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The 19 Best Elearning Blogs

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 by gabe

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From learning theories to content design, metadata to LMSes, survey data to industry trends, these blogs have it all.

This list represents some of the more active e-learning blogs I’ve found or already read regularly. Each of these is great in its own way — be it the in-depth analysis, the industry headlines, the technical prowess — but all will get you thinking about learning and technology in new ways.

The 19 Best Elearning Blogs*
(in no particular order)

  1. The Rapid eLearning Blog
    Tom Kuhlmann was a customer of ours who made a name for himself in the Articulate Community Forums with his creative tips and tricks about Articulate products, and his unique ability to understand how to build original elearning courses that engage the learner and simultaneously meet business objectives. Now he blogs regularly at The Rapid eLearning Blog, which has nearly 10,000 subscribers, making it the most read blog in the elearning industry. (Added to list September 20, 2007.)

  2. Tony Karrer’s eLearning Technology
    Be sure to see his First Time Visitor Guide, which highlights some of Tony’s previous posts on topics ranging from Elearning 2.0 to informal learning to Learning Management Systems. (And he even quoted one of my blog posts back in June.)

  3. Harold Jarche
    A blog about “conversations at the intersection of learning, work & technology.” Take a look at his recent entry on the system he uses for Personal Knowledge Management in a Web 2.0 world (as inspired by Tony’s post on Personal Learning for Learning Professionals).

  4. Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie
    With roots in the good ol’ fashion email newsletter dating back to 1997 (which you can still get), this blog from the longtime industry icon examines elearning and learning theory with a focus on larger corporations.

  5. Internet Time Blog
    Well-known lately in the industry for his theories on informal learning, this is Jay Cross’ original blog, where he explores all facets of learning and technology.

  6. Dave Mozealous
    Sure, he’s my colleague, but he’s good and really knows what he’s talking about — especially when it comes to .SWF, .FLV, Captivate, and LMS/SCORM/AICC issues — so he makes the list.

  7. elearningpost
    Short and sweet. Almost daily headlines.

  8. Online Learning Update
    Like the elearningpost, but focused more on academia.

  9. George Siemens’ elearnspace
    This blog and its encompassing site “explore elearning, knowledge management, networks, technology, and community.”

  10. Connectivism Blog
    Another one from George Siemens, this blog takes the concept laid out in his 2004 article on connectivism and runs with it.

  11. Breakthrough eLearning
    Co-founder and Director of Education for eLearn Campus, Rick Nigol’s blog explores issues such as implementing a successful elearning program in your organization, and identifying traits of a “business problem that lends itself to eLearning” vs. traditional classroom training.

  12. Jenna Sweeney’s Corporate Training & e-Learning Blog
    Here you’ll read about concepts like compressing your learning object to be as small as it can possibly be with Workflow Nano-Learning, as well as the positive environmental impact of elearning.

  13. Robin Good’s MasterViews International
    From the online media expert himself, this blog is focused on PowerPoint and presentation skills. (Robin once called Articulate Presenter “the Ferrari of rich-media Web presentation tools.”)

  14. Mobilemind
    Tom King’s blog focuses on industry news and standards. He’s chair of the AICC Communications Subcommittee and is also involved with SCORM specifications.

  15. Indezine PowerPoint Blog
    Not elearning, per se, but if your learning program is driven by PowerPoint-based content (what a concept, right?), then you’ll surely find these near-daily tips and tricks on all things PowerPoint useful.

  16. Learning Circuits Blog
    This blog comes from ASTD and also features commentary by Tony Karrer, including this recent post on The Innovator’s Dilemma of Learning, which will have you reexaming how you’re looking at your learning development projects.

  17. Corporate eLearning Development
    Intel blogger Brent Schlenker explores elearning in the corporate world — with a personal touch. Find out the role a certain kind of hippo plays in learning.

  18. E-Learning Queen
    Susan Smith Nash’s in-depth blog posts even include references to external sources — online and print.

  19. Stephen’s Web
    More than a blog, this site has a very active community that’s focused on all things elearning, including an extensive discussion of the Blackboard patent that’s rippled through our industry.

* Why 19? Because I had to stop at some point and get this list published for you. There are probably plenty of other great elearning blogs out there, so apologies in advance if I’ve missed your rockin’ elearning blog or your must-read favorite. What are others you’d recommend or visit daily?

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44 Responses to “The 19 Best Elearning Blogs”

Thanks for the plug!

