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16 Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest – 17

Upside Learning

So what is the deal with iPad 2 that had led to a mania of sorts? More on tips and tricks that will help you get the most out of your iPad, digital story telling and the future of the tablet. Speaking of the iPad, the growth of mobile devices has led to an increase in social and informal learning. The iPad 2 is here.

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Seven Things I Learned This Year

Tony Karrer

iPad (and iPhone) are Much More Useful Than I Expected I didn’t actually think that I would care about the iPad except as a tool for training and performance support in environments like retail and restaurants where it’s always been an issue having access to machines. Top eLearning Sites?

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BYOD and e-learning: Three pointers for avoiding a ‘future shock’

Saffron Interactive

In 1970 the futurologist Alvin Toffler wrote his best-selling book, Future Shock , predicting a society under siege from mass ‘stress and disorientation’ caused by information overload and (broadly) too much change in too short a period of time…. By the way, yesterday Udemy released an iPad app.

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How to design exciting, engaging and immersive technical training?

Origin Learning

Added to this, the information overload can be further inhibiting. Alongside the client, Origin also went through and upskilling as high-end modeling software such as 3Ds Max and Adobe After Effects were used. This blip was overcome as Origin started receiving entire Computer Aided Design models from the transportation major.

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15 Stats About Sales Training You Won’t Want to Ignore

KZO Innovations

8) Video cures our information overload. We receive 5X more information than we did in 1986. Sales reps are able to pull up lessons on their iPads or laptops at their convenience—so they get answers right when they need them. 15) 55% of sales reps don’t have effective communications skills. (Forrester Research).

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“Brain Freeze: Does your eLearning System Cause Learning Paralysis?”

Vignettes Learning

Considering the limitations of the brain’s working memory to handle a certain quantity of information, elearning developers should seriously reflect on their implementation strategies. Avoid the Zombie Tech effect. _ A serious side effect is “ brain freeze.” In “Dying for Information?”

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

open up exciting opportunities for people to access relevant information where and when they require it. Learning leaders will be more focused on relevancy of information. The answer is simple: Information Overload provides inherent opportunity for curation. Twitter, Yammer), wikis, blogs, discussion groups, etc.