Variety is Good

My last couple polls have indicated that the 4 choices provided are responded to almost evenly by the LC members. That makes it more difficult to determine what I should do or what the future model should be, because I am not finding any one thing outweighing the others, to a significant level. What drives the members to participate, how they prefer to collaborate and what exactly they are doing in the LC is almost evenly split. The most recent poll is not quite as evenly split.

This week's poll (the one pictured above) does indicate more people participating in the developing of podcasts rather than studying or developing ways to use them. The second highest indicator is those viewing for their own learning. That one at 25% is interesting because those are the people looking at different podcasts of their choosing and actually gaining some knowledge and skills - I wonder if this group of 25% can shed light on what they look for in a podcast and which ones they found to be most effective. The information from this group could help the 37% who are creating them. There is definitely some satisfaction in knowing that 37% of of the respondents are actually developing with this technology. 66% of remaining members have created or worked on podcasts with either GarageBand or iMovie. The majority of these people had never done developed a podcast before this year. Amy's study may yield some more interesting data on HRD personnel and the use of podcasts. Can we safely conclude that learning has taken place not only in the LC but among our colleagues?

I'm looking forward to some lively exchange and enlightment on March 2...we need a face-to-face.