We talked about ALA in Orlando, our favorite things and takeaways about the conference.

A great discussion about distraction and multitasking fueled by this post http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2016/06/attention-distraction-deep-work-and.html

We talked about expanding the room at the ATD conference in Denver and talked about Inclusion and the PLA conference also in Denver.

We talked in an abbreviated show about learning modification and accommodations for learners and teachers and how to handle them. https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/treatments-approaches/educational-strategies/common-modifications-and-accommodations?platform=hootsuite

we talked Learning Transfer with the 6 Ds http://www.webvent.tv/uploads/assets/264/document/BriefIntroductiontoEnsuringLearningTransferwithAnswers.pdf We talked random learning objects, and about the art of training.

or How to Engage your Staff and Public in Lifelong Learning. Relevant Reading: http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/04/14/how-giving-students-choice-during-the-day-can-create-unstoppable-learning/ and http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/self-directed-achievement.html Video: -- How to Overcome our Bias' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYyvbgINZkQ

Paul and Maurice started talking about the Meet the Modern Learner. https://mrmck.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/meet-the-modern-learner-infographic/ which morphed into meet the modern library staff who both train/teach/learn and organize information. We then talked about how our customers have forced change by being mobile like staff, needing information on demand, open collaboration and being empowered to do so.

CIL 2016, diversity in keynotes, quality speakers, and other things.

March 10th, 2016 Live at CIL-- As a creative space, libraries are frequently producers of content. Come hear from Foster (Letâ??s Talk Learning Spaces) and Coleman (T is for Training), who have used their academic and public libraries as a launchpad for creating podcasts. They discuss the buy-in needed for such an endeavor, the technology concerns, how to turn an idea into an ongoing effort, and what the impact has been on them and their institutions.

We used the article Learn Today; Be Prepared Tomorrow by Maria Ho from the February 2016 issue if ATD magazine to spark a discussion on what tools we use to help learners learn and how to model good behavior.