Terrence Wing is the Chief Learning Evangelist for Liquid Learn (www.LiquidLearn.com), an eLearning design company specializing in blended learning solutions for business skills. It’s not uncommon to see Terrence present at learning and training conferences internationally but you can catch him weekly co-hosting eLearnchat on Justin TV ( www.justin.tv/relatecorp) where he chats about elearning. He is an avid learner and lover of infusing technology into learning solutions. His Facebook Fan Page, ISD 2.0 (www.facebook.com/isd20 ) is growing in popularity. It serves as his muse to share ideas for infusing social media into instructional design. Terrence tweets religiously as a way of staying abreast of trends and sharing his thoughts on learning and training.
(Added August 2011: Terrence says "If you want a Google+ invite, submit your email to this link http://www.facebook.com/ISD20#!/ISD20?sk=app_233716666651265")
Articles by Terrence Wing
App Fusion: Farewell, Terrence Wing
(12/8/11)Terrence Wing, App Fusion columnist since January 2011, passed away on December 1. We are publishing his final column, received hours before his death, together with tributes from some of the many people who knew him and whose work he influenced.
AppFusion: Deploying the Social Graph
(11/3/11)As a concept, the Social Graph has been around for several years. Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ are built on the idea. But are you able to use it to drive your work? This month’s column gives you some direction about how you can do this.
AppFusion: Facebook – The Social LMS Benchmark
(10/6/11)Facebook’s recent changes have been somewhat controversial, but they demonstrate the evolution of social infrastructure. For learning-support-systems designers, the new Facebook features are yet another demonstration that using demographics in training design or learning facilitation has become antiquated. This month’s column explores the implications.
AppFusion: Your Sixth Sense, Augmented Reality
(9/8/11)Augmented Reality (AR) digitally enhances a workplace by adding computer-generated information and sensory inputs, including teaching and performance support, or by combining real-world stimuli and information with instructional content. This can be done today – the tools exist, and it’s only a matter of designers using their imagination. Here are some ideas and tools to get you started.
AppFusion: Google+ Equals?
(8/4/11)Google+ has generated a great deal of interest in the past month, even though it is not officially “public.” Early adopters are busy figuring out how to use its social features in eLearning, as a Personal Learning Environment (PLE), and elsewhere. There are many comparisons to Facebook’s user interface and functionality (for good reason). Here are some first impressions!
App Fusion: 30 Twitter Apps for the Learning Pro
(7/7/11)Twitter is no longer a solution looking for a problem. Users find more uses for this microblogging service every day through apps, and that includes uses for personal and organizational learning. Here is a handy list of apps that will improve your Twitter experience!
App Fusion: Five Predictions About The Direction of Social Learning Culture
(6/9/11)Humans have long tapped into each other’s experience and knowledge in order to learn and to solve problems. Today, social technologies greatly expand the range of our networks and our ability to collect and consider what other people know. Growing out of these changes, here are a handful of trends that are becoming clear and that will soon affect our lives to a profound degree.
App Fusion: Inside eLearnchat — Live Streaming Community Collaboration
(5/5/11)You may have watched eLearnchat, or Leo Laporte’s TWiT.tv and wondered how you could use Webcasting to increase learning outcomes. Wonder no longer! This month’s App Fusion gives you the rundown on the applications, equipment, and content strategy you need for success!
App Fusion: The “NO” Alternative
(4/7/11)As a designer, you want to “get to Yes” when it comes to project approval, but often “No” pops up in its place. Often the reason is budget. Would you like to know what to do about this? Read this column!
App Fusion: Learner Analysis 2.0
(3/3/11)Understanding and analyzing the behavior and demographics of your learners used to require careful, even formal, statistical study. Social media now offer new tools for this critically important piece of the designer’s job.
App Fusion: Twaining in Twitter
(2/3/11)Many instructional designers and training managers believe that Twitter is not a useful channel for learning. However, it is where many of your learners spend a lot of time, and it offers some often-overlooked features that can serve as effective delivery vehicles. Terrence shows you how, and offers a demonstration.
App Fusion: Learning Face-off with Facebook
(1/6/11)The enormous and growing numbers of Facebook users create an opportunity for e-Learning. The Facebook Developer API allows you to change Facebook's functionality from a Content Management System (CMS) to a Learning Management System (LMS). Here's how to bend Facebook to your will!
