June, 2012

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5 Tips For Managing Effective Blended Learning Through An LMS

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How often have we heard our clients lament about the main function of the Learning Management Systems (LMSs) – that they are largely concerned with the management of learning rather than the process of learning itself? Very often, if you ask me. However, after having seen a number of LMS implementations across various industries, I am of the opinion that an LMS can be smartly used to deliver effective blended learning that focuses primarily on the process of learning.

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New Mobile Learning Research

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ASTD last week released its new research report, titled ‘ Mobile Learning – Delivering Learning in a Connected World ‘, which we are very pleased to have sponsored. The report is based on the analysis of responses to an ASTD/i4cp survey of over 500 business and learning professionals apart from insights gathered from interviews conducted with representatives of several organizations in Feb/Mar’12.

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Microsoft Surface: Will It Help mLearning?

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Yesterday Microsoft finally unveiled its new tablet called Surface. It seems to have made a solid first impression , which is good news for Microsoft given this one represents several firsts for Microsoft. I thought it looks stunning especially with the Windows 8 UI. Will it help Mobile Learning? I see it making a big push in mobile learning because Microsoft Surface simply makes integration of mobile devices into an existing ecosystem much easier.

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New Learning Technology Research – Be A Part Of It

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Very recently we partnered with Towards Maturity as a part of their Ambassador Programme. The reason? Quite simple. We have always believed in helping organisations perform better by effective use of learning technologies. Towards Maturity’s independent industry benchmark reports effectively help organisations to identify and adopt effective practices in workplace learning.

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mLearnCon 2011 Recap

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We’ll be attending and exhibiting at mLearnCon 2012 in San Jose, California next week. It promises three days of huge learning – intense ideation, discussion and information exchange for those interested in mLearning. We’ve had great conferences over the last couple of years, and there were some posts to the blog at that time. It’s a great time to quickly recap those: First Impressions: mLearnCon 2011 Exposition.

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Tin Can: My First impressions from mLearnCon 2012

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I attended a session by Aaron Silvers, Community Manager at Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL). The session interestingly was titled ‘Design of the Possible: Powered by the Tin Can API’. Given below is a short summary of what I gathered from this session and is my first impression. Post the summary I also raise a few questions. Skimming through the session notes and reading about Tin Can, some of these questions have become stronger.

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More Mobile Numbers

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This popped up in my feeds today, quite interesting to note how mobile computing and networks are becoming the dominant technology. Telecom infrastructure vendor Ericsson came out with some interesting numbers: 85% of the world will see 3G/4G in 2017. Gigaom has an interesting infographic showing the numbers in interesting light -. The Ericsson – Traffic and Market Report for June 2012 can be found here. “85 percent of the world’s population will have internet coverage via 3G by 2017 and t

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