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Picky, picky

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

However, the term didn’t really catch on until October 1999 when CBT Systems was reborn as Smartforce, the e-Learning Company. “In the mid 1990s we entered what I call the ‘blended and informal learning’ era&# may be typo. Josh should know; he wrote the book.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

Learning Visions

Incremental changes There are always reactions to change and resistance: Western Union -- "the phone has too many shortcomings Established Product vs. Disruptive Change Companies get worried and make "strategic changes" in their product -- add a new feature -- this is whats happened with established e-learning companies.

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