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Business of Learning

Tony Karrer

Take a look at the Masie – Learning Barometer. Anecdotally times are incredibly tough right now for training vendors. But I've talked to training vendors who are down 30 – 60% on their sales in the first quarter. Training Companies, Software Vendors, Services Vendors What products and services are selling?

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

This month's #LCBQ is the first with the Big Question Thought Leaders. Lots of discussion and debate around interesting questions for eLearning professionals. Elliott Masie Learners as designers. Interestingly, it's Xyleme - an LCMS vendor that is sponsoring the site. I'm hoping that others will join the effort.

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E-Learning for Newbies

Janet Clarey

ASTD ’s Learning Circuits Blog has a monthly ‘Big Question.&# I’m responding to this question from the perspective of a person looking to get a job in the field of e-learning vs. a person who knows little about the term. ’ joined ASTD, ISPI, e-Learning Guild, went to Masie lab. tried everything.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): OpenSocial, UWA and Facebook: What do the tabs tell us?

Mark Oehlert

Im still working on that but maybe next week while I am at I/ITSEC, Ill wander the expo floor and ask some of the e-learning vendors what their plans are to help their clients move toward an Enterprise 2.0 So what right? stance with regard to their systems and developments such as OpenSocial and UWA. Ill let you know what they say.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Federal Government Distributed Learning Association (FGDLA)

Mark Oehlert

If you do business in this sector, as a fed or a vendor, please join the network and help further the discussions - I am leading one on game&simulations and kicked that one off here. Their mission is below. I did want to point out that Jay has created a social network for the FGDLA using ning and it is available here.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Wow.Has it been almost a month?! Lets Talk 2008.

Mark Oehlert

So I started looking around for how to jump back in and I came across The Big Question from the Learning Circuits Blog." It is tough to think about the catching up that faces me after a break like that but what the heck, Ill take a shot. " What are your predictions for learning for 2008 ?"

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''m only going to say this about 1,000 more times.

Mark Oehlert

Sell hardware or software but dont tell me you sell learning - because I swear, the next person/vendor/guru tells me something about learning that implies a lack of understanding regarding the conditions above.Im MASIE Center. The Big Question. Sell training. Sell systems that manage training or resources. Government.