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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
This is the second in a series of posts for the business of learning. In my previous post, I spoke some about innovation and how it applies to the learning department < Learning Innovation, Keep Stumbling > and will save related topics on culture, leadership, and running the function as a business for future posts in a different series.
 
Thursday, July 8, 2010
This is the first in a five part series on managing learning teams and how to succeed in the ‘new normal’ of our industry. As the head of a learning function, global education, etc – I see five main components that are the lifeblood of the organization. Innovation. Strategic planning. Communication/Change Management. Execution. Evaluation.
 
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
SaaS VPs and line of business leaders are increasingly making strategic investments in learning portals, though the companies may not even have training departments. In fact, they sometimes start here, bypassing traditional training technologies and organizations completely. Why would they do this?
 

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The term ‘rapid elearning’ has befuddled me for some time. Beth's reference to "Rabid eLearning" in her recent blog post got me thinking about this topic once again. The fault merely lies in the interpretation – not the tools themselves. These tools have created a massive disruptive change in our field, and other tools today will continue to do so.
I have been in several discussions recently with clients, partners, and many in the training industry, and I have been hearing a common theme emerge: "I need a learning portal, not an LMS". What does this mean? insert name here) are synonymous. An LMS is built with administration, scheduling, and tracking in mind.
A really interesting post from Ross Dawson on Five key trends in how influence is transforming society. think that as informal and social learning becomes more commonplace in the enterprise, that we'll see a similar trend in the training space across these same five ideas. link]. Influence is democratized. Influence can be measured. Nuff said here.
This is the first in a five part series on managing learning teams and how to succeed in the ‘new normal’ of our industry. As the head of a learning function, global education, etc – I see five main components that are the lifeblood of the organization. Innovation. Strategic planning. Communication/Change Management. Execution. Evaluation.
If you could only ask one question before designing training what would it be about? Budget? Target audience? Objectives? While all these clearly inform design, the most important thing you need to know is “what problem is this course meant to solve?” If you don’t know the answer to this, the rest is meaningless. What needs to change? Market share.

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Thursday, July 29, 2010
We have been interacting with a number of clients, understanding their requirements and discussing possible learning solutions, and one thing that stands out in these discussions is the surge in the demand for mLearning solutions. have always believed that mLearning will be the future of eLearning and have also written about it here.
 
Thursday, July 29, 2010
If you are an elearning/ distance learning / online learning practitioner you should plan to join your peers and peeps at the 26th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning in Madison, WI August 4-6, 2010 at the Monona Terrace.
 
Thursday, July 29, 2010
So without further ado, here is my Third Annual Top 10 E-Learning Tools. My, how time flies. Learning Tools List – Top 10 for 2010 is a post from: E-Learning Curve Blog.
 

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Most would agree that Twitter was one of the social networking phenomena of 2008, and has enjoyed exponential growth in popularity. The microblogging tool has obvious potential to be used in formal learning, both in traditional online classroom settings and - through mobile technologies - for mobile learners. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar).
In a recent conversation, I was asked what I thought about twitter as a learning tool. Over the course of the past few years I’ve moved from saying “I don’t get it” – to feeling like it’s a good addition to my Learning Tool Set. But I also think that there’s a lot more help now around how to make effective use of Twitter as a learning tool.
My collection of eLearning Articles, White Papers, Blog Posts, etc. just reached 100. Thought I'd share. No particular order to these. Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory 2. Keeping Up with the Pace of Change Informal learning will help employees survive in the future workplace 3. Understanding E-Learning 2.0 Web 2.0: Web 2.0
Update 2/6/2008 based on recent Top eLearning Posts It can be daunting to visit a blog for the first time. The author(s) have been writing individual articles for months or years. This is my attempt to help you get a sense of topics of my blog and find some of the more interesting past articles. Comments are very much welcome. Topics eLearning 2.0
Second Life truly is a phenomenon. It is exactly what the name and vision imply: an example of a parallel "multiverse". People will learn much in it, as they might alternatively learn via participating on a real -world sports team, running a real-world lemonade stand, or walking around a great real-world city. Supporting mentor/supervisor/guides.