Well, on the basis of recent research, I think it's fair to challenge that assumption. Tags: researc A few weeks ago I wrote on the Onlignment blog about The multitask assumption . By this I meant the assumption you can safely make with any webinar that a good proportion of the audience is multitasking - you know, checking emails, answering the phone, listening to music, finishing off a report, and so on.

Tags: researc According to a new survey conducted in March for training provider Cegos , employees are keener than HR and the training function to embrace innovative training practices and new technologies. Cegos commissioned an independent study among 2,355 employees and 485 HR directors/training managers from companies employing more than 500 staff in the UK, France, Germany and Spain. The survey found that "half of employees across Europe want more e-learning and blended learning during the next three years, while only about 40% of HR professionals plan to develop more programmes

Why is most research on business issues so useless? This question is getting a lot of attention, as larger organizations are slashing the budgets of both internal and external research organizations. I have written more business research in my professional life than most people, with Gartner and for other organizations ( see partial list ). Why doesn't it drive the results that businesses require? Organizations may have commissioned reports on new markets, or Second Life, or Web 2.0,

There's plenty to ponder in the results of Rethinking Learning , a report published in June by SkillSoft and based on research conducted on their behalf by OnePoll. Tags: researc The survey canvassed 2019 people working in companies with more than fifty employees, evenly divided across eight European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK). Here are some of the findings that grabbed my attention: A large majority (67%) would like their employer to offer more opportunities for learning and 76% think they could be more effective and productive

research report. These are my liveblogged notes from the eLearning Guild’s webinar on their e-Learning 2.0 The report is available to any paid members of the guild, or to free (Associate) members who have taken the report. Webinar recording will be available to members in the same place as the report.

It seems that in their impatience for practical guidelines to arise from neuroscience research, teachers are turning increasingly to vendors offering them 'brain-based learning' packages containing what Usha Goswami refers to as 'alarming amounts of misinformation'. An article called Experimental Subjects in the Economist of June 2nd caught my eye. The sub-title read Neuroscience can transform education-if scientists talk to teachers .

There's more fuel to the informal learning fire from a survey of 2076 employees in the UK conducted by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE). They asked employees to identify the activities that had been useful in helping them to do their job better. Here's what came back.

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The Work-Based Learning Unit of e-Skills UK has published preliminary results from their research with employers and learners in the UK "to help understand why employers are currently investing in e-learning and the difference it is making to their business and staff." The research also makes some interesting points about the experiences of organisations at different stages of maturity win their use of e-learning. Some 209 organisations were surveyed (173 producing usable data) and 650 learners. You can download the results from the site, but I thought I'd draw out a few findings