Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

The meme of learning was replacing training. Learning is whatever gets past their personal firewalls (AKA skulls) and lodges in the brain. I can learn something; you can't learn me something. A big part of the sales pitch for early versions of web-supported learning was the elimination of costly trainers.

eLearning 36

eLearning Firewalls Masie IBM 36

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 1, 2008

The meme of learning was replacing training. Learning is whatever gets past their personal firewalls (AKA skulls) and lodges in the brain. I can learn something; you can’t learn me something. A big part of the sales pitch for early versions of web-supported learning was the elimination of costly trainers.

Metrics 36

Metrics eLearning Internet Firewalls 36

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

The meme of learning was replacing training. Learning is whatever gets past their personal firewalls (AKA skulls) and lodges in the brain. I can learn something; you can’t learn me something. A big part of the sales pitch for early versions of web-supported learning was the elimination of costly trainers.

Metrics 36

Metrics eLearning Attitudes Internet 36

Jay Cross

APRIL 16, 2013

The start-up stiffed me but the paper morphed into the Informal Learning book. I’ll be leading a series of master classes on informal learning and working smarter in Europe. Informal Learning – the other 80%. Because organizations are oblivious to informal learning, they fail to invest in it.

Informal Learning 98

Informal Learning Informal Blended Learning Authoring Tools 98

Jay Cross

JULY 17, 2012

Forward-looking companies established corporate universities and tried to become Learning Organizations. eLearning was born. Venture capitalists funded scores of eLearning companies, most of which disappeared in the dot-com crash a few years later. Training is not the same as learning.

Corporate eLearning 71

Corporate eLearning Compliance Training Blended Learning Training 71