ASTD has a blog called Learning Circuits. Apparently each month they post a "Big Question". It might be a blog to look at periodically to see what topic they are exploring.
What I found intriguing in terms of blog design, was that this owner encouraged people to post answers on their own blogs, then link to those. What a great way to expand the number of blogs we are aware of in a given field! Since the question is a learning and development question, it is very likely that the blogs you will be linked to are related to that, too.
This month's question asked for advice for people who are new to e-learning. I like the idea of one person who answered with a posting in his blog. His first suggestion was to create a "To Learn List", then prioritize it and knock it off one by one. This is not unlike the challenge Robin gave us in class - to identify 3 things we want to explore in more depth and go learn more about them.
Too often as we get older, we think we are supposed to have all the answers. We don't want to admit what we don't know for fear of looking "stupid." But hiding our ignorance has just one problem: it really does make us stupid!
I listened into a panel discussion with a group of high school students talking about how they used technology. The thing that struck me about these kids was how willing they are to ask questions and share information. Information is not power to them ... it's something to be shared. Ask them how they learned about facebook, graphing calculators, wikipedia, cell phones, texting, the Internet ... almost anything, and they will tell you they asked a friend or a friend told them about it.
What a refreshing approach. If you're curious, just ask. If you found something interesting, tell others.
Hmmm. That's what a lot of blogs are all about.
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