E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 29, 2013

Uncover trends in the online discussions, and hence forecast consumer behaviour. This wades into the murky waters of privacy and ethics, but theoretically at least, a company could purchase access to a particular MOOC’s analytics. Why would it want to do that?

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 16, 2012

Ross Dawson – Anyone interested in futurism will know Ross and his Trends in the Living Networks blog. Stephen Colman – To be perfectly honest, I only stumbled upon Steve’s musings after his employer and mine merged and he started banging on about stuff on Yammer. Open your mind at his Stickylearning blog.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 15, 2011

Aside: This one seems obvious until you consider all the time and energy that’s wasted on hot trends and buzzwords that end up going nowhere. Mark Samuels shared success stories in the corporate sector that demonstrate m-learning works if you align it to your purpose.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 23, 2008

While both speakers were excellent, Robin highlighted a trend that really struck a chord with me: Technology providers are primarily targeting the consumer market, not the enterprise market. Even when the enterprise market is targeted, it appears to be a secondary, subsequent concern.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

There’s an ugly trend on Australian television that’s been going on for quite a while. But, just as when you want to buy a particular make of car you suddenly spot them everywhere, when you are aware of this trend you can’t un-see it. I hoped it would fade away but it only seems to be getting worse.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 2, 2017

So what does this trend mean for e-learning professionals? Gamers are split 59% male / 41% female (approaching half / half) while 44% of them are over the age of 35 (not the pimply teenagers one might expect). [ In other words, the playing of video games has normalised. As time marches on, not gaming is becoming abnormal.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2011

Simply follow the #azlearninggame trend on Twitter and chip in the next answer. No doubt you noticed that we tended to avoid the obvious (eg electronic learning, mobile learning ). In fact, I think it’s quite a thought-provoking list. Wanna play? Anyone can play the A to Z Learning Game.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 8, 2012

From 1 to 10, the Social Intranet Index represents a series of concurrent trends. Outlandish and unworkable, or innovative and game changing? At the very least, I say an SII of 10 is aspirational. Most radically, the direction of publishing shifts from one-way to two-way to multi-way.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 8, 2012

From 1 to 10, the Social Intranet Index represents a series of concurrent trends. Outlandish and unworkable, or innovative and game changing? At the very least, I say an SII of 10 is aspirational. Most radically, the direction of publishing shifts from one-way to two-way to multi-way.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 1, 2009

According to Paul and Peter, it’s clear that cloud computing is a rising trend. But for the lay person, I would suggest the term “cloud computing&# can boil down to everything is web-based. Head in the clouds.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 7, 2010

In tandem with this trend, though, has been the increasingly familiar cry of “It’s not interactive!&#. In the bad old days, technically challenged L&D professionals had to pay exorbitant fees to development houses to produce simple modules. Critics rail against boring page turners – and rightly so. But you know what?

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