The aim of the L&D 2020 project is to explore how Learning & Development in organisations might change over the next five to ten years, particularly focusing on the implications for L&D professionals. National learning – UK Plc is struggling and the government is driving the learning and well-being agenda, companies are reluctant to invest in training. Out of a short series of workshops and dialogue with other colleagues came a number of emerging conclusions, the third element of this first phase of the project. Emerging conclusions L&D is changing and will

The following video is a vision of the future, as predicted by MOCOM 2020 –which describes its organization as “an open think tank about mobile media worldwide”. If there is enough interest I’d like to put together a tutorial or mini-workshop on the subject. MOCOM 2020 Ready or not, mobile media and communication look like they’re here to stay. It’s probable that more schools and  instructors in the near future will make more of their content accessible through mobile devices.

AICC, IMS, SCORM) How are learning objects and multimedia supported? Of course, there are many other questions to developing a LMS Request for Tender. Comparison of LMS by Product Name or Feature EduTools, an open resource created to help educators and administrators research and evaluate a wide range of e-learning products, services, and policies. [ use LMS compare tool now ] Learning Management Systems in the Work Environment Practical considerations for the selection and implementation of

link] January 21-23, 2010 Technology for Innovation and Education in Developing Countries (TEDC 2010) Workshop, 6th, Maputo, Mozambique. [link] link] February 15-18, 2010 International Workshop on Intelligent, Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (IMIS2010), Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Cracow College, Krakow, Poland. [link] link] March 4-6, 2010 Information Fluency Workshop, New Orleans, Clayton Wright just sent me his incredible annual list of eLearning Conferences . Clayton publishes this as a Word document but does not publish it

8216;By 2020 over 50% of all courses will be delivered online’ Converting Live Workshops to an Online Course (Part II) - Web Courseworks , March 7, 2010 When you are taking a live workshop and putting it online, you do not have the pressure of designing a sixteen-week curriculum like K-16 educators — All you have to do is cover the equivalent of four to six hours of instruction. The challenge is the intangibles of face to face — the social behavior like bonding and talking. Best of eLearning Learning March 1, 2010 to March 14, 2010

Here is a taster of some of the events coming up: 16th November - L&D 2020 - Shaping change in workplace learning ( Training Journal 1 day event, Cambridge) This event is a continuation of the important programme of work focussing on the critical skills of L&D professionals moving forward. For more information - [link] 2 – 4 Dec - Online Educa Berlin (International conference , Berlin) If you are able to get to Berlin this December ( 09), we’d love to see you atOnline Educa Berlin – they have a very strong focus on work place e-learning this

CoachingOurselves Free 2hr Workshop for Individual Managers Wednesday, Learning & Development 2020 – almost passed me by - Clive on Learning , September 14, 2009 Best of eLearning Learning September 11, 2009 to September 18, 2009 Upcoming Free eLearning Webinars

This conference round up provides a summary of some of the future directions outlined by industry expert Bob Mosher and some practical hints and tips from the workshops. The challenge - from training deliverer to broker & facilitator ‘The economy is rocking a conservative industry [L&D]’ said Bob Mosher, Global Chief of Learning Strategy and Evangelist with Learning Guide solutions who opened the conference with a challenge - ‘We live in interesting times – Learning and Development professionals are being asked to do more with less and yet businesses