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The Long Tail backlash, exposing flaws in mainstream media

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

I think for the most part anyone with a small entrepreneurial bone in their body instinctively understands the concept of the long tail. Chris Anderson, the author of The Long Tail, writes this post in response the Wall Street Journal article that tries (unsuccessfully) to tear down the book and the concept.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

No more lazy professors, no more specious journal articles. Content providers will wag the long tail. There’s nowhere to hide on the global stage, and cutting-edge expertise will be one of the few aspects that a university will have to distinguish itself from the others. Universities will flip their classrooms.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

No more lazy professors, no more specious journal articles. Content providers will wag the long tail. There’s nowhere to hide on the global stage, and cutting-edge expertise will be one of the few aspects that a university will have to distinguish itself from the others. Universities will flip their classrooms.

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Day 4 - Man.I'm just getting warmed up! (and a shocker!)

Mark Oehlert

found via an article in the Wall Street Journal) turns out that a Harvard professor has found out that the arguments put forward by WIRED editor Chris Anderson in The Long Tail, might not be exactly spot on. " Elberse writes that "It is therefore highly disputable that much money can be made in the tail.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Day 4 - Man.Im just getting warmed up! (and a shocker!)

Mark Oehlert

found via an article in the Wall Street Journal) turns out that a Harvard professor has found out that the arguments put forward by WIRED editor Chris Anderson in The Long Tail, might not be exactly spot on. " Elberse writes that "It is therefore highly disputable that much money can be made in the tail.

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Listen: Discover Financial Services’ Jon Kaplan on tuition assistance programs and the importance of building trust among your learning team

CLO Magazine

Like me, you came into this job not from a learning and development background but more from a media and journalism background. That’s a lot of what I took away from both hearing him speak in Chicago as well as working on his profile article. For people out there, what does a managing editor do? Can you explain that, for them?

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10 Effective Content Marketing Strategies for Edtech Business

Think Orion

Our article looks closely at the importance of content marketing for Edtech businesses and how education tech businesses grow using it. In addition, he offers development workshops for teachers and contributes articles in other Edtech journals. Why Do Edtech Businesses Need a Content Marketing Strategy?

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