A question I am constantly asked is “How long does it take to develop…&# you can fill in the rest with Instructor-led training, elearning, simulations, etc. Several people have attempted to answer that question in 2003 I gathered data and information about the times it takes to develop instruction and then my colleague Robyn Defelice and I explored the idea in 2009. so we wrote a follow up article, Reducing the Time to Develop One Hour of Instruction where Robyn and I looked at several reasons why it take so long and suggested some ideas to reduce that time. MORE >>

As in 2009, I’m going to divide my list into personal learning and course development. Course Development. This is the fifth year that Jane Hart has been collecting lists of top tools for learning. The list will be finalized on November 13, but you can see the ongoing results in this list. have contributed my lists in 2007 , 2008 , and 2009. You can contribute your top tools too. Personal Learning. Google Reader is still my main tool for personal learning. WordPress.com is my blogging platform of choice and a great tool for personal reflection. MORE >>

Some very interesting topics came up in the facilitated Think Tanks, and I wanted to share some of the predictions that were developed from these active group discussions regarding where eLearning will go in the next ten years. This global influence will have an impact on the actions of eLearning leaders in the USA, i.e. globalization will impact all educational programs including professional development efforts. 2011 distance education eLearning future mobile learning predictionsOpen universities in Asia, for example, have over a ½ million students enrolled. MORE >>

How On Target Were My 2011 Predictions? It’s time once again to take stock of what happened in enterprise mobile learning and see if any of my 2011 predictions hit their intended targets. If 2010 was the year of the pilot, 2011 will be the year of the deployment. 2011 proved to be another year more focused on the pilot project rather than the production deployment for enterprise mobile learning solutions. The BYOD movement certainly gained momentum in 2011 across a simple majority of enterprise organizations we work with too. a.k.a. On the Target – But Barely. MORE >>

I was really impressed with the demo of Articulate Storyline at the Learning Solutions 2011 conference this month. In fact I understand they are currently in development of the next version of Studio. Tom Kuhlmann gave a nice personalized walk through of what the product can do. Here are some of the highlights I remember: It has the same easy user interface you would expect from Articulate but it is much more powerful. Tom created an Engage type interaction in just 1 or 2 minutes. It contains the ability to do screen snapshots and videos. Articulate MORE >>