A couple of weeks ago I attended the ASTD 2010 International Conference and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois at McCormick Place. Global learning issues. Lastly, it;s not too late for you to experience at least some of the high value that the ASTD ICE 2010 event provided! Hosted by ASTD’s local "Chicagoland" Chapter , this year’s theme was “Find Your Value.” And with a wealth of learning and networking opportunities, I for one certainly did just that! First, some numbers, as reported from the official ASTD blog : Total attendance: 8,500. Attendee countries: 70+. MORE >>

While traveling, many of us don't know where to find the nearest wifi spot, hence paying through the nose to get on the internet with our mobile devices (well, some of us, like me). Sometimes I know where the nearest hotspot is, but in many cases and especially in a foreign country, I need to really search intensely to get WiFi hotspot location information. For all of us wanting to get to the nearest WiFi hotspot, there is a really nifty mobile software: WeF i. This easy to download application is available for Symbian, Windows Mobile and Android devices. MORE >>

In August 2010, Ambient Insight released a new report called " The US Market for Mobile Products and Learning: 2009-2014 Forecast and Analysis" with the subheading 'US Takes the Lead in the Global Mobile Learning Market: Consumers and Healthcare Buyers Drive the Market.' It is a US-centric report and there are some seriously good stats in it, so I've gathered together my favorites and quoted/paraphrased them below. Introductory Points: The US market for Mobile Learning products and services reached $632.2 million in 2009. and revenues will reach $14 billion by 2014. Schnicker. MORE >>

LMS Products of the Year 2010. Extended Enterprise 2010 System of the Year. We are in a global marketplace – you may be #1 in France, but that does not mean it will last forever, because a vendor from the U.K. lot of great products out there this year, new updates and latest versions; new companies, new services and just some real innovation. These standout to me. include Learning Portals, LCMSs, as part of the mix. Categories. Big Dog (Saba, SumTotal, Plateau, Cornerstone OnDemand, Learn.com). Open Source Systems – That have to be 100% free to be considered. MORE >>

Global markets. Often misleading in a vendor’s pitch is that they are truly global, when in fact nothing could be farther than the truth.  angle with their global perspective, they do so in limited fashion.  conducted a survey, which  found that 45% of companies planned to incorporate social learning into their LMS/LCMS by the end of 2010. From Pew Research Center 2010. The biggest users of social media – and not going away any time soon is people in their 20′s (Pew, July 2010). They are in no particular order.  Europe, U.K., The U.K. MORE >>