Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | January 11, 2018

“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” —Kurt Vonnegut (Via Harold Jarche)

Our nice run of relative warmth and sunshine has given way to a more normal winter scene of cold and snow. That hasn’t stopped the flow of great stuff from the world of learning, design, and technology though. No matter where you are, warm, cold or anywhere in between I’ve got lots of great stuff for you this week.

What do our most popular blog posts say about our field—the learning field? Will Thalheimer (@willworklearn) has rounded up the “numbers, wit, and wisdom” from 19 learning blogs from all around the world.

https://www.worklearning.com/2019/01/09/the-learning-fields-most-popular-blog-posts/

How can I share my knowledge and do it profitably?

Stan Garfield (@StanGarfield) shares how you can share your knowledge and the many good reasons you should be doing it. You’ll help others and yourself.

https://buff.ly/2CPhwSb

Learning Objectives: Our Frenemy

Check out what Cathy Moore (@CatMoore) has to say about how conventional learning objectives can work against us and the three questions that will help you set boundaries for using them.

http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2019/01/learning-objectives-our-frenemy/

4 Creative Ways to Send xAPI Data from Non-eLearning Sources

In this Learning Solutions article, Megan Torrance (@MMTorrance), Matt Kliewer (@mpkliewer), and Peter Guenther (@pguenthe) share some creative uses for using xAPI data for non-elearning along with a discussion or the related quirks and challenges you’ll encounter along the way.

https://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/4-creative-ways-to-send-xapi-data-from-non-elearning-sources

100+ Learning, Design & Technology Resources to Help You Get Sh*t Done

A cornucopia of tools, apps, and websites that will help you check off many of the learning and design tasks on your to-do list.

https://mike-taylor.org/2019/01/09/2018-getshitdone-learningdesign/

Learning, Design & Technology Miscellany

A few other things just because I can.

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