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10 Great Moments in eLearning History

SHIFT eLearning

eLearning didn''t happen overnight. There are moments in history that contribute to the inevitable birth of eLearning. So in an effort to weave a story of how eLearning came to be, here are some bits of history worth recalling. 1999: The Word eLearning was Born. 2004: The Ascendancy of Web 2.0. Yes, the Web 2.0

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Merger mania in and around eLearning

The Learning Circuits

Looks like the convergence that Elliott Masie has been talking about taking place is finally happening. sorry for the rant but I have been concerned about the health of the eLearning industry over the last 2 years and I am glad to see this much needed consolidation taking place. A LMS company buys another LMS company.

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Free e-Learning books

eFront

65 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your e-Learning Budget - eLearning Guild In this eBook you will find: 65 Tips for Getting the Most out of Your e-Learning Budget Article - Do More With Less by Marcia L. 382 Tips on the SELECTION of an LMS or LCMS - eLearning Guild.is Ugur Demiray e-Learning Survival Guide by e-Learning Queen (a.k.a

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The key to understanding what’s going on

Jay Cross

Extreme swings toward technology and institutions were Taylor’s Scientific Management, robber barons, Business Process Reengineering, and narrowly-defined eLearning (removing all the people to make it work.) That observation is from 2004. Jay’s first eLearning Talk. From top-down control to bottom-up.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Catch Up Post: Virtual Worlds Saving Lives, Experience Design and an RFI for an MMO for NASA (acronym attack!)

Mark Oehlert

Experience-Enabling Design: An approach to elearning design : From a 2004 post from elearning post. In case you missed this in the past like 2 weeks and you happen to be looking to try out a suite of great aggregator products read this story or visit this site. Is Pedagogy Getting in the Way of Learning? From the land of Huh?

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Here at ASTD.first session reviews.Ruth Clark and Tony Karrer.

Mark Oehlert

Talks about a meta-analysis (Bernard et al 2004) on distancev classroom….most eLearning 2.0 Why are we still asking the question– which is better f2f or e-learning? Are we seriously still ignoring theartifice of that inquiry? Which is better when? Chess Research: Great. Second session: Tony Karrer on Web 2.0/eLearning