Fortunately, systems like Oracle eBusiness Suite and SAP are becoming much more flexible. Electronic Performance Support EPSS ERP Training Informal Learning performance support Training Development web-based trainingLet’s say for a minute that our most important job as instructional designers is to create simplicity and relevancy out of chaos—the chaos of way too much information. To that end, I’d like to suggest that building a well-designed learning portal is the cornerstone to all learning solutions. convenient location in the moment of need. 24/7 availability. MORE >>

Oracle has got the " Oracle Social Network " product. In a typical organisation you might find the IT team promoting Sharepoint, business managers promoting Salesforce, Internal Communications promoting Yammer, Learning & Development promoting Saba Social Learning , HR promoting Oracle, and your R&D mavericks promoting BuddyPress. It seems like every corporate tool now has some element of social media contained within it. Sharepoint 2010 comes with a range of community tools (blogs, ratings, tagging etc). Yammer , Socialcast and Fusion Universal's Fuse. MORE >>

Android gives developers the oppurtunity to leverage their development skills, while also building an exciting and active community, just as ground breaking as Java. Oracle Fusion is on its way to the first release and the Information Development team is busy, extremely busy. I never thought I'll write about learning games and mobile learning until I bought my Android. People have asked me, why Android? My answer has been that I love Android as it is breaking new ground for mobile computing and open technologies. I truly believe open technologies are the future! MORE >>

Sreya Dutta is a senior information developer for Oracle’s Fusion team.  Interviews collaboration Collaborative Learning corporate training instructional design learning communities online learning technology training and developmentShe has extensive experience in instructional design and content creation. People can find her on her blog , Twitter account , or LinkedIn profile. In your experience as an instructional designer, have you run into any challenges when writing curricula? The main challenge I see is knowing precisely who your audience is.  MORE >>

Last week I met with 30+ of the major providers of talent management at the HR Technology Conference, and I also had the opportunity to spend time at OracleWorld in San Francisco - and want to mention a few of the big elephants entering the space: ADP and Oracle in particular, and then say a word about Silkroad. Vantage HCM is a totally integrated platform (SaaS based) built from internally developed systems (Workscape, VirtualEdge, and other tools). Oracle Fusion HCM : Flexible and Finally Here. The second elephant now in this market is Oracle. MORE >>