The Doorway to Professional Learning Communities

Good Saturday evening

To learn together, you need to search out what others have to share; and as I explored the Internet, I several sites I desire to follow, but I will discuss three for now.

  

“Big Dog, Little Dog; Thoughts on Instructional Design and Performance” by Donald Clark  http://bdld.blogspot.com

Under his “Links” you find Big Dog & Little Dog (performance web site) http://nwlink.com/~donclark/index.html 

I first encountered Big Dog, Little Dog in 2006 as I looked to enhance my understanding of Instructional Design. I like how Mr. Clark provides information on leadership, Training (Learning, Instructional Design & Training), Learning Concept Map, History of ISD, Knowledge, Performance (Completing the Zen in Performance Management), and Etc. (Books in the News). Mr. Clark presents information in a manner easy to understand, links to relative articles, as well as providing links to other sites he follows, thus expanding one’s reading.

Learning Journal; Thoughts on Learning in Organizations by Catherine Lombardozzi http://learningjournal.wordpress.com

Ms. Lombardozzi brings her adult learning and instructional design teaching, along with 30+ years in training and development, books she read and how they relate to learning, she developed learning environment design, and is the founder of  “Learning 4 Learning Professionals” http://www.l4lp.com/Home_Page.html supporting those focused on providing adult learning within organizations and academic arenas. Ms. Lombardozzi provides a list of journals and organizations that help the professional stay engaged. She has a strong feeling towards the importance of using research and theories—this goes along with a fellow co-work and scholar himself.

Instructional Design & Development Blog hosted by the Faculty Instructional Technology Services (FITS) Department at DePaul University http://www.iddblog.org

The FITS staff focuses on the technology side of instructional design, providing insight from conferences relating to instruction via technology, Administration related, and Learning Management System (LMS) to name a few. I see this site helping in my understanding of the various LMS that I have little knowledge in working/developing courseware; and how technology influences learning.