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VConnecting is a connectivist learning movement [5]. Using synchronous video technology, VConnecting hosts informal conversations between people who are attending academic conference onsite and people who are unable to attend. These conversations are livestreamed and recorded. We call these “hybrid conversations” since we seek to give equitable weight to onsite and virtual participation. VConnecting's purpose is to extend the onsite conversation, allowing the marginalized voices of those who are not present to participate (such as adjuncts, unaffiliated academics, graduate students, parents of young children, people with health issues, Global South scholars, or others who cannot regularly travel to conferences), while also allowing those who cannot attend an opportunity to network and learn from those who are present.

What we have learned about IEHospitality in hybrid spaces can be useful to other learning contexts. For example, those of us who teach online making aspects of equity and hospitality explicit within online group work, helps to prevent many of the common problems students face [15]. What volunteers learn and practice in VConnecting often transfers to our teaching and professional practice, a reminder how we can benefit greatly from using online learning techniques and technologies in our own learning first. In addition, buddies often gain social capital of their own through greater communication with each other and with guests who are often high-profile academics.

Microsoft SharePoint has broadened significantly since it first launched in 2001, but one feature it still lacks is video support. That's being remedied today, as Ramp, a content optimization company based in Boston, Massachusetts, unveils MediaCloud for SharePoint at the SharePoint Conference 2012.

Look for it to gain Yammer integration, the ability to suggest related videos and documents along a timeline while a video is playing

Skype vient d'annoncer un nouveau produit dédié aux entreprises, issu d'un partenariat avec Citrix. La solution GoToMeeting de ce dernier sera intégrée à Skype for Business, l'outil de messagerie instantanée en vidéo de Skype, de partage d'écran et de conférences web.

This year, the five annual predictions for the global learning and development sector from Financial Times

1. The return of the middle manager - While much focus has been placed on leadership skills and the "voice from the top", the under-appreciated and often-maligned middle manager will come back in vogue and be recognised for an increasingly rare yet innate ability: managing other people.

2. The death of authenticity - It is often said that if you can fake authenticity, you’ve got it made. In 2018, many more managers will stop trying to "be themselves".

Classrooms have plenty to share with one another from one area to another, which this platform would allow, and I really like having the kids join me live, ask questions back and forth or collaborate on a single podcast. Accessibility is key to ensuring that every student has access to a quality education, and the live transcript feature would also be very useful for our English language learners. You can’t learn a language unless you speak it, write it and work with it. From a personal perspective, I have a hearing deficiency and appreciate that we now have this tool to amplify one’s voice so that everyone can better hear what we’re saying. I actually recorded a four- or five-minute rant on Storytellers about the challenges I face at conferences when speakers don’t use microphone because they’re uncomfortable about it, and shared it to Spotify. Too often, we're focused on the specifics of how kids are sharing information rather than what they're sharing. Kids need options. If they don’t want to write that paper or present in front of the class way to show what they’ve learned, a podcast can support the same outcome.