Each week, a group of learning professionals gathers for at Tweet chat called  #lrnchat to discuss issues and ideas in the workplace learning space. try to join the sessions as often as I can because it keeps me in tune with what forward-thinking individuals are doing in training, e-learning, and instructional design. These weekly chats are a major part of how I learn. come up with new ideas for how to design a learning program or learn about a new tool to try. The beauty of social media is that people are more in control of their learning. MORE >>

Best of eLearning Learning. Real learning – let’s not confuse it with completing templated exercises - Performance Learning Productivity , June 18, 2010 I read a piece written by Kate Graham of e2train on Thursday and it started me thinking about the ‘real learning versus managed learning’ debate. 20 Facts You Must Know About Working Memory - The eLearning Coach , June 2, 2010 Without adapting learning experiences to the learner’s cognitive architecture, instructional design is hit or miss. What I learned this week at the Enterprise 2.0 MORE >>

You have probably been bombarded with lots of social learning surveys over the past few weeks. But to understand the topic, you first have to understand the basics – social media.  Because without it, you cannot have social learning. In order for social learning to exist you need to have the following: social media plus e-learning. And, let us clear up another point: social learning is not just social networking. Here is the latest data on social media (as of Oct. Del.icio.us Yes 64%. MORE >>

Not all of the big dog vendors have entered this space, despite it being a huge revenue opportunity.  Forecast: Continued growth and expansion, as this space has profit written all over it, especially if the vendor provides a skinned/branded solution, e-comm (with currency options inc. With 200 plus vendors in this space and continued growth, failing to adapt will result in loss of market share. The challenge will be to truly define the SBMs space. Mobile Learning.  Plus for vendors who offer a mobile learning LMS, it is an additional cost.  The U.K. MORE >>

Unfortunately, too many vendors in the e-learning space have failed to see the power and potential of this capability, and have decided to ignore them.  SCORM Player communicating with your vendor’s solution, for example, if you were creating your own LMS and Rapid Intake’s rapid e-learning authoring tool, it includes a SCORM Player API. Here is just a few of ones I like, that are unique and you could use in your LMS/LCMS/CMS, Learning Portal (caveat: your vendor must be able to accept APIs, otherwise it won’t work). Social Learning? MORE >>