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8 Scary and Uncomfortable Reasons for the Growth of Virtual Worlds

Kapp Notes

As more "pandemics" emerge the resistance to travel will increase. Terrorism One event that curbed travel and helped spur a wider adoption of virtual classroom technology was the vicious attacks at the World Trade Center on 9/11. I have talked to several people who are less likely to travel via air because of the flu.

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Keeping Up - April's Big Question

eLearning Cyclops

It is tough to stay on top of all the emerging tools. However, being involved in an e-learning community is a big help. It is tough to stay on top of all the great stuff being offered out there, but the blogs and social media certainly help. April's Big Question from Learning Circuits is "How to Keep up?"

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Adobe/Bersin Overview of the eLearning Industry

Learning Visions

Saba and Centra) WebEx is partnering with an LMS provider as will Adobe [link] Rapid Development Trend How do you expect the % of informal usage to change over 2 years?" 52% of respondants said there will be an increase.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Remember Digital Think, SmartForce, Pensare, NETg, KnowledgeNet, UNext, Docent, One Touch, Centra, InterWise, and their brethren? Focus on helping high performers work smarter; novices aren’t the only people who need to learn. Many of the corporations that adopted eLearning fell under the same mistaken spell that beguiled investors.