You can’t help noticing it – people everywhere are using their cellphones, iPhones and Blackberries as much as (or more than) their laptops and desktop PCs to access web content. Here’s a good paper from a recent conference on learning technology that talks about the implications from the point of view of educational establishments (universities and colleges). It’s also going to affect businesses and government agencies, as well, as they absorb the millions of teenagers into the workforce over the next few years. MORE >>

When trying to change workplace behaviour patterns, training isn’t everything. Browsing around some blogs referenced on Twitter (see … it is useful for something!), I came across a blog run by a gentleman called Dave Ferguson where he talks about this very issue. In the blog’s “about&# page , he writes: … training deals only with skill-knowledge gaps, and those aren’t the only possible barriers to performance. Sometimes people know how to do their jobs, but still aren’t producing results. I’m not going to argue with any of those points. Information. MORE >>

Training isn’t immune from the changes that newspaper and book publishers are facing as production and distribution costs drop dramatically. These days, anyone can create a simple course at little to no cost (except their time) – especially if they choose a simple interface format such as LM-Light rather than a complex format like SCORM. There’s an excellent (as usual) post on this subject on Tony Karrer’s eLearning Technology blog. MORE >>

The UK education system is introducing robots to mark English examination papers starting next month, reports the Register. guess bribing them with an apple isn’t likely to work (if it ever did). MORE >>

Not sure if your CFO is going to accept this as a compelling reason to implement eLearning, but it’s interesting nevertheless. Learning Footprint has posted an online calculator which will help you to determine how much you could reduce your organization’s carbon footprint by reducing training-related travel and paper use. MORE >>