I’ve just seen Jane Bozarth’s terrific column at Learning Solutions, Content Becomes Its Own Context. As she read David Byrne’s How Music Works , she writes, “I found I could pretty much substitute the word “content” for the word ‘music’ in many of his ideas.” ” I don’t plan to summarize her article here, so you’ll have to read it for yourself. may have to read Byrne’s book. certain enjoyed Daniel Levitin’s This is Your Brain on Music , which I wrote about almost five years ago. Generic musing MORE >>

What are the biggest challenges facing business leaders today? Recently this question was put to a group of CEOs, general managers and senior public sector officials from around the globe in a survey conducted by IBM. Not surprisingly, the challenge most often cited by these business leaders was managing the increasing rate of change within their environment. Most business leaders recognize that change is both unavoidable and potentially beneficial. Change leads to opportunity, for those willing to embrace it. The right LMS can be used to share valuable content with suppliers and vendors. MORE >>

This post continues my commentary to the Learning Insights 2012 Report produced by Kineo for e.learning age magazine. The ninth of ten 'insights' is that ‘Learner journeys need to become seamless'. Although you should really read what the report has to say on this topic, the gist is that employees want easy access to information that is relevant to their job responsibilities. I'm not convinced this is anything to do with 'learner journeys', more a continuation of the experiences they have come to expect in their everyday interactions with Google, YouTube, Wikipedia and the like. features. MORE >>

by Kevin Siegel    After inserting an object onto a Captivate slide, you have multiple ways that you can control when the object appears on the slide. For instance, you can change the  Appear After  timing for the selected object on the  Properties  panel,  Timing  group.       You can also drag the left edge of the object left or right on the Timeline to change the Appear After time.  At the top of the Timeline, click at the exact time where you want an object to first appear. Looking to learn Captivate quickly? MORE >>

For all you folks running WordPress, it’s time to update. Biggest new feature is an overhauled media manager, which has been a long time coming. Technology MORE >>