Tony Karrer  |  Posted at 08:53 pm on September 5th, 2006 |  #

Gabe, I read your blog often and feel quite honored to be selected by you for your “best elearning blogs” list - especially in light of the other names and blogs with whom my name and blog are listed!! I am glad my blog is being read and making an impact. My client work keeps me incredibly busy, but your attention to my blog motivates me to give it even more time and TLC. Thank you again! Jenna Sweeney

Jenna Sweeney  |  Posted at 10:01 pm on September 5th, 2006 |  #

I’m deeply honored and appreciative! Thank you so much for including me in the list — what a wonderful group! I really admire your blog and everything you’re doing — your work is vitally important, now more than ever.

best wishes — susan smith nash

susan nash  |  Posted at 06:58 am on September 6th, 2006 |  #

Ditto here Gabe! Love the blog and many thanks for including me in the list. I have immense respect and admiration for those you’ve listed and it’s kind of weird to be a part of it actually. But very cool at the same time ;) Cheers!

brent schlenker  |  Posted at 02:19 pm on September 6th, 2006 |  #

I’m happy to bring together such a great group of minds under one roof! Hopefully this list will prove to be a valuable resource for thousands of folks.

Gabe Anderson  |  Posted at 02:32 pm on September 6th, 2006 |  #

Thanks for including Learning Circuits Blog in your list Gabe. Hopefully some changes we’re currently working on will make LCB even more valuable to the elearning community.

Dave Lee  |  Posted at 04:14 pm on September 7th, 2006 |  #

Great list. I am glad to see many of these resources discuss, give examples of and instructions for actual implementation instead of just theory.

Matthew Nehrling
http://mlearningworld.blogspot.com/

Matthew Nehrling  |  Posted at 04:21 pm on September 7th, 2006 |  #

I keep up my teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk blog and I read the following, amongst others, which I think you’ve missed: Dave Warlick’s 2 Cents Blog, Vicki Davis’ Cool Cat Teacher Blog, and Wes Fryer’s Moving at the Speed of Creativity
:-)

Doug Belshaw  |  Posted at 01:03 pm on September 8th, 2006 |  #

Phew! Just made the list!

Here are the blogs I look at, including 347 edubloggers. No saying whether these are the best; they are simply the ones I read.

http://www.bloglines.com/public/Downes

Stephen Downes  |  Posted at 01:31 pm on September 8th, 2006 |  #

Many thanks - great company :-)

Harold Jarche  |  Posted at 06:02 pm on September 8th, 2006 |  #

Gabe, in my playtime today, I checked out a service called MyBlogLog. You put a line of code in your blog, and MyBlogLog tells you where each visitor comes from and from what page they bail. In the first twenty minutes, five visitors came from this page! That’s five out of eight — and I think two of the eight were me. You’ve hit a pop topic. Thanks for the mention — and take a look at informl.com — where I’m doing more blogging these days. All the best.

Jay Cross  |  Posted at 02:12 am on September 9th, 2006 |  #

I’m new to this ….so be patient cheers

Edward Lohmann  |  Posted at 02:21 pm on September 9th, 2006 |  #

Great and useful list of blogs. A few I already visit regularly, but also some new to me. Maybe one day I can aspire to getting in this list myself…

Alexa  |  Posted at 05:16 am on September 11th, 2006 |  #

I wonder if you (or anyone else for that matter) gave any thought to the fact that the vast majority of these “best” elearning blogs are written by men? Sexism in learning technology (as in all technology fields) is dominated by men.

A recent issue of Campus Technology for example, listed Campus Technology Innovators — 14 out of 16 (I think that was my count) were men!

Now, do we really think that its just that men are the innovators here or that many innovating women have to fight their way in?

Beth Harris  |  Posted at 07:28 am on September 11th, 2006 |  #

Hi Beth-

The quality of the content is what’s key for me. I didn’t specifically seek out men or women to be included here. On review, it seems both men and women are represented in this list.

If you have other recommendations for quality elearning blogs, please do share here.

Thanks!

Gabe Anderson  |  Posted at 05:21 pm on September 12th, 2006 |  #

As I knew would happen, at least one clear oversight in this list is Mark Oehlert’s e-Clippings blog in which he discusses all things elearning, LMSes, and collaboration.

Gabe Anderson  |  Posted at 10:36 am on September 13th, 2006 |  #

This is a great list. I read Tony Karrer’s eLearning Technology all the time.

http://www.theloveofwisdom.com

moore_1474  |  Posted at 12:30 pm on March 28th, 2007 |  #

The site looks great ! Thanks for all your help ( past, present and future !)

morganusvitus  |  Posted at 06:38 am on April 5th, 2007 |  #

Ive just stumbled over this list now, currently read a few of the blogs but thanks for listing out some other great resources.

Richard Chetwynd  |  Posted at 08:52 pm on June 6th, 2007 |  #

I know we’re not on the list but if you have some time check out the Online Media Center at SyberWorks, Inc. With our e-Learning Lingo podcasts, e-Learning Dictionary, etc., it is definately one site you’ll have to check out. Good luck with everyones work in the e-Learning field!

