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"LEARN DO SHARE is the first book of a series that captures the practice of participatory storytelling experiments designed to trigger social innovation. The result of our open collaboration is a rather unusual look-do-and-think-book that explores the methods we used, pitfalls we encountered and lessons we learned when we invited 600 people to co-create a multi-perspective emergent narrative."

"Dyslexia Decoded: What it is, what it isn't, and what you can do about it.pdf (PDF, 1 MB)"

The only sure way to improve one's reading skills is to read voraciously and regularly, more so university textbooks or other materials on a variety of subjects such as science, art and business that are written in an academic style.

"students must do more than just listen"

"Content development and process begins with the organization. Perform a communication audit of existing collateral, creative assets, and positioning from the perspective of the customer. There are likely many existing content resources that with a bit of shine can be revitalized into powerful content marketing pieces--just take a look at the amazing photography that the New York Times incorporated into its Facebook timeline. However, be a fierce editor, ruthless about sending things to the cutting room floor. Ask yourself honestly, "Is this any good?" "Do these images make me feel the right kind of something?" "Is this worth sharing?" In addition to reviewing existing materials, gather opinions about content opportunities and upcoming milestones from staff members. Involve your entire organization in a creative brainstorm to uncover the compelling stories that are already happening, ripe for the telling. "

This comprehensive research by the eLearning Guild shows that the use of traditional classroom instruction is actually up from a year ago. While somewhat extreme, the research also shows that organisations that ignore incorporating Web 2.0 approaches for their learning initiatives may be doing so at their own peril (at least according to Guild members' survey results).

Peter Shanks 23 things for elm2008 has been set-up as part of the TAFE NSW: Doing business in the 21st Century initiative. The aim is to encourage all of us to experiment and learn about the new and emerging technologies that are reshaping the context of training and flexible learning. It is based on the Learning 2.0 program designed by Helene Blowers, the Technology Director at the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County.