The future of Training is Learning
Sometimes you see a great function in a software that makes you think: “why didn’t I think of this”? Especially when it is very simple, but so effective.
I just noticed one in Leopard. When you need to rename a file, you often struggle to leave the file extension untouched, and just change the name. Not in Leopard: when you click on a filename to rename it, it does NOT select the extension, just the filename.
Why didn’t I think of this?
Watch it live on http://screencast.com/t/pLBDkLeMd
The people from Common Craft have introduced a new concept of explanation. With their concept called Paperworks, they explain difficult concepts in “Plain English”. They have been all over the learning blogs in 2007, because of the simplicity and the effectiveness of the idea.
They do not only have a great concept, but also great ideas about how to do business today. I recommend everyone to read their 15 Lessons Learned in 2007.
My favorites?
Makes you think!
One of the “frequently asked questions in a SharePoint course is “should I store it in SharePoint or not?”
There are some simple guidelines: these files don’t really belong in SharePoint:
Joel Oleson posted a great overview.
I used OneNote already fairly often as a typical “meeting-note-taking” tool, but last week I tried to use it to make digital handouts: instead of just printing out my slide presentation, I created a new notebook, imported my slides “as printout”, distributed them across different sections, added keywords, diagrams, screen clippings… I zipped the notebook folder and made it available to students as a download before the session. The responses were very positive!
Of course, everybody needs to have OneNote.
There are good examples of educational use of OneNote.
http://jvbelle.jaiku.com