programs, they score lower than students in every other major. HR pros participating in a Pearson 2009 webcast on increasing critical thinking in the workplace had doubts – 85 percent said they were not comfortable training critical thinking. MORE

Its more than 400,000 employees operate in 80 countries each day, delivering everything from meals to comprehensive employee benefits and reward programs. In 2009, given the economic downturn, the group’s management began to experiment with alternatives to costly and time-consuming live meetings. Summer is traditionally a time when the education market reorganizes and implements new concepts and programs because schools and colleges are not in session. MORE

Shes participated in webcasts for work, but has never given one herself. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, June 22, 2007 Profiles of a Twentysomething and a Fiftysomething Learner In the fact-gathering phase for an e-Learning strategy project I am working on, I have the fun task of interviewing a whole bunch of potential end-users. MORE

Founded in 2009 to deliver efficient on-the-go learning, BenchPrep quickly established itself as an innovation leader in the certification and test preparation industry. This learning platform is designed specifically for live-event capture, webinars, webcasts and on-demand streaming. MORE

December 2009 December 1-4, 2009 New Zealand Association for Research in Education , Distinction Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand. www.online-educa.com December 2-4, 2009 eAsia , Colombo, Sri Lanka. link] December 3-4, 2009 Worldwide Forum on Education and Culture , Rome, Italy. MORE

live webcasting. I completed my masters program online. Tags: distance learning July 2009 synchronous e-learning One of the things I love about working at BLP is that we’re never afraid to change it up! And we’re making some significant changes to our Lessons on Learning blog! So, whether this is your first time visiting (welcome!) or your 100th, here’s what’s going on: Starting today - we will be focusing on one topic per month. MORE

Your summaries of books, webcasts and webinars are always so thorough. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. MORE