Additionally, there are many organizations today that don’t have the proper infrastructure to support video in eLearning. Mobile Development – I will echo the same thing here…many organizations are not set up to deliver anything mobile let alone mobile learning. Several predictions and forecasting models show mobile (smart phones, tablets, etc.) will be mainstream by 2020 and the keyboard and mouse that we so affectionately love today will be archaic devices. You begin with an initial meeting to determine the overall performance outcome. MORE >>

link] December 2-4, 2009 Online Educa Berlin International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training, 15 th , Hotel InterContinental, Berlin, Germany. link] December 14-16, 2009 International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia (MoMM2009), 7 th , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. link] January 20-22, 2010 Mobility, Individualisation, Socialisation, Connectivity (MISC), London, United Kingdom. link] January 20-22, 2010 Performance Management Training Forum , sponsored by the American Strategic Management Institute, Arlington, Virginia, USA. MORE >>

During the EDGE2011 conference, Ernst & Young, came out with a report called 40 million by 2020: Preparing for a new paradigm in Indian Higher Education , building on its earlier report with FICCI  (Making Indian Higher Education Future Ready, 2009). The data supports the arguments and there is a coherent case made for five game changers in Higher Education – Financial innovation, use of ICT/technology, focus on research, thrust on vocational education & training (VET) and changes to the regulatory framework. India’s 2020 target is 30% GER. MORE >>

Laura will also be a panelist at the Brightwave Keynote debate on the 26th of January: A road map to 2020: How can learning technologies support fast-changing business practice? with Certpoint ,Wed26th , 12:30 - 13:00 - Theatre 2 (1st floor) Mobile learning: who, where, when, what, why, and how!, Theatre 7 (grd floor) New dimensions in learning design, with LINE Communications , wed 26th, 12:45 - 13:15 Theatre 8 (grd floor) Mind the content management gap, with Plateau Systems , Wed26th 13:15 - 13:45 Theatre Going Mobile with Epic 26th Jan, 15.30-16.00 MORE >>

That there is a disconnect between where learning investments are made and where enterprise learning occurs carries implications for organizational performance. Learn or Lose For many of today’s learning organizations, how they manage and support learning is inadequate to meet the needs of tomorrow’s workforce. For instance, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2020, nearly half of the U.S. Only by enabling informal learning will organizations meet demands for greater flexibility and more learner-driven content. If so, it has defined outcomes. MORE >>