Kristin Hebert  |  Posted at 02:01 pm on June 7th, 2007 |  #

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Ahaa! Persönliche Erfahrungen / “Tour de Blog”  |  Posted at 03:16 pm on June 14th, 2007 |  #

Thanks for the great list. You’ve really helped me fill out my RSS feeds! :)

Peter DeCourcy  |  Posted at 02:12 pm on July 22nd, 2007 |  #

Next year I hope to be on the list (or you could use one to complete the 20): http://www.daanassen.com

Daan Assen  |  Posted at 04:35 pm on August 1st, 2007 |  #

Be sure to check out Tom’s great new Rapid Elearning Blog!

gabe  |  Posted at 11:25 am on August 22nd, 2007 |  #

Hi Gabe, I think you could update your list this year with newer blogs. Check out “Learnability Matters” It has interesting research on learning and usability.

Geeta Bose  |  Posted at 03:11 pm on August 24th, 2007 |  #

Thanks for the suggestion, Geeta. That’s a good idea!

gabe  |  Posted at 04:04 pm on August 29th, 2007 |  #

Hi Gabe

Wanna make it a cool 20? check out this one: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com - Learning with ‘e’s!

Steve Wheeler  |  Posted at 03:38 pm on August 31st, 2007 |  #

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8 Top Elearning Blogs You Don’t Want to Miss - Articulate - Word of Mouth Blog  |  Posted at 11:45 am on November 15th, 2007 |  #

Yeah, this is a very very cool blog. ;-)
I just added you to my favorites.

Thanx,
Mikey

Mikey  |  Posted at 03:14 pm on November 28th, 2007 |  #

I’m always looking for some eLearning reading. You just bumped it up a notch for me.

Peter Sullivan  |  Posted at 03:39 pm on June 5th, 2008 |  #

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e[ ]-learning 2.0 » Blog Archive » e[ ]-learning Tipp des Monats: E-Learning-Blogs  |  Posted at 04:24 am on July 14th, 2008 |  #

This list is great! Thank you for putting it together. I sent it out to all my instructional designers today as a suggestion to add at least one to their morning reading list! Thank you.

Jason Franklin  |  Posted at 12:11 pm on July 25th, 2008 |  #

[...] en un barrio puede ser convertido en algo sorprendente si se trata bien. XD Es por esto que el e-learning 2.0 o como la tecnología Web está dando forma a la educación. Este proyecto tiene una gran parte de [...]

zenphp :: blog-Escribre tu aplicación como si fuera la última que escribieras- » Sistemas educativos usando aplicaciones web » Blog:: Archivo » Sistemas educativos usando aplicaciones web  |  Posted at 07:55 am on August 4th, 2008 |  #

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Micromachines : Telcop Blog  |  Posted at 12:03 pm on August 8th, 2008 |  #

Thanks for the list!

geek  |  Posted at 02:31 am on September 3rd, 2008 |  #

Great list!

Ankush
Owner & Founder, The Learned Man!
http://www.thelearnedman.com

Ankush Gupta  |  Posted at 03:51 pm on September 10th, 2008 |  #

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The Rapid E-Learning Blog, by Tom Kuhlmann | Julie's E-Learning Experiences  |  Posted at 02:17 am on October 18th, 2008 |  #

Nice job Gabe! A very useful n comprehensive list. I appreciate ur efforts.
And as a newbie in e-learning industry, i’d just like to say… “I’ll try real hard to get my blog(http://e-learning-intelligence.blogspot.com/) into that list soon.” :-)

James P Kelly  |  Posted at 06:43 am on December 4th, 2008 |  #

Cool list.Thanx a lot.

Jhangora  |  Posted at 04:45 pm on December 4th, 2008 |  #

Nice list.. Covers almost all topics under E Learning

LMS India  |  Posted at 03:17 am on December 18th, 2008 |  #

This is an interesting article. We might just have a look at some of these players for developing our content!

Thank you.

Kunal Sonawala  |  Posted at 05:25 am on April 10th, 2009 |  #

Take a look at the above site. It’s been on the web since 01.

E. Edward Siemens  |  Posted at 11:07 pm on May 20th, 2009 |  #

Yeah - Great post. I get inspiration of several of these sites. These guys do a great job presenting e-learning as a means of developing critical thinking and building experience. I have seen to many focus on putting PowerPoint files and PDFs online and calling it e-learning. It’s like giving someone an encyclopedia article on car engines and then sending them out to fix one. We have such a good platform for developing truly engaging experiences and these guys are truly leading the way.

http://illumenate.illumengroup.com
[Illumenate blog on Learning and Training]

David Charney  |  Posted at 05:36 pm on May 29th, 2009 |  #

[...] “A lot of these cases could have been avoided if things had been worded just a little differently or if they had double sourced their information,” Cox said. “Most of the time, these people are not trained journalists.” The spike in suits is due in part to the burgeoning number of bloggers. About 175,000 new blogs are created every day according to Technorati, a blog search engine. On the topic of blogs, here is a useful reference: the top 19 elearning blogs [...]

Bloggers beware… | eTravels  |  Posted at 10:40 pm on May 31st, 2009 |  #

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