... person looking to get a job in the field of e-learning vs. a person who knows little about the term. I think one place to start is to look at the competencies and skills needed for various “e-learning” jobs. E-learning, of course, encompasses many areas - courseware designer, curriculum development, online trainer, blended learning specialist ... to e-learning should focus on: history, trends, and direction (history, evolution, impact of technology, etc.) Here is a ... overview of e-learning adult learning and the foundation of human learning (theory, practice) If you like print books, one ...

... near the Louisiana coast. I was at a blended learning conference just after Katrina and a training manager for a bank in New Orleans shared photos of his own devastated property. With the home office shut down, distributed learning staff became the norm and e-learning became a major source for critical communication. The learning function had the necessary infrastructure in place to deal with the catastrophe without intending it. It was my feeling that the training ...

I've been browsing the recent publication from the eLearning Guild - a compilation of the best articles from the Learning Solutions e-magazine from the past five years (Pfeiffer, 2008). Obviously I was pleased to see an article of mine in there on the ways that blended learning can be designed to bridge the gap from formal to informal learning, but you can ... no theme here - other than e-learning of course - so you jump from The XML e-Learning Revolution to High Attrition Rates in e-Learning: Challenges, Predictors and Solutions. There are plenty of interesting ideas in here to chew on, ...

The AG08 conference wrapped up nicely yesterday with a great keynote from Stefan Sagmeister (of Sagmeister, Inc.), who discussed several of the concepts from his book, Things I have learned in my life so far. Here’s a quick run-through of the things he’s learned: Helping other people helps me. Having guts always works out for me. Thinking that ... ’t tie these much back to learning, he focused on the overall importance of good design and good practice, while ... described on Amazon as "a complex blend of personal revelation, art, and design-an eclectic mix of visual ...

... classroom, online, blended) or be as informal as reading an article, attending a conference session or contributing to a ... The Learning Circuits Blog has started up its monthly Big Question again and the question, perhaps appropriately as we see out what remains of the year, is 'what did you learn about learning in 2007?' I'm tempted to say 'most of it ... 'macro theories' (George Siemens and Connectivism, Jay Cross and Informal Learning) and a whole raft of micro-theories emanating from cognitive neuroscience (as just one example see my Science of Learning posting). However, my ...

... events, using technology in the classroom or whatever.Thanks to the participants at the Using e-Learning Conference ... of some of the more interesting suggestions to share with you:Adopt a blended learning strategy: Well I know what they meant, but as far as I'm concerned keeping classroom trainers on board is not a reason for blended learning. A blended ... : There's a lot of sense in this. With modern tools and online services, e-learning doesn't have to be complicated or ... tactic and the one that was most highly stressed by the conference participants. As I stressed in learning is change, it ...

We know online communication is practical, in that it allows us to keep in touch with each other at a distance, but we would normally consider it a second best to face-to-face communication; in other words, we do it because there is no practical alternative. I must admit that this was essentially my perception, but a chance encounter (albeit face-to-face) at a conference this week has made me think twice.I was speaking to Nadine Hengen, an e-learning developer at Eurocontrol in Luxembourg and she described her experiences taking part in a blended masters programme, which incorporated ...

I'm helping George Siemens to organize a free, online conference - Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovations, Nov. 15 - 20, 2007. The conference will be held fully online (with live presentations and asynchronous discussions). There's an ... newsletter to get updates.In fact, part of the fun of the conference is that it will be a blend of a traditional conference ... QuinnDonald H. TaylorJanet ClareyDavid WilsonBill BruckGeorge Siemens, andTony Karrer :)Conference details are still ... , online discussion, etc. We've tried to take into account some of the main ideas from better conferences.

... support realistic performance2. E-learning fused with school and mobile ILT3. Performance parameters growing faster than costs4. E-learning = Training (Show + Tell), Simulation (Do + Consequences), Games (Do + Consequences + Story).5 ... "E-Learning Trends" session by Rich Arnold from Unitech (pretty cool website too if you get a chance to check it out). I always enjoy attending the e-learning trends sessions just to see if everyone is "trending" in the same direction ... -learning trends. In fact, e-learning is a mechanism; not a panacea. E-learning crosses performance improvement, ...

... topics in Training 2007.One of the reasons I choose the Training conference is that it's not as leading edge as ... - see: Blended Learning Dead?It's interesting that interactive / interactivity is dropping. Normally topics like "Adding ... % training 43 50 49 -1 -2% learning 102 73 71 -2 -3% flash 3 7 6 -1 -14 ... Last year, I did Hot Topics in Training - A Crude (but mildly interesting) Analysis where I analyzed the topics at Training 2005 and Training 2006 to determine what topics were emerging and fading. As a speaker and someone expected ...

... self-study e-learning and blended solutions, but then there have been a few of e-learning companies going out of ... April's big question in the Learning Circuits blog is 'ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors ⬠What Should They Do?', in particular about the fact that good content is now freely available on the web, customers want their classroom training in ... little romantic / idealistic / arrogant? to believe the old media and training world is simply crashing around us. In my regretable experience, there are few professions more conservative than training and (because training is not typically ...

... before the conference I was running another event. When this weas finished I set off on the train to Gatwick airport to fly ... presentations? Well, the focus of my work has been almost exclusively learning and development at work, primarily of the e and ... variety. My interest in educational e-learning is that it can teach us a lot about what is wrong with corporate e ... . I've learned a lot from the more enlightened uses of e-learning in further and higher education and I've applied it to ... experience creates as great an impression on me as the first then I will have indeed learned something profound.My ...

At training and/or eLearning conferences where this question was asked of the attendees, the common kinds of responses ... Continuing Challenge for Learning ProfessionalsTools and Strategies for Personal LearningMore Effective Conferences for ... the best authoring tool to use?What are other organizations doing?One conference organizer told me that eLearning session ... blends that might work?Does interactivity make a difference in terms of learning? What does the research actually show? Is ... same sessions given at every conference for the last 10 years. It is also that some questions in learning are hard ...

... week I have to get up on time because I'm speaking at Learning Technologies 2006, the conference that always gets in first. My topic is 'testing the case for blended learning', an attempt to prove that blended learning is still a valid and ... Saffron Interactive will be giving out free copies of my new Blended Learning Cookbook to respectable-looking candidates ... ate sandwiches, then you'd spot the need for a cookbook. That's how I saw it with blended learning. There are simply too many sandwiches - you know, a bit of e-learning as pre-work, the same old classroom course, a bit of e-learning ...