Cisco recently released their Connected World Technology Report in which they interviewed college students and young professionals from around the world to see exactly what the internet means to them. This accompanying infograhic shows some of the results and the new priorities that are changing the way they view and interact with the world, including  nonstop socialization. And as they enter and rise in the workplace, their attitudes can spread to gain traction in other demographics; are we seeing a new world order? John Hillsman. Business Development Manager. John.hillsman@interactyx.com. MORE >>

One of the concepts in training that has taken the biggest strides this year has been that of the “flipped classroom.” My colleague Jon Matejcek first covered it back in March in his article “ Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of the Classroom.” Essentially, the idea is to upend the traditional teaching model of classroom lecture followed by personal practice at home. Instead, instructors can deliver lectures via YouTube as homework, and then spend the next day in class helping their pupils work through sticking-points. million, respectively. MORE >>

Inspired by JaneHart’s Top100 Articles of 2011 , I thought I should put down at least the top 50 thathas made me reflect and ponder in the past one year, has changed the way I dothings and shaped quite a bit of my work-life decisions. Not all the posts havebeen written in 2011, but since I either stumbled across them in 2011 or readthem with greater appreciation this year, I thought it fair to include these inthe list. have divided them across five categories for easy reference. From the categories, you willbe able to see what has influenced me the most in the past one year. approaches? MORE >>

No doubt you’ve heard at least a whisper about HTML5 over the last year. It’s a Flash-killer. It’s the only way to get multimedia on mobile devices. It’s not going to be ready for use until 2022. It’s going to save the world. There’s a lot of hype. One thing that complicates the situation is that the spec is still technically undergoing revision, even as it’s currently being used in web development projects around the world. As of January 2011, it’s considered a “living standard,” and browsers are continuing to change as the spec is revised. So what’s an elearning designer—or developer—to do? MORE >>

This is a longer post launching my week in the #change11 MOOC (Massively Open Online Course).  . Our formal learning approaches too often don’t follow how our brains really work.  We have magic now; we can summon up powerful programs to do our bidding, gaze through webcams across distances, and bring anyone and anything to pretty much anywhere. Our limitations are no longer the technology, but our imaginations. The question is, what are we, and should be, doing with this technology? like to look at this a couple of ways. Stop and ask yourself that.  Go ahead, I’ll wait.  And feel free to share! MORE >>