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Edupunk stalks the institution.

Learning with e's

Students are also voting with their feet, with many preferring to use social networking tools such as Facebook to communicate in place of the institutional e-mail system. The adoption of free social software tools has raised questions over corporate branding, security and privacy issues, and legal requirements.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Many of the corporations that adopted eLearning fell under the same mistaken spell that beguiled investors. Most workers have better connections to the Internet and social software at home than on the job. Expected from workers… Loyalty, compliance, efficiency. The world of business is undergoing a profound shift.