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Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis

Tony Karrer

This gives rise to the Attention Economy where the scarce resource is not distribution channels or information, the scarce resource is attention. And even if we are successful in getting someone's attention, we often get Shorter Attention Spans and only getting partial attention - Stop Reading - Skim Dive Skim.

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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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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. The second half of the prediction “self directed learning” got less attention during the year than I anticipated, but it was there and certainly was a big part of the discussion around social and informal learning.

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2008 2009

Tony Karrer

Top 2008 Posts based on Read Counts: 100 eLearning Articles and White Papers Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 Test SCORM Courses with an LMS Request for Proposal (RFP) Samples Training Method Trends Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis SCORM Test Web 2.0

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Learning Power Laws

Tony Karrer

Balmer talks about how a reset of economic expectations during the downturn has created an environment that is putting pressure on business to do more with less. Business flux. and Adoption of Web 2.0 and eLearning 2.0 The primary shifts he talks about are: New resource constraints.

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Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008

Tony Karrer

Prediction #1 => eLearning 2.0 - Increasing Pressure It's safe to predict that you'll be hearing more and more about eLearning 2.0 There will be increasing pressure on each of us to understand eLearning 2.0 There will be increasing pressure on each of us to understand eLearning 2.0 during 2008.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 Virtual classrooms and smart-boards are used in a more student-centered way (not putting all the attention to one person up-front=bad). Tony Bates - eLearning Outlook for 2011 1. The goal is achieving the outcomes you seek.