Had a busy afternoon till now, but now it's webinar time. Today's LSG webinar is by Jane Hart , one of the world’s leading experts in social and collaborative learning. In today's webinar she's promised to examine three platforms explin what they can and cannot offer. This is my third time with Jane - she's amazing and she's especially nice to me online so I'll do my extra bit to record her webinar properly. actually like Elgg a lot and it got mentioned on Hanif's webinar. Tags: lsg webinar social learning jane hart finally made it to this one. MORE >>

researcher reported that the keyword, webinar, was searched more often than the keyword, elearning. People are seeking information about webinars more often than they are drawn to elearning. few years ago, Colleen Cunningham, Antonia Chan and I examined the webinar phenomenon. The  article , published in CLO magazine, had this snarky title: What Stinks about Webinars. It It traced Colleen and Antonia, graduates of the SDSU EDTEC program, as these new graduates sought to continue their professional development via free webinars. Is this true of webinars today? MORE >>

Today's liveblogged notes are a recap of the Learning and Skills Group webinar by Laura Overton of Towards Maturity. The agenda of the webinar was to cover off some points from the list below: How we create managerial indifference! Tags: lsg webinar laura overton Laura is one of the UK's leading consultants in the elearning space and is widely renowned for her work with Towards Maturity - an independent, not for profit organisation with a passion for helping others to improve the impact of learning technologies at work. Elearning isn't real work! said one participant. MORE >>

In the webinar we cover trends in outsourcing in Australia and Asia and discuss these questions with an experienced panel. Learning Cafe Webinar capability outsourcing webinar discussionThe basic idea behind outsourcing parts non core business processes is that it can be done better and more cost effectively by outside vendors or suppliers, allowing the organisation to focus on what is important (core competence). Another major theme is access to capabilities – whether human talent, process excellence,or sheer physical resources. Panel. MORE >>

Join us next week, April 28th, for another free Kineo Insights webinar: Aligning eLearning with business goals. Many organizations face challenges in getting learning and business goals aligned, and Kineo, the leader in learning solutions, is inviting training professionals to join a free webinar with industry experts to discuss what’s worked for them. This is the latest in a series of webinars that form part of the new ‘MyKineo’ service. learning professionals can sign up to the webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/464206841. MORE >>