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Learning Light’s eLearning Market Review 2014

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'Learning Light has recently released their 4th report on the state of the elearning market, with a focus on UK, rest of Europe and China. This is a comprehensive report that includes detailed information on how elearning is evolving. It is good to see that after the economic devastation we have recently felt, the elearning industry is now growing again, I know that this is probably at the expense of the ‘face2face’ training industry, but this was inevitable as year on year technology advances a

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Emotions Controlled

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'Some people would say that the word ‘Control’ could be interpreted as negative or aggressive. While this may be true, when we talk about emotional intelligence it becomes an incredibly important word, especially around expressing emotions. After a difficult interaction we often think back and wonder whether if we had acted differently, changed the way we said something, or maybe even listened better, would the outcome have been different?

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Welcome to Zephyr’s Blog

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'The EmoteControl team (Zephyr and University of Bradford) discussing, planning and strategising the development of Emotional Intelligence within the learning technology world. Our blog will take you through our journey to date, the importance of EI, our views of Emotion Detection, and all other aspects relating to Emotions and Emotional Intelligence.

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mLearning: Smartphone statistics and the impact they have on learning

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'We are all aware of the growth of the smartphone industry and whether consciously or not, are now witnessing the impact this is having on learning. Mobile learning (mlearning) has been around for a long time and I remember seeing the first mlearning course on a ‘Palm’ PDA in 2002. There have been a lot of changes since then and with the amazing advances in technology, especially the battle between iOS and Android, we can now truly bring mlearning to life and push it far beyond the novelty days

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What eLearning Strategy?

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'I had a conversation with someone recently (we will call her Ann) who gave me her view of elearning within her organisation. We didn’t talk much about the look and feel of the elearning solutions she encountered, but more about the ability to access the learning. Ann’s role is busy, since 2008 when corporate focus was about ‘steading the ship’ she felt that accountability and pressure to perform with fewer staff had increased dramatically.

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Shaping an eLearning Solution

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'Developing elearning tends to focus on three areas – content, design and technology, which really is a given, but there is no strategic substance to focus our vision and desired outcomes. Making elearning work is a challenge, and I know from experience that there is very little emphasis placed on the people who will be taking the learning! There are three alternative areas where much of your focus should be directed when placing elearning on the path for success: Engagement.

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eLearning Part 4 – Learner Perceptions and eLearning Delivery

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'The success of elearning can be attributed to the quality of what is created and delivered. However, the constant changes in media technology and our ever evolving ‘information accessing’ behaviour is certainly testing the viability of any created elearning solution. Developing today’s elearning requires us to understand how we interact with information, but more importantly how we interact with the platform of delivery.