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Business of Learning

Tony Karrer

While increasing amount of concept work and the pace of change puts a premium on learning, the business of learning faces an incredibly difficult time. In the past few weeks, I've had some really eye-opening conversations about the state of Learning as a Business. But that doesn't mean you have a viable business.

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The Business Web

Tony Karrer

This is something I've pointed to before: Promise of Web 2.0 and eLearning 2.0 - Comparison to Macros, IDEs, and Visual Basic. Simultaneously, companies like Google and Yahoo have announced their intention to compete against Microsoft Exchange by offering a version of their consumer email services repurposed for business.

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2009 Predictions How Did I Do?

Tony Karrer

But the reality was more than that as I explored in posts like Business of Learning and Models for Learning Questions. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 Strategy" Fails One of the better, cheap support mechanisms for self-directed learning are web 2.0 As such, eLearning 2.0 will show continued growth.

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Trends in Learning

Tony Karrer

And the risk is pretty severe as described in the Business of Learning. Informal Learning and Learning Management Systems Informal Learning - Let's Get Real - Part II Informal Learning - Harold Tells Us Where To Put It - Now What Informal Learning - Let's Get Real Elves, Measuring Results and Informal Learning eLearning 2.0:

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Looking Back at 2007

Tony Karrer

I've been doing a lot of work on custom content delivery and even more on the implications of Web 2.0 on all kinds of businesses. Find Lots of Examples of eLearning 2.0 I've already started to identify some of the initial eLearning 2.0 I still believe SCORM doesn't fit the world of eLearning 2.0,

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Corporate Training

Tony Karrer

This sort of fanciful thinking tripped up eLearning ten years ago. Poorly implemented eLearning is a more expensive alternative to doing nothing at all, and often the results would be the same. If we did nothing at all, what would the result be as compared to what we do when we provide some bad eLearning?

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The Big Question for November - Future of ISD / ADDIE / HPT?

Tony Karrer

What you have to ask yourself is: What business are you in? Are you in the business of creating linear learning experiences? Our job is to understand the business objectives, understand how human performance impacts them, identify the gaps and opportunities, etc. eLearning 1.3, eLearning 2.0