On the theme of July's poll (see home page, bottom right), Steve Rayson of Kineo has been assessing the impact of a possible recession on the e-learning industry and comes out on the glass half full side.

You can read his review here.

Tony Karrer has put together this useful  collection of YouTube videos about the educational uses of Second Life. Full of good ideas and interesting examples.

Take a look

John Medina's '12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home and school' have relevance to anyone working in learning and development.

Keith Landsborough and Dominique Lowenthal have come up with this great podcast:What makes an effective Subject Matter Expert?

"The Subject Matter Expert is crucial to getting the content right - but doing the role is not always an easy task. For the SME what should they know, what should they do, and how should they do it?"

Download the podcast

This fascinating presentation by the originator of the concept of learning objects, shows why complex standards for interoperability and metatagging have failed, whereas simple, open formats have flourished. A must watch.

http://opencontent.org/presentations/bcnet07/