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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Like many enterprise learning companies, we are actively brainstorming ways to incorporate collaborative Web 2.0 technologies into our training programs, but rarely do we find a client that wants to create a robust learning environment comprised of both formal and informal components.

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Training vs. Learning and the Role of Mobile Devices | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Best Buy has tapped into a present-day societal truth: people prefer learning to being taught. Mobile devices are just one set of tools that can be utilized to deliver this flexible, on-demand learning. And if you’re worried about accountability, create a program that tracks employees’ progress through the required content.

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Training vs. Learning and the Role of Mobile Devices

Dashe & Thomson

Best Buy has tapped into a present-day societal truth: people prefer learning to being taught. Mobile devices are just one set of tools that can be utilized to deliver this flexible, on-demand learning. And if you’re worried about accountability, create a program that tracks employees’ progress through the required content.

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9 Top eLearning Trends of 2017 from 49 Experts

eLearningArt

Those future trends include Spontaneous Learning Systems (SLS), Intelligent Mentoring Systems (IMS), and highly personalized learning services. We may finally be seeing the end of the slide metaphor for e-learning content and the desktop tools that go along with this, although nothing moves quickly in corporate training.