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Profile of a learning architect: Tiina Paju-Pomfret

Clive on Learning

The old model of lengthy, face-to-face, instructor-led courses was failing to appeal to the next generation of learners who Tiina recognised had shorter attention spans. This was accomplished using Bupa’s Saba Centra virtual classroom platform. As Tiina says, “It’s all about making things easy for our learners.”

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Why an Instructional Design Degree from Bloomsburg University ROCKS!

Kapp Notes

*Full disclosure--I am a professor in the department and might be biased in my opinions but I am going to try to stay neutral* First, Cammy said, "maybe ID programs need to come out of business schools instead of education schools." The Bloomsburg program is not out of the business school but it is not in the School of Education either.

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M-Learning: Where’s the app for that?

eLearning 24-7

Saba Centra. If you are a LMS vendor – business, unless your target market is education/academia – then education. I know if I am looking for an app for the B2B or B2C market for mobile learners, I am not going to search through education. This is why, only 4 vendors offer an iPad or iPhone app for download.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Nuts and Bolts: Too Many Tools by Jane Bozarth - Learning Solutions Magazine , September 7, 2010 Cognitive overload – too much information – is one type of problem for learners. Another type of problem that designers can create for learners is too many distractions from too many tools. This year seems to have flown by.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

What worked twenty years ago doesn’t work well in the social, always-on, networked world of business we now inhabit. Management became recognized as a profession, Harvard Business School opened its doors, and the term “executive education” was first used. Training became a department and a standard facet of every business.