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Is eLearning Dead? Is Instructional Design Dying with It?

Kapp Notes

in China, yet 70% of the revenues are generating from the sales of mobile apps and Mobile Learning VAS subscriptions (Value-Added Subscription i.e. texting or a subscription to educational text-messages). So because China is such a large market, a negative trend in that market hurts the overall self-paced eLearning industry. .”

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Origins of “eLearning”

Jay Cross

Learning is whatever gets past their personal firewalls (AKA skulls) and lodges in the brain. A big part of the sales pitch for early versions of web-supported learning was the elimination of costly trainers. I have been credited with the first use of eLearning on the web. Training is something trainers push to trainees.

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Origins of “eLearning”

Jay Cross

Learning is whatever gets past their personal firewalls (AKA skulls) and lodges in the brain. A big part of the sales pitch for early versions of web-supported learning was the elimination of costly trainers. I have been credited with the first use of eLearning on the web. Training is something trainers push to trainees.

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eLearning Thought Leaders: Eric Bort of Clearly Trained

eLearning Weekly

The elearning industry is ripe for the entrepreneur, but running a successful business is still challenging, so the experiences and tips Eric Bort shares in this interview should be very helpful — after all, his elearning business is thriving in Louisville, Kentucky. I need each employee to have a brain and use it.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

NCR’s John Patterson invented the flip chart and conducted the first formal sales training. Forward-looking companies established corporate universities and tried to become Learning Organizations. eLearning was born. Training became the first area to get the axe when times were tough and many sound programs were gutted.