Learning in an Instant

The thing I love about the internet is how quickly I can learn about virtually anything. Elearning doesn't have to be a full on college course. It doesn't have to take weeks to occur. It doesn't have to be towards a certificate or degree. I wonder about something, anything and moments later....I read, listen, observe and know.

Here's a quick example of my random elearning for today...

I get rss feeds from a variety of sources and one of the first I looked at today was about sand dunes and why they sing or making booming noises (Discovery). Cool seems interesting. Two minutes later I've read it quick article about them, the new theory behind the sounds and now I'm hooked with new questions. What does it sound like? What does it look like? Is it like an avalanche? Two minutes later I'm now watching videos and listening to audio clips. If I wanted there were lots of more links to explore the topic about. All from one sentence sent to me through my rss reader.

In 4 minutes I've learned about singing sand dunes. Asolutely amazing.

Headlines That Got Me To Read More

Well a week off for me a short bit ago and catching up on emails, voicemail, meetings and life has put me a bit behind with reading my feeds. I thought since I am behind and some items I'll just post some of the headlines/links that I found interesting from the last 2 weeks.

Laser Printers a Health Risk? - Discovery
Finding a Use for Facebook - Wendy Wickham
Free eSeminar: eLearning and the Science of Instruction - B. J. Shone
In Box Zero - 43 Folders - Increase your personal productivity - Brent Schlenker
31 Days to A Better Blog - Cammy Bean
Booos and Yeahs - Coming Back By Popular Demand - Common Craft (made me laugh - yeah!)
Bebo helps student bloggers! - Judy O'Connell
Memes - why do we do them? - Karen Romeis
Search Mash-Ups - Mike Qaissaunee
Email a New Reader of Your Blog - Nancy White
Study: Food in McDonald's Wrapper Tastes Better to Kids - Stephen Downs (I heard this on the radio and thought - yep, makes sense)
LEGO turns 75 - MAKE Magazine
Egypt's Largest Pharaoh-Era Fortress Discovered, Experts Announce - National Geographic