Mission to Learn is not LifeHacker or Techcrunch, and I’m not Seth Godin, so I don’t tend to hold high expectations for the amount of traffic I get here or track the statistics all that closely. I was pleasantly surprised, therefore, when I saw my traffic shoot through the roof last week after releasing the Learning 2.0 eBook. A few interesting things I’ll note out of this:
- Given the response, I can only assume that quite a few folks are thinking about this topic and, based on some of the comments about the book in other blog postings, it appears there is a real need for tools to help explain Learning 2.0 within organizations;
- I don’t have any real insight into who downloaded the eBook, but I can tell that the number of downloads of the PowerPoint presentation on which the eBook was based has increased nearly tenfold so far. I think this makes sense because the PPT contains the script (in the notes area) on which the book was based, all of the relevant images, and can easily be modified to meet the needs of just about any organization—not just associations;
- News of the eBook got shared on quite a few sites outside of the U.S.—more than in the U.S. as of this posting (note: I have updated the list below since). This is surprising only to the extent that Mission to Learn got noticed, as my suspicion has always been that–in spite of all the general frenzy about social media in the U.S–thinking on Learning 2.0 may in fact be quite a bit more advanced in other parts of the world. (I welcome comments from anyone who cares to argue otherwise or offer their thoughts on why this is the case.)
More important than these brief observations is the thanks I’d like to extend to the bloggers who talked about and/or linked to the eBook from their blogs or commented here. Below are the ones I have identified so far. I’d like to encourage Mission to Learn readers to visit and (depending on your language skills, of course;-) read any of these blogs that are not already on your list:
North America
- AE on the Verge
- The Bamboo Project
- Beyond Certification
- C3 Communication, Collaboration & Connectivity Community
- Cakes: Learning Technology Blog
- Dave’s Whiteboard
- DE Tools of the Trade
- Effective Design.org
- eLearning Weekly
- Learn-Learn-Learn
- Lore Librarian
- OLDaily
- PILOTed
- Social Software in Libraries
Europe and Asia
- Boomzalvers Links Blog
- Catepol 3.0
- Dellaplane
- Edu2Do.com
- edu.tainment.de
- e-learning na uczelni wy?szej
- eLearning Network
- Game-based eVideo Network
- The Gurteen Knowledge Website
- Hans on Experience
- Wilfred Rubens: technology enhanced learning
- KK.stiftelson
- Wepissä vastaan tullutta …
- www.weiterbildungsblog.de
- ZaidLearn
Finally, I continue to welcome any comments about the eBook or general insights and observations you would like to share about Learning 2.0.
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posted on February 12, 2008
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Congrats on your success! I especially appreciate the real-life association examples you provide with each technology, and the active links in the resource section. Even the way you set up and delivered the eBook was helpful. Thank you!
Thanks, Cindy–
I’m glad you found it helpful. Also, good post yesterday on course pricing models.
http://cindyae.blogspot.com/2008/02/5-new-creative-course-pricing-methods.html
I get a lot of questions from folks on this topic. I’m sure they’ll find your thoughts helpful.
Jeff