researcher reported that the keyword, webinar, was searched more often than the keyword, elearning. People are seeking information about webinars more often than they are drawn to elearning. few years ago, Colleen Cunningham, Antonia Chan and I examined the webinar phenomenon. The  article , published in CLO magazine, had this snarky title: What Stinks about Webinars. It It traced Colleen and Antonia, graduates of the SDSU EDTEC program, as these new graduates sought to continue their professional development via free webinars. And webinars, too? MORE >>

As a prelude to a small webinar I’ll be doing next week (though it also serves to tee up the free Best of mLearnCon   webinar I’ll be doing for the eLearning Guild next week as well, here’re some deliberately provocative thoughts on mobile: According to Tomi Ahonen , mobile is the fastest growing industry ever. mobile strategyBut just because everyone has one, what does it mean ? I think the implications are broader, but here I want to talk specifically about work and learning. By broadening our understanding of how we work and learn. And more. MORE >>

I’m happy to report that the eLearning Guild has just released this year’s mobile learning research  report I authored for them (after doing the same last year). similar free access to other coming research reports, Thought Leader Webinars, etc). If you’re active in learning & technology, I reckon eLearning Guild membership makes sense as well. mobile strategyIt’s free if you’re already a paid member of the Guild, which has other benefits (e.g. I suspect, therefore, that the global picture isn’t fully represented in the report. MORE >>

You can access the presentation and webinar here    This blog posting attempts to translate these trends into how it will impact the learning in organisations. how it will impact learning strategy and architecture. In its report on mLearning , eLearning guild sees an increase in percentage of companies that plan to do more mLearning from 38.5% Learning Cafe WebinarThe highly respected information technology research and advisory company Gartner has made the top 10 enterprise technology predictions for 2012. e-Learning, video, mobile learning etc. Impact on Learners. MORE >>

Early this month we ran two webinars on “Designing eLearning for Pads (tablet)” A big thank you to all of you who were able to join us! The questions came thick and fast during the webinars, and while we managed to answer most of them, we ran out of time (and space) to answer all, as much as we would have liked to. If you couldn’t make it to either of our webinars – here’s the link to the full recording of one them. Finally, here’s everything you wanted to know about eLearning on iPads… and asked! Webinar Slidedeck. MORE >>