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Seven Things I Learned This Year

Tony Karrer

6) iPad (5) SkillSoft (2) Social Learning (15) Virtual Classroom (5) ASTD (8) eLearningGuild (2) And here were my top posts based on social signals.

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Training Method Trends

Clark Quinn

Steve Wexler who runs eLearningGuild research has been producing some really interesting information recently. All of the data comes from surveys to the eLearningGuild membership (which is more than 30,000) and typically they have 2,000 - 3,000 respondents on surveys which is large enough to get pretty good indications.

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Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008

Tony Karrer

Prediction #2 => Virtual Classroom Tools - Meeting Tool + Second Life Lite A medium size Virtual Classroom / Meeting Tool will announce features in 2008 that are not 3D immersive, but that are more like Mii characters in a 2.5D Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective.

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Second Life and Learning - Tony O'Driscoll

Tony Karrer

But Virtual Worlds should not be used to automate existing learning approaches and models: A virtual classroom with virtual students and a virtual PowerPoint deck is not the end-game for learning in VWs. In the article he VWs have too much potential for learning professionals to ignore.

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Hot Topics in Training

Tony Karrer

One of the reasons I choose the Training conference is that it's not as leading edge as eLearningGuild events, but is a bit more mainstream, corporate than ASTD conferences. As a speaker and someone expected to have a pulse on what's happening, I thought this was mildly interesting. Although people may debate this.

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Online Conference

Tony Karrer

Two of my eLearning Predictions for 2009 were: #5 - Virtual Classroom Tipping Point. we've reached a point where virtual classroom training is no longer seen as inherently inferior and a lower value. 11 - Micro Virtual Conferences The move towards acceptance of virtual classroom means.

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Get Together at Conferences - F2F Still Matters

Tony Karrer

One of the questions I often ask attendees - especially as we are discussing virtual classroom tools and virtual environments (e.g., and she provides this picture: It shows that while we slowly approach real-time, realistic virtual conversations, it still isn't quite the same thing as being there. Point taken.