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Shaping an eLearning Solution

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Developing elearning tends to focus on three areas – content, design and technology, which really is a given, but there is no strategic substance to focus our vision and desired outcomes. Making elearning work is a challenge, and I know from experience that there is very little emphasis placed on the people who will be taking the learning!

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Learning in your Pocket!!

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Whilst I cannot claim to coin the phrase (Learning in your Pocket), I can however give you my interpretation of what it could mean for the future of elearning. For years the elearning world has been afflicted with poor delivery of learning, and elearning has often been perceived as boring, meaningless, and lifeless. eLearning apps?

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mLearning: Smartphone statistics and the impact they have on learning

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We are all aware of the growth of the smartphone industry and whether consciously or not, are now witnessing the impact this is having on learning. Mobile learning (mlearning) has been around for a long time and I remember seeing the first mlearning course on a ‘Palm’ PDA in 2002. We need to take this in to account for learning too.

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What is eLearning: Part 1 – An Overview

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Over the last 15 years elearning has evolved, maybe not at the pace needed, but as the opportunities of better technologies, more platforms and effective learning techniques have opened up, elearning is now becoming a more structured albeit a more complex industry. There is almost a science around elearning and how to make it work.

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eLearning Part 4 – Learner Perceptions and eLearning Delivery

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When we access content/information from a platform we have a pre-established perception of how that information should be delivered; understanding this is essential to creating a successful elearning strategy. Mistakes are already being made with mobile learning. Take the approach of: we Explore, we Learn, we Socialise.

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eLearning Part 3 – What does elearning look like today?

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What we are definitely saying is that elearning will become much more structured as we become more able to identify the right delivery mechanism relative to the content, needs and skill. Our business, learning, performance and budget needs dictate that elearning has to work. It is not just mobile learning making its impact felt.

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Are you getting eLearning’s Full Potential?

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From the CIPD survey (Learning and Talent Development 2013), it suggests that only one in three (31%) organisations found that most of their employees had completed their elearning courses. Making learning engaging for its audience has got to be the highest priority. Mobile technology has a lot to do with this.