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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | ELEMENT K BLOG MAY 13, 2011 Where is Mobile Learning Most Helpful? In my previous post, I considered the question of "Who can benefit from mobile learning first?" " Now I'd like to consider mobile learning from another angle: Where is mobile learning most helpful? After all, if you are sitting at your desk, using a robust laptop or desktop computer with access to all of your learning resources, then you won’t have as much need for learning on a smartphone or tablet device. " In discussing this question, I always like to split it into two main categories. Retail employees: Where a laptop is not practical, a smartphone certainly could be. | ELEMENT K BLOG MAY 18, 2011 What Kinds of Content Can Be Used for Mobile Learning? In my previous two posts, I considered the questions of "Who can benefit from mobile learning first?" " and "Where is Mobile Learning Most Helpful?" " Now I'd like to consider mobile learning from one more angle: What kinds of content can be used for mobile learning? But before describing specific examples, I’ll start by noting the broad applicability of mobile learning (learning while on the move, using highly portable devices such as smartphones or tablets). When people are expanding the breadth and depth of what they have learned (More). Book abstracts. | | | | | | | ELEMENT K BLOG MAY 11, 2011 Who Can Benefit From Mobile Learning First? For the purposes of this blog post, I'll take "mobile learning" to mean learning that occurs via a handheld, highly portable device (like a smartphone or a tablet) and while the individual is away from a typical office environment where they would have access to a more robust personal computer. As organizations look to mobile learning to extend their learning and development initiatives and provide solutions to business performance challenges, a natural question arises. Who is likely to benefit from mobile learning first? Who are you helping by providing a mobile learning solution? | ELEMENT K BLOG OCTOBER 21, 2010 Conference Report: 2010 ASTD Chapter Leaders Conference I regularly attend and speak at various conferences in the Learning and Development industry (see this blog's Industry Events category for other conference reports). Recently, I attended a different sort of conference, one for leaders from the many local American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) chapters around the country. Find your closest local chapter here.) | ELEMENT K BLOG SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 17) It's time for another edition of the Learning and Development Roundup! See also previous editions at the archive page.) Measuring the Impact of Learning and Development Two recent items of note on the always challenging issue of measuring the impact of training, or learning and development activities more broadly. First, Josh Bersin's August column in the August issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine, "A Memorandum on Metrics," describes three trends found through his firm's ongoing research on training measurement. ROE is the ultimate indicator of value. | ELEMENT K BLOG OCTOBER 27, 2010 Web 2.0, Social Media, Enterprise 2.0, Social Learning…What's Next? In the past several years, in the area of "social" tools and technologies, I've witnessed the rise and fall of various related concepts and terms, both in the Learning and Development industry and in the business world more broadly. Let me spell out how I've experienced this over the past four years, and see if you've seen the same trends. But "Web 2.0" " involves. | | | | | | | | | -
ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2010 Twenty Favorite Education, Learning, and Development Quotations Nearly everybody loves a good quotation. don't mean the commonplace, tiresome, boring, or cliché quotes -- but truly good, powerful, inspiring, or thought-provoking quotes. And this desire for pithy wisdom is certainly not lessened by the emergence in recent years of technologies that encourage short messages, such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. People share a lot of things using these kinds of services (and their private Enterprise 2.0 cousins), ranging from personal comments and opinions, to links to blog postings or articles, and yes -- good quotations. The good teacher explains. MORE >> -
ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011 Learning Technologies 2011 Element K was delighted to again participate in the Learning Technologies 2011 conference held last recently in London. Now in its 12th year, this event showcased organizational learning and the technology used to support learning at work. We had plenty of traffic at our exhibit stand, and our outstanding Element K team in Europe did a great job keeping up with it. We noted that the conversations this year were generally at a deeper level than the ones in 2010. and Social Learning Best Practices," and "Blending Web 2.0 Technologies with Traditional Formal Learning." Industry Event MORE >> -
ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2010 Major Upcoming L&D Industry Conferences Few industry events are scheduled during the holiday season of late December and early January. But at this point, things are again kicking into high gear, so I thought it would be a good time to link back to my earlier posting from October 2008, titled "15 Tips for Making the Most of Learning Industry Conferences." " For more good tips, see also the recent ASTD blog posting "How to Make the Most Out of the Expo." " I'd also like to draw attention to three major L&D industry events that Element K will be participating in during coming weeks. MORE >> -
ELEMENT K BLOG | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2010 Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 18) It's time for another edition of the Learning and Development Roundup! See also previous editions at the archive page.) Jane Hart's Top Tools for Learning for 2010 Jane Hart's annual list, "Top 100 Tools for Learning," is now complete, and she has posted this year’s results online. As she has done in previous years, she has provided the complete list of results and also created a SlideShare presentation. This year she had more contributions than ever -- a total of 545 from learning professionals worldwide. 2010 Best in Breed List. In "Do You See?" MORE >> -
ELEMENT K BLOG | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2010 Free Videos for Learning and Development Professionals I recently wrote a blog post titled "Podcasts in the Learning and Development Industry" wherein I described and linked to several of the more popular and valuable podcasts for learning professionals. In this post I thought I'd do something similar for free video content, going beyond the excellent videos from CommonCraft that I've blogged about here. First I'll start with the intersection of the largest free video sharing site in the world, and the largest L&D organization in the US: the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). MORE >>
- Do You Leverage Your Passionate Learners? ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2010
- On the Garden Metaphor ELEMENT K BLOG | SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2010
