Face-to-face conferences aren’t what they used to be and that’s ok with me.   How many times have you gone to a face-to-face conference in another city where you rub shoulders with a lot of strangers, listen to a bunch of talking heads with obscure PowerPoint slides in cold dark rooms, make a few acquaintances [...]

Tags: face-to-face, tagging

It’s really great when special-purpose websites are mashed together.  The effect is multiplicative.  For example, Twemes.com, although it has a really ugly pattern for a background, is elegant and simple and combines:

“Tweets” from twitter.com that have a particular hashtag
Photos from flickr.com that have the same hashtag
links from delicious.com that have that same hashtag

Here’s a silly [...]

Tags: flickr, mashups, twemes, twitter

The Tech FAQ
At the Tech FAQ, the technical answers you have been looking for are answered in detail, yet in a way the average person can understand.
(tags: technology faq dictionary howto hacks)

Community profiles as patterns of orientation on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Community orientations slide.
(tags: technologyforcommunity)

Webheads as agents of change in overlapping clouds of distributed learning networks
Webheads started in 1998 as a community of language learners and teachers who began meeting online about then, at a distance, to develop their skills in the learning and teaching of writing in English.
(tags: copexample wia technologyforcommunity)

Executive Networks
A leader in Human Resource, Learning and Talent forums for senior executives from hundreds of the world’s leading companies and organizations. More than 1/2 of Fortune mag’s Global Most Admired Companies are members of our Peer Networks.
(tags: copexample networks)

RAPID Projects – Networks Study: Bridging Research and Policy
how civil society organisations can communicate their evidence and experience into policy processes for international development.
(tags: development networks)

Using Blogs in Education (on Flickr)
Diagram by the Centre for Learning Technology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) depicts the educational use of blogging
(tags: technology_stewardship techreport blogging education)

Information & Knowledge for Optimal Health (INFO) Project, Johns Hopkins University – Networks and Communities
The INFO Project provides support to online networks and communities in family planning and reproductive health. Online Community Resources.
(tags: copexample+development health)

Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery (GANM) list
The GANM list is supported by the Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Initiative (2006), [...]

Interactive online Google tutorial and references – Google Guide
Help for novices & experts.
(tags: google howto)

Advanced Distributed Learning – SCORM®
SCORM is a collection of standards and specifications adapted from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive suite of e-learning capabilities that enable interoperability, accessibility and reusability of Web-based learning content.
(tags: techreport integration standard elearning)