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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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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 I've argued that many training organizations and eLearning companies look and act like publishers. Strategy" Fails Corollary: if you have SharePoint installed, you will be using SharePoint a lot more this year.

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Rise of the Prosumer

Tony Karrer

Found via Donald Clark - Strategy + Business interview of Alvin Toffler author of Future Shock around his new book Revolutionary Wealth. It goes right along with the questions around eLearning 1.3 and eLearning 2.0 where some content creation is pushed to the SME and the end-user.

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eLearning Research

Tony Karrer

We have: Will Thalheimer, Work Learning Research Kevin Oakes, I4CP Claire Schooley, Forrester Chris Howard, Bersin Kevin Martin, Aberdeen Biggest trend is Learning 2.0 eLearning 2.0 Bersin is publishing report on learning 2.0. Learning 2.0 Have festival where employees vote on best business ideas.

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Time Spent on Blogging

Tony Karrer

A frequent question I get at the end of any presentation on eLearning 2.0 is how much time I spend on blog reading and writing and how anyone can work that into their already too busy life. Blog reading and writing as part of scanning has been a replacement of other activities that I used to do - reading magazines and books.

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How To Communicate The Value Of Social Media

The eLearning Coach

RK Prasad recommends the Diffusion of Innovations approach from the book by Everett Rogers. Ensure It Solves A Business Need. The most sound advice is to make sure it solves a business need. Focus on results rather than concepts, including case studies and how the competition is using informal learning to solve a business need.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Where Are All the Women Part II

Learning Visions

But perhaps this is just a general business-blog issue. Beachward Bound Crowdsourcing: Authoring Tools & LMS Questions My Summer ID Reading List ► June (3) eLearning Authoring Tools Mindmap The Two Faces of ePortfolios The Unofficial eLearning Salary Calculator ► May (9) Book Review: Ruth Clark’s Evidence-Based Training.

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