David Kelly is a training director and internal learning and
performance consultant. I first met David through Twitter. I was
unable to attend last year's mLearnCon, so I took to following the
hashtag on Twitter. I quickly noticed that one person (@LnDDave)
was compiling a lot of the information coming out of the
conference. David was pulling so much information together that I
thought he was at the event. Only later did I realize he was
monitoring everything from afar, grabbing information from Twitter,
the conference website, and blogs.
That's how I came to know David Kelly and his love of backchannel
learning. If you don't know David or are unfamiliar with
backchannel learning, I suggest you check out his curated
backchannels page, right now. David is doing something unique -
for conferences he compiles all of the available content from a
conference, including slides, presentations materials, relevant
tweets, blog posts, pictures, and more and puts it all in one
place. David is not only able to accurately live tweet the session
he is in but also able to quickly scan and retweet other relevant
tweets. If you've ever tried to do this, you know it's a unique
talent. If you're unable to attend an event, combing through his
backchannel material is the next best thing. I share his belief
that this type of content curation is only going to become more and
more important for learning professionals to understand and
participate in.
Over the next few weeks, David will be talking about Twitter and
content curation - so please jump into the discussion.
You can learn more about David over on his new, slick-looking
website or by following him on
Twitter @LnDDave.