- New Roles for Instructors, Instructional Designers, and Subject Matter Experts ELEMENT K BLOG | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 20) ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011
- Fictional Leaders as Excellent Leadership Role Models ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2010
- What Keywords are Searched for the Most? ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010
- Jane Hart's Social Learning Academy and the 2010 Tools Survey ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2010
- Reflections on ASTD ICE 2010 ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2010
- Element K Gets Moving in the 20th Rochester Chase Corporate Challenge ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 12) ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 21) ELEMENT K BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2011
- Podcasts in the Learning and Development Industry ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2010
- The Great LMS Debate ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 13) ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 9) ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010
- Consider the Benefits of Games and Gaming Concepts for Learning ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2011
- The 2009 Edition of Top 100 Tools for Learning ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009
- Reflections on 2010 and Predictions for 2011 ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 19) ELEMENT K BLOG | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2010
- Happy Birthday, YouTube! ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 10) ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010
- Ribbon Hero: An Embedded Game for Microsoft Office ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010
- On Finding a Job in the Learning and Development Industry ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 7) ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
- The Transition from Top Performer to Manager ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
- On Twitter in the Enterprise ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
- Everyone is Talking About Social Media ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
- A Common Craft Follow-Up ELEMENT K BLOG | THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 15) ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 14) ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 11) ELEMENT K BLOG | SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010
- Highly Recommended on Enterprise 2.0: Meeting Jessica ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010
- On Workplace Learning Today ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2010
- Celebrate ASTD Employee Learning Week! ELEMENT K BLOG | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010
- How Well Are You Dealing with Your Increasing Increases? ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 16) ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2010
- An IT Training Puzzle: Learning from Real Equipment, but Not at High Cost ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 8) ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009
- The Modalities of Blended Learning ELEMENT K BLOG | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
- Conference Reports: Recent CSTD and ASTD Events ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 6) ELEMENT K BLOG | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009
- The New Learning and Development Virtual Cocktail Party ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009
- On the Need for Reasonable Expectations for Social Media ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009
- Results from Masie's Survey on Learning Systems ELEMENT K BLOG | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2009
- Update on Twitter for Learning Professionals ELEMENT K BLOG | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
- Conference Report: SALT's Interactive Technologies Conference ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
- Learning and Development Roundup (Vol. 4) ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2009
- The Misuse of Common Terms in the Learning and Development Industry ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
- Upcoming Industry Conferences ELEMENT K BLOG | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009
- The When and What of M-Learning ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2009
- Welcome to SkillSoft! ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011
- Learning and Development Roundup (Vol. 5) ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
- The Value of Reflecting on the Weekly Lrnchat ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011
- On the Forgetting Curve and Ways to Improve Retention ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2010
- Learning and Development Roundup (vol. 6) ELEMENT K BLOG | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009
- Increasing Discussion of Learning Evaluation and ROI, Part 2 ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2009
- Increasing Discussion of Learning Evaluation and ROI, Part 1 ELEMENT K BLOG | SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009
- The Not-So-Common Virtues of the Common Craft Videos ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2009
- Learning and Development Roundup (Vol. 3) ELEMENT K BLOG | THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2009
- Canada and the Use of Web 2.0 Technologies for Learning and Development ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2009
- On Tony Karrer's Many e-Learning Resources ELEMENT K BLOG | THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009
- Learning and Development Roundup (Vol. 2) ELEMENT K BLOG | SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009
- The Rise of Webinars, Virtual Conferences, and Twitter Chats ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009
- New Industry Magazine: Government Elearning! ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009
- Learning and Development Roundup (Vol. 1) ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009
- Learning Survey Results: "In Uncertain Times" ELEMENT K BLOG | THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2009
- Happy New Year from Element K! ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2009
- Learning and Development During a Recession ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2009
- Learning Industry Blogs and a Primer on RSS ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2009
- More Predictions for 2009 ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2009
- Twitter, Twitter…Tweet, Tweet ELEMENT K BLOG | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2009
- Reflections on the Training 2009 Conference ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2009
- Top Learning Tools from the C4LPT ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009
- Reflections on the eLearning Guild Annual Gathering 2009 ELEMENT K BLOG | MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009
- Elliott Masie's Social Learning Survey ELEMENT K BLOG | FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2009
- Upcoming Element K Webinar on Adding Web 2.0 to your Blended Learning Solutions ELEMENT K BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009
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