survey conducted by The MASIE Center earlier this year indicates a similar trend. If you're like the majority of organizations who responded to The MASIE Center survey, you may be intrigued by what Web 2.0 By Shelley A. Gable. think we've all heard the buzz about social and collaborative learning. Based on their research, Bersin & Associates suggests that "modern" corporate training organizations are transitioning to collaborative, talent-driven learning. Many blog posts have contemplated how Web 2.0 technologies can enhance workplace learning. The technologies of Web 2.0 MORE >>

» March 04, 2009 Mobile learning at last? Today, the more than half a billion mobile telephones connected to the Internet every day have changed expectations about what it takes to capture and share “occasionally connected” digitally distributed experiences involving images, animations, games, movies, videos, and music regardless of physical location. Texting and instant messaging have replaced e-mail as the preferred mode for personal digital communications for the under 40 crowd. What is the Mobile Web going to mean for learning? Which.I Your comment has not yet been posted. MORE >>

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Ten years ago Elliott Masie led a workshop for eLearning vendors at the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle. Honchos from dozens of top-tier eLearning companies filled the lecture theater. Everybody was new at this, so we spent a lot of time on nuts and bolts. Elliott asked for a show of hands: How many of us had actually completed a module of eLearning in order to learn something? Watching a demo didn’t count.) Less than half of those in the room raised their hands. Most of the senior people from these companies had never experienced the product! don’t teach. MORE >>

If you only have time to read one of these items, don’t miss the article by Jay Cross and Jon Husband in the July 2009 issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine. First, Elliott Masie's column titled "Time to Step Up: Learning's Role During Layoffs,"  covered a topic I'd never really put much thought towards: What are the roles of the learning department during layoffs? It’s time for another edition of the Learning and Development Roundup! See also volumes one , two , and three.). But I've also experienced many less-than-great virtual events too. MORE >>