Not surprising, the terms most closely associated with Adoption are Adoption of Social Software and Adoption of Enterprise 2.0. There are some great resources on this such as: Ten tips for choosing & using social software Adoption of Web 2.0 Tools Adoption Ideas Webinar Software - Adoption Advice Enterprise 2.0 - What's the PU? And my personal experience is that it's pretty rare to run into an organization that is not at least planning on adopting some social software solutions. But the same report tells us: Social software is not a trend that can be ignored. MORE >>

If I’m doing software application training, doing it as a webinar isn’t really my first choice. I’d rather create a bunch of Captivate tutorials and job aids to let people learn at their own pace, when they need to use the skills. Just-in-time, interactive training that supports or simulates actual tasks is my first choice. Application training via a synchronous tool like WebEx, Adobe Connect, or Elluminate too often ends up with passive learners. In my current contract, I’ve been working on creating a Moodle site for a year-long training program. The Questions. MORE >>

I’ve come across a few rather disturbing instances in the marketing of authoring software lately. The trend — or maybe it’s too soon to call it a trend, and I hope it doesn’t become one — is that vendors are claiming that their software “publishes to HTML5″, when in fact it just takes the content — which may well be interactive — and publishes it to video. Development devlearn elearning html5 software ToolsWhich pretty much makes it worthless. Other Sharing/Saving Options. MORE >>

If you are thinking of creating an educational game but don't want to invest a lot of money, you can try out these free software programs (or free for 30 days in some cases), some are 2D and some are 3D. Also, if you are in a large organization and thinking of implementing a "serious game," you may want to develop a prototype using one of these software programs to see how it plays before sinking a lot of money into the project. It runs on Windows, and it allows creating software for Windows, PSP, iPhone, and iPod touch. Game Maker can be used free of charge. MORE >>

was amused, therefore, to read in The Economist ( Stay on target , June 10) that it is now possible to buy software to protect you from other bits of software: "Some programs fill the whole screen to keep disturbing alerts hidden; others disable specific websites, such as Facebook, or even cut off internet access altogether. Without the benefit of this software (and I'm not sure I would have the courage to turn it on, any more than an alcoholic would voluntarily go on holiday to Saudi Arabia) then there is an alternative, at least for me. MORE >>