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2019 eLearning Predictions – Hype Curve

Web Courseworks

The hype cycle theory holds that new concepts and technologies are initially little known, and thus little discussed, when they emerge from their Innovation Trigger – the point at which someone dreams them up, and only a small group of cognoscenti knows of them. Here is this year’s eLearning hype curve: About the Hype Cycle.

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The Average Joe imperative

E-Learning Provocateur

I was so impressed with the technology – and amazed at its availability for free! In fact, while we experienced a peak of inflated expectations with Second Life, and then the trough of disillusionment, I don’t think as a profession we ever reached the slope of enlightenment, let alone the plateau of productivity.

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eLearning Hype Curve: Our Predictions for 2019

Web Courseworks

The hype cycle theory holds that new concepts and technologies are initially little known, and thus little discussed, when they emerge from their Innovation Trigger – the point at which someone dreams them up, and only a small group of cognoscenti knows of them. The Gartner Hype Cycle is the underlying theory of this project.

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Neuroscience and the Hype Cycle

Learningtogo

I recently attended a major conference of learning professionals and was surprised to hear one of the keynote speakers say, “Neuroscience has nothing to offer educational psychology today.” the research and consulting firm, has identified a pattern related to the introduction of new technology called the Hype Cycle. Gartner, Inc.,

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Niche Is the New Black: ASTD Conference Day 2

CLO Magazine

It’s also a great chance to catch up with friends outside the industry in the conference city. While I was in Orlando for ASTD’s 2011 International Conference and Expo I had the chance to have dinner with a couple of good friends I haven’t seen in a few years. SumTotal Systems picked up Geolearning at the beginning of 2011.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Web Courseworks

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. In eLearning, we are at the very start of the hype curve with distributed ledgers: we can imagine the technology solving one of our recurring problems.

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The LMS Market: Hotter than Ever

Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning

In the last 60 days I’ve had the opportunity to attend five major industry events which cover corporate learning: user group meetings at Plateau, Saba, SumTotal and Taleo and the HR Technology Conference. Read more» The post The LMS Market: Hotter than Ever appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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