Posted 7:20 AM by George Siemens
Ray Ozzie - Weblog Policy
Comment: The public nature of weblogs requires some guidelines so sensitive corporate information isn't divulged. This article lists the guidelines at Groove. Interesting point...need to give it some thought. I generally maintain my blog and blog-summary newsletter on my own time. I guess I should at least follow the guidelines listed in the article and state "all opinions are mine and not my employers". hmm...legal stuff sucks.

Posted 6:45 AM by George Siemens
Using HTML Email to Deliver High-Impact Episodic Training
Quote:"Newsletter-style HTML emails are an excellent option if you must deliver information to far-flung employees rapidly and inexpensively."
Comment:Newsletter emails are a great example of informal learning. Effective training/learning should not be an event (i.e. classroom) but a process.

Building Communities--Strategies for Collaborative Learning
Quote: "When put into a learning context, however, community can be a vehicle for connecting people to other people’s stories and experiences, as well as mentoring, all of which result in accelerated learning and the sharing of tacit knowledge within an organization."
Comment: According to the article, 70% of what people need to know in order to do their job is learned outside of formal training. Organizations need to foster environments that allow for rapid (informal) dissemination of knowledge. John Seely Brown's article Growing Up Digital provides an excellent overview of workplace learning.

A blog that's new to me (looks good) Weblogg-ed. "Weblogg-ed is maintained by me, Will Richardson, a teacher at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in beautiful Flemington, NJ. (Yes, beautiful and New Jersey can be used in the same sentence.) It's my place to collect ideas for weblogs in the classroom, to ask questions to the teacher weblogging community, and to reflect on my teaching. It's also intended to be a clearninghouse for sites and issues relating to weblogs in education."