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The Long Tail backlash, exposing flaws in mainstream media

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

I think for the most part anyone with a small entrepreneurial bone in their body instinctively understands the concept of the long tail. Chris Anderson, the author of The Long Tail, writes this post in response the Wall Street Journal article that tries (unsuccessfully) to tear down the book and the concept.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

No more lazy professors, no more specious journal articles. Content providers will wag the long tail. There’s nowhere to hide on the global stage, and cutting-edge expertise will be one of the few aspects that a university will have to distinguish itself from the others. Universities will flip their classrooms.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

No more lazy professors, no more specious journal articles. Content providers will wag the long tail. There’s nowhere to hide on the global stage, and cutting-edge expertise will be one of the few aspects that a university will have to distinguish itself from the others. Universities will flip their classrooms.

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Day 4 - Man.I'm just getting warmed up! (and a shocker!)

Mark Oehlert

found via an article in the Wall Street Journal) turns out that a Harvard professor has found out that the arguments put forward by WIRED editor Chris Anderson in The Long Tail, might not be exactly spot on. " Elberse writes that "It is therefore highly disputable that much money can be made in the tail.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Day 4 - Man.Im just getting warmed up! (and a shocker!)

Mark Oehlert

found via an article in the Wall Street Journal) turns out that a Harvard professor has found out that the arguments put forward by WIRED editor Chris Anderson in The Long Tail, might not be exactly spot on. " Elberse writes that "It is therefore highly disputable that much money can be made in the tail.

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Business of Learning

Tony Karrer

Journal Register Co., However, I would be a bit worried about these stocks when I think about what has happened in No Bull: 2008 — The Year Newspaper Stocks Collapsed : The statistics behind the collapse of newspaper stocks in 2008 are sobering as New Year’s Eve approaches: GateHouse, down 99.55% in this calendar year McClatchy, down 93.6%

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Do You Trust Me?

The Learning Circuits

Chris Anderson (Editor of Wired Magazine and author of the new book The Long Tail ) and John Hagel(author of The Only Sustainable Edge ) were lively and provocative. " Communication has always been about viewing and understanding other peoples' stories and finding shared experiences according to Halliday.

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