ASTD’s Learning Circuits Blog has