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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

Elliott Masie Learners as designers. Situated learning (learning within context in a community of practice) grows thanks to augmented mobile reality. Virtual classrooms and smart-boards are used in a more student-centered way (not putting all the attention to one person up-front=bad). Learning apps. Video galore.

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Merger mania in and around eLearning

The Learning Circuits

So a virtual meeting company buys a collaboration company. And a communication services company buys a collaboration company. Looks like the convergence that Elliott Masie has been talking about taking place is finally happening. A LMS company buys another LMS company. Or as BusinessWeek recently put it - The Power of Us.