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There are a series of low cost downloadable licensed videos which explain the key concepts of social networking available for $US20 each from Commoncraft.com. They can be previewed on line at no charge with no registration requirements or any of the other annoying things that go with sampling on line product.

This one explains Twitter.

Others in the series explain:

• RSS in Plain English
• Wikis in Plain English
• Blogs in Plain English
• Social Bookmarking in Plain English
• Social Networking in Plain English
• Photo Sharing in Plain English

Those used to purchasing high quality training videos will see a dramatic shift in pricing from the $1000 plus charge that we are used to, without any real loss in quality.

The delivery method - via download is also incredibly convenient.

I found out about the videos through a post to the Yahoo group TRDev, in a  contribution from Michael Greer, who hosts the site Bestfreetraining.net.

The American Society for Training and Development is a well respected organisation with members world-wide. their Cascadia chapter provides regular pod casts which will be of interest to trainers.

Recent topics include:

• Right Brain Fitness
• Personal Learning Environments
• Transformation Through Change
• Vocal Power
• and for those in the health sector: Training That Can Kill

The podcasts can be downloaded from ASTD Podcast Central then played on your computer or MP3 player.

Even if you are interested in the content of the individual podcasts, it may provide an introduction to another new form of learning.