Last night’s #lrnchat seemed to have even more participants than previous ones, including the one described in eLearn Magazinee by Dave Ferguson and Christy Pettit. It felt more like a cocktail party – with a mention of drinks even. But no hors d’oeuvres or dancing.
Since I missed most of it (other demands: bedtime stories and the like), I turned to a participant who did not seem to miss a tweet, Clark Quinn, who summarized:

The topic was organizational equivalents of the ePortfolio use in the academic world. The range of knowledge about ePortfolios surprised me; many people seemed unfamiliar with the concept. On the other hand, that made it a great learning occasion, which is a frequent occurrence.
There are always new people, it seems, and it seems they take a bit to get up to speed, then start pitching in. Most seem to get it, though I suspect a few get overwhelmed by the flow.
The topic really got me thinking about what would constitute the components of an ePortfolio, and I considered things like independent task performance, work-based task performance (both always with a reflective component on the thinking underlying the choice of approach), 360 perspective on performance.
Jay Cross noted that it’s about your network, indicating that part of your portfolio might be who you know. I took that in a separate direction, thinking about having people indicate who they respect in the area, who’s theories they follow, etc.
Realize that many other conversational threads are often going at one time!
As always, people crack jokes left and right, too, sometimes topic related, sometimes deliberately misinterpreting a statement. Jay’s comment led to a subsequent crack: “Sorry, dude, your social network is not the caliber we’re looking for in this position.”
All in all, rapid fire learning and fun with a lively and aware crew.

Thanks, Clark, and also thank you to the people who said hi to me. No one wants to be a wallflower.
Anyone agree – chat is such a blase term – #lrnparty next Thursday?