Adler's recent article - Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 talks about the implications of the Long Tail on Education. Background If you are not familiar with the concept of the Long Tail, head over to take a look at the Long Tail article on Wikipedia. It's a pretty good introduction to the main concepts around John Seely Brown and Richard P. The article is definitely worth a read, and it got me to finally write about what I see as a crisis in corporate learning.

My collection of eLearning Articles, White Papers, Blog Posts, etc. 1. Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory 2. Keeping Up with the Pace of Change Informal learning will help employees survive in the future workplace 3. Understanding E-Learning 2.0 There are some very interesting changes going on in the world of e-learning that seem to have crept up on practitioners. 4. eLearn magazine: Feature Article Ten Web 2.0 just reached 100. Thought I'd share.

And I would suggest that there are a couple of interesting implications: Web-Based, Niche Authoring Tools I've claimed for a while (see Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-ups and Incredibly Cool! Vision of Future of Application and eLearning Development ) that the age of desktop / installed heavy authoring tools are going to lose out to web-based authoring tools that focus on particular niches and allow composition. I was contacted by Mike Hogan, the creator of Flashcard Friends . This is an interesting little application and might imply a few things

To do my review, I first looked at what I was writing about and what people were reading on my blog in 2008. Top 2008 Posts based on Read Counts: 100 eLearning Articles and White Papers Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 Test SCORM Courses with an LMS Request for Proposal (RFP) Samples Training Method Trends Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis SCORM Test Web 2.0 It's always interesting to look back at the past year - 2008, think about what has changed for me during the year, and think about what that means for the next year - 2009.

And surveys such as Web 2.0 Applications in Learning suggest that this will be scattered. There's considerable discussion throughout my blog around topics that relate to social / informal / learning 2.0: Formalizing and Investing in Informal Learning No Informal Learning and Blended Learning Mix - CLO Panel Surprises Action on Informal Learning - Leads to Great Questions Numbers and Informal Learning The Real Challenge around Informal Learning More on the Form of Informal The Paradox of Informal Learning (Form of Informal?)

Several of them I regularly talk about: Amara’s Law ( backstory ) states that " we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run. " and Adoption of Web 2.0 and eLearning 2.0 Great post by Dion Hinchcliffe - Twenty-two power laws of the emerging social economy where he discusses what Steve Balmer calls “the new normal”. Balmer talks about how a reset of economic expectations during the downturn has created an environment that is putting pressure on business to do more with less.

Over the past two years, I've worked with start-ups and corporations around the world who are grappling a bit with the impact of Web 2.0 One of the more interesting aspects of this is that I've really changed and refined what I advise both audiences in terms of their learning 2.0 Seven Key Aspects of Learning 2.0 on learning. strategy.

Interesting post by Dan Pontefract where he provides definitions of some different "2.0" It's worth taking a look at some of these: Enterprise 2.0 Definition (via Andrew McAfee ): the use of emergent social software platforms within companies, or between companies and their partners or customers HR & Org Implication: Enterprise 2.0 is the use of Web 2.0 definitions and the HR & Organizational impacts. concepts in an organization; thus, failure to drive its introduction may

So, if we have responsibility for informal learning, social learning, eLearning 2.0 , long tail learning , etc. So, it should look like: Tony Karrer - Safety Training Design or you could also include your blog name with something like: Tony Karrer - Safety Training Design : eLearning Technology Posts So Far: The Learning Revolution: Where have all the leaders gone? Harold Jarche - Skills 2.0 Gina Minks: I'm trying something a little different this month. I'm taking a bit more of a position in the question (maybe you could even call

long, lost blog post that needs to be revisited. 80. I'm still not sure why there's not more discussion and adoption. #4 - Examples of eLearning 2.0 Wonderful set of examples of what people are doing out there around social learning and eLearning 2.0 . #5 - LinkedIn Connection Approach Rethought Take my vacation as an opportunity to walk up to me and introduce yourself in the biggest networking cocktail party in the world. I'm frankly not sure why you are reading this and are Since I'm out, I'm thinking this is a good time to point you to some past posts.