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Blogs, Podcasts And Vidcasts For e-Learning: A Note From The Frontlines

Sharing an email I received today, from Josh Cavalier, President of Lodestone Digital:

Hello-

I stumbled across your site from Alexia - good find.

I was recently a presenter at an internal "Performance Conference" at a Fortune 1000 Pharmaceutical. There were about 120 individuals from across the enterprise, and by talk was on "Blogs, Podcasts and Vidcasts for E-Learning".

I was presented with the same problem of trying to describe to the audience how this RSS based technology would change the way e-learning is created. How could I get these people to understand? ("Better To Sell Peanuts On The Roadside")

Solution: Create a Podcast of the Event

My talk was scheduled at 1:00 PM so I had some time to work with...
I recorded the openeing remarks and general session on a Marantz recorder direct to MP3. Once the general session was done I skirted to an empty room and went to work. I brought with me an Apple 15" laptop and Logictec USB headset. I opened up Garageband 3, laid down my vocals, imported some clips of the morning session, and added background music. My demo was done in 30 minutes. I then rejoined the conference - nobody missed me.

I gave my presentation, talked about Elearning 2.0, blogs, podcasts, etc. At the end of my presentation - when I played back my piece from the morning session - they we're all floored! Very positive feedback, and many new business opportunities to train the trainers on how to Podcast.

Anyways, I had to share this with someone who understands what is going on...

Cheers!

Josh Cavalier
President
Lodestone Digital
www.lodestone.com

Addicted To Blogging!

I came across this fantastic, gem of a composition by Vinnie Mirchandani:

TypePad's up, but you're not there
Your mind is on WordPress
Your eyes squint, your fingers ache
Another post is what it takes
You can't sleep, you can't click
There's no doubt, you're into digg
Your content is light, you can't Flickr
Another coComment is all you need

Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to Technorati, oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough of tech.memeorandum
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to blogs

You see the FeedBurner stats, but you can't read
You're chasing after a different wiki
Your heart beats when you check BlogLines
Another link and you'll be mine, a one track feed
You can't earn much from Google AdSense
Performancing is all you crave
If there's some other RSS aggregator to test
You don't Slashdot if you do

Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to Web 2.0, oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you are writing in tongues
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to les blogs

Via XplanaZine

How Much Is Your Blog Worth?

Fantastic stuff! I am sure you have at some point pondered the value and worth of your blog and maybe fantasized about selling it for a tidy sum! Tristan Louis has taken that thought to its logical conclusion and put out a very interesting analysis about how blog valuations may actually work basing his theory and calculations on the AOL - Weblogs Inc deal