in 2009). And speaking of mobile learning, don't forget about the eLearning Guild's mLearnCon conference coming up June 21-23 in San Jose, California. Well if you ever had any doubts about the growing popularity of mobile learning , this report should put those to rest. Ambient Insight have published a revision of last year's US Mobile Learning industry report which covered 2009-2014, this time covering 2010-2015. Back last year I wrote this post covering the stats from their August 2010 report. in 2010 (this figure was $632.2M The growth rate for this sector is now 29.3%. MORE >>

Patterson from the University of California , Berkeley wonders whether organizations will get better long-term focus if they get scientists and engineers on board. It’s a blog musing of an academic, it is but supported with anecdotal evidence, but it certainly is an intriguing thought. Computer Science Professor David A. No prizes for guessing the blogger’s educational background, and while this does tend to dilute the power of the argument quite significantly, the premise does sounds like a good topic for some serious research and analysis. MORE >>

Their model of situated learning proposed that learning involved a process of engagement in a 'community of practice' Jean Lave was (and is) a social anthropologist with a strong interest in social theory, based at the University of California, Berkeley. in artificial intelligence from the University of California at Irvine. Accessed January 14, 2009]. 2003, 2009) 'Communities of practice', the encyclopedia of informal education , www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm. ideas ? thinkers ? In other words we learn. cit. ). The community. MORE >>

Palo Alto, California: Fearon Publishers. In a previous post I wrote about the dynamics of ISD in response to Ellen Wagner's blog in which she noted that the biggest complaint about ADDIE is that it is too linear. In her post Ellen states that ADDIE is a process model, not a learning model. That's quite true, but now we have to ask what is the purpose of that process? And it is not instruction , but rather learning. That is, instruction is the means but learning is the real goal. Since learning is the true purpose of ISD or ADDIE, then it has to be even more robust. design. evaluation. MORE >>

Barbara White , Professor, University of California, Berkeley. Suw Charman-Anderson is the catalyst behind Ada Lovelace Day , “an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology.”. Suw described Lovelace as someone who understood that computers could do a lot more than crunch numbers. think our little corner of the blogosphere – the edusphere – has a fair amount of women who understand that “learning technology” encompasses a much broader definition of both learning and technology. Here are some notable women in the field. Wow, what a list! Lynn V. Liz B. MORE >>