Adaptive learning! As it's the first anniversary of the Lehman Brothers' collapse, I've been considering writing a post on the economic "anarchy.loosed upon the world" and it's impact on the Learning & Development industry as a follow-up to my 2008 post Recession and the challenge to e-learning. In it, you (the viewer) can explore the environment Second Life -like, interact with the exhibits, "pick up" original MSS, and get a sense of the times and places Yeats inhabited, including a set from the Abbey Theatre, and the poet's library. Say you like me hat!” MORE >>

Johns Hopkin’s Applied Physics Lab (APL) worked with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and the University of Baltimore to deploy a 3-D Virtual Learning Lab. This is a state of the art learning environment modeled after the facility APL uses for DoD and NASA projects. The first project will be exploring and learning about Mt. Helens was chosen because the ecosystem has changed dramatically over the past 30 years and is a great place to begin integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts into the virtual environment. MORE >>

Here is a step-by-step process for designing and launching a virtual world learning experience within an organization. Step One: Identify the learning objective and outcomes required of learners. Step Two: Determine the content that must be learned to enable participants can achieve the desired outcomes. Step Three: Determine if content is appropriate for learning within a virtual world environment. Step Four: Determine the Learning Archetype most appropriate for the content (role play, treasure hunt,etc.) Did I miss something? MORE >>

approaches used in corporate learning settings: Alongside Formal Learning Blog as writing tool Wiki as a collaborative learning tool Editable reference materials (Wiki) Internal / External Product information Process information Sales scenarios Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) / support information Online reference / glossary Experience Capture New-hire blog Maintaining a “lab or project notebook” RSS Reader, Podcasts - Steady Drip Then I ask the group for examples of how they are using eLearning 2.0 approaches. These make sense. But, wow, what a great list MORE >>

If you would like to publish your course materials on the Internet, but have no access to a virtual learning environment, then Nixty.com , with a promotion handle of ‘Empowering Education for Everyone’, could very likely be just the service that you are looking for. registered as a user, had a good look around the facilities and the look and feel are good. Once in, you will find there are a whole range of courses already available many of them free. In fact rather than me telling you about Nixty here is a link to setting up a lesson and another on using Nixty’s ePortfolio. MORE >>