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Although from a religious viewpoint, the authors Ian Grayling and Kevin Commons have a concise definition of single, double, and triple-loop learning as well as a great chart of the modes of learning each one requires.

a list of 30 terms for working with computers online at the National Institute on Aging, nice basic set of terms with pictures to illustrate what is meant by scrollbar or address field, etc.

At About.com, top 30 internet terms for beginners, 2013.

We definitely want to include this in our directory. Stanford just appointed and administrator who deals exclusively with online learning. Over 3,000 Stanford audio and video programs are available on Apple's popular iTunes platform, including course lectures, faculty presentations and campus events. The iTunes U app provides access to additional course content from several Stanford courses.

article on ed-tech buzzwords such as flipped classroom and digital humanities by Jeffrey R. Young, 8/28/15

Stephanie Hirsh of Learning Forward describes how teams and districts may transform their professional learning, June 25, 2015.

Joshua Becker reminds us that which can be purchasedor bragged about may not the best measure of success. Instead, he talks about "amount of good we are able to accomplish with our lives is a truer measure of success."

"Updated February 2013 Adopted by the NCTE Executive Committee, February 15, 2008  Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the 21st century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities, and social trajectories of individuals and groups. Active, successful participants in this 21st century global society must be able to Develop proficiency and fluency with the tools of technology; Build intentional cross-cultural connections and relationships with others so to pose and solve problems collaboratively and strengthen independent thought; Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes; Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information; Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts; Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments."

Adam Rogers, Science, Wired, 8.6.15, writes about how the Google tanking algorithm of positive and negative stories on the candidates could affect major elections 25% of the timer. This is the tyranny of the algorithm. They tested the impact in mock voter labs before elections in Australia and India where the impact of feeding positive stories about a candidate first shaped voters decisions between 24 and 72 percent of the time with certain voter groups. Voters in towns in the US that watch a local a Fox channel vote more conservatively because of recency and placement issues. While the numbers in real live do not add up to the impact achieved in the test research, when elections are decided by 1 or 2 percentage points, it's enough to turn the tide in favor of a candidate.

An amazing project that utilizes gaming, social media, digital badging, and virtual worlds as methods to promote digital literacy to youth in high risk areas. These after-school programs are designed to "Global Kids believes that youth be not merely critical consumers but active producers of digital media". Kids produce games on social issues impacting them (such as neighborhood violence or racial intolerance) that are designed to teach others about not just about the issue but how it feels to be impacted by the issue.

The Global Kids definition of leadership is very in tune with what we have been trying to convey, I think. Here is there goal statement: "The Global Kids Online Leadership Program (OLP) integrates international and public policy issues into digital media programs to encourage digital literacy and technical competency, foster global awareness, promote civic participation and develop 21st Century skills. OLP was created in 2000 to bring new media into Global Kids' after school programs, introduce these programs into online communities, and explore how the combination of the two could develop 21st Century Learning Skills. Through programs utilizing video games, virtual worlds, social media, and other forms of participatory media, youth involved in our programs now have the opportunity to have their voices heard and make a global impact in ways that were previously unimaginable."

an interesting case study of a large company embedding Yammer (ESN) in a 130,000 employee setting. Anna Carlson interviewed Jennifer Hayward from Telefonica, 6/2014.

Jane Hart's blog post (4.13.2015) on how learning happens everywhere in an organization and how L & D needs to support learning wherever it happens.

article on diversity by George N. root, III, Demand Media

wonderful article on differences between networking, coordinating, cooperating, and collaborating drawn from work of Arthur Himmelman.  They add up:  exchange information, alter activities, share resources, enhance capacity for each player. 

study results presented in ScienceInsider, Aleszu Bajak, May 12, 2014 on traditional stand and deliver lectures 1.5 times more likely to fail with undergraduate students than in classes that use more active engagement methods.

blog post written by Phillip Burton for skillsyouneed.com, apparently a British company.  

glossary on basic IT terms for association management