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Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis

Tony Karrer

Adler's recent article - Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 talks about the implications of the Long Tail on Education. The article is definitely worth a read, and it got me to finally write about what I see as a crisis in corporate learning. Time (attention) is much more important.

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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.

Business 139
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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 eLearning 2.0 See eLearning Portal Integration as one example of this. eLearning Technology. eLearning Technology.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

As the latest edition of Educause Review indicates, universities are fee-for-service businesses. MOOCs will target the corporate sector. Over time, an increasing number of narrow, specific topics that link to corporate competencies will emerge. Content providers will wag the long tail. Dental, anyone?

OER 279
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Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010

Tony Karrer

Also, before you read these, you might want to go back and look at predictions in the past and how well I did on those predictions: Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008 , 12 eLearning Predictions for 2009. Yet, there will be lots of eLearning solutions aiming at these alternative platforms. So, viewer discretion is advised.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

As the latest edition of Educause Review indicates, universities are fee-for-service businesses. MOOCs will target the corporate sector. Over time, an increasing number of narrow, specific topics that link to corporate competencies will emerge. Content providers will wag the long tail. Dental, anyone?

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2.0 and Interesting Times

Tony Karrer

Knowledge Management, Corporate Library, OD, IT and, of course, the business getting smart about a whole lot of new kinds of solutions looking outside the firewall for solutions And all of this comes in an ever more challenging world: The Business of Learning faces real pressure and we are expected to do more with less.