Theme: authority, blended learning, blogging, communities of practice, content, conversation, creativity, creative thinking, credibility, critical thinking, design, efficiency, eLearning, evaluation, ,informal learning, instructional design, knowledge management, knowledge transfer, learning organizations, measurement, models, multimedia, networking, ontology, organizational learning, perceptions, performance, problem-based learning, productivity, professional development, professional networking, self-directed learning, social capital, social learning, social networking, strategy, technology, time management, virtual organizations, visual thinking, web 2.0

Ralf Appelt

Ralf Appelt, Hamburg, Germany, Adult, University, Educational Science

Ralf Appelt studied educational Science at the University of Hamburg till September 2007. Since then he works as head of the MultiMediaLab at the Faculty for Educational Science, Psychology and Human movement.

He is still student of the international Master Program ePedagogy Design - Visual Knowledge Bulding at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. He gives Courses about Web 2.0 in the educational Context.

teaching - learning - media
Ralf Appelt about relations of teaching, education, learning, media and design.

Theme: web 2.0, learning, design, pedagogy, teaching, media, eportfolio, elearning, epedagogy, adult education, corporate learning

Jeff Thomas Cobb

Jeff Thomas Cobb, USA, Adult, Corporate

I stumbled into e-learning more than a decade ago while on the threshold of completing a doctoral degree in Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The rest is history.

I've since been an entrepreneur involved in the start and/or growth of three e-learning companies that have spanned the corporate, academic, and nonprofit markets. More recently my focus has turned to consulting, writing, speaking, and thinking a great deal about social media and Learning 2.0.

Mission to Learn
Mission to Learn focuses on learning and technology as catalysts of change.

Theme: e-learning, learning2.0, social media, web2.0, open education, collaboration, trends, business models

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Wilfred Rubens

Wilfred Rubens, Netherlands, Further Education, Adult Education, Corporate Learning

Wilfred Rubens (Kerkrade, 1964) houdt zich als adviseur sinds eind 1995 bezig met e-learning. Hij heeft ervaring in verschillende onderwijssoorten en in het bedrijfsleven. Wilfred Rubens is ook betrokken (geweest) bij enkele Europese e-learning initiatieven. Hij heeft onder meer gewerkt bij BVEnet, Siennax (een learning service provider), KPMG Consulting en bij het Expertisecentrum ICT in het onderwijs van de Universiteit Utrecht. Vanaf 1 oktober 2006 werkt hij als beleidsmedewerker van het college van bestuur van Gilde Opleidingen. Hier houdt hij zich onder meer bezig met ICT en leren.

Wilfred heeft verschillende publicaties over e-learning op zijn naam staan, en is redactielid van e-learning.nl.

Wilfred Rubens: technology enhanced learning
Weblog over het gebruik van Internettechnologie, onderwijs, leren en ontwikkelen.

Wilfred Rubens (1964) started his graduation in Pedagocical Sciences(specialization: adult education) in 1983 at the Catholic University of Nijmegen. He graduated in 1989. After a two years study in 1994, Wilfred became Master in Educational Management (Dutch School for Educational Management, Amsterdam).

After his graduation Wilfred worked several years as a consultant in the field of adult and vocational education. Since December 1995 Wilfred is concerned with Internet technology in learning situations (e-learning). He worked for BVEnet, and as e-learning consultant at Siennax/Acadoo and KPMG Consulting. From June 1, 2002 till October 2006 Wilfred worked as consultant at the Centre for ICT in Education (IVLOS, University of Utrecht).

Now he is policy advisor of the board of Gilde Opleidingen, an institute for vocational training and education. His focus is on educational development and ICT in education. Furthermore he is editor of the Dutch e-learning portal, http://www.e-learning.nl/

Wilfred wrote several articles about e-learning (in Dutch). He was co-organiser of the NVvO E-learning Experience (NVvO: Dutch Training & Development Association).

Wilfred Rubens: technology enhanced learning
Weblog about the use of Internet technology, education, learning and development (in Dutch).

Theme: elearning, e-learning, technology enhanced learning

Janet Clarey

Janet Clarey, USA, Higher Education, Corporate Training

Janet Clarey is a former corporate cubicle dweller who hung up her Nine West pumps in favor of fuzzy slippers and now works mostly at home. She’s a corporate blogger with Brandon Hall Research and is interested in new learning theories, design models, and technologies. She uses her blog to document her research and random observations about learning. She also wanted to add her voice to the Edublogosphere and grow professionally and personally.

Her goal is to help readers make sense of all the changes in the learning & development space. In addition to a corporate training background, she has a Master’s in Education with a specialization in Instructional Design for Online Learning and is a grad student at Syracuse University pursuing her PhD in the Instructional Design, Develop & Evaluation. She lives in New York.

Janet Clarey
Spinning the social web.

Brandon Hall Analyst Blog – Janet Clarey - old blog
Corporate learning analyst and Sr. Researcher at Brandon Hall Research shares research, insights, and humor about corporate education and her own personal learning experiences.

Theme: corporate learning, emerging technologies, e-learning, instructional design, learning technology, social media