Xyleme

JULY 21, 2010

However, those vendors who rely solely on this argument are very likely to find themselves quickly marginalized. To stay relevant, George believes training vendors should do two things: Stop talking “learning” and start talking “capacity” and “execution” like the rest of the C-suite.

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Xyleme

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Social learning is bi-directional and user-generated content and feedback can be a valuable asset for instructional designers to develop more compelling and timely learning, whether that learning is published to a formal course, a non-formal podcast, or an informal blog. We are seeing this today.

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Xyleme

JANUARY 20, 2010

As always, Jane combines a wealth of information with some remarkable insights on where organizational learning is (or should be) headed. One thing that has always been of great interest to me is what I’ll refer to as the integration of social and formal learning content.

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Xyleme

JUNE 5, 2010

Well, for the simple reason that this functionality already exists with best-of-breed vendors outside of learning. We as an industry dedicate vast amounts of R&D resources to general functionality such as workflow, collaboration and now social media functionality that will never get adopted past the departmental level.

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Xyleme

OCTOBER 9, 2009

With Moodle, it’s currently a vendor lock-in proposition. The only saving grace is that the vendor just happens to be an open source project. So, open source Moodle does not export to SCORM, the most prevalent e-learning standard? But it’s still lock-in. Or to put it more simply: Open source or proprietary?

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Xyleme

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I think your suggestion of pre- and post-happenings using social media is spot on because as you imply, informal learning isn’t really a one-time event. One thing your comment really got me thinking more about is, in general, vendors’ lack of features to support informal and/or social interaction.

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Xyleme

DECEMBER 14, 2009

One of the few vendors who understands the importance of making valuable contributions to the learning community rather than just pushing a corporate message. She gets it and taught me a lot about how to create an experience in learning. Lars Hyland: A great guy and incredibly personable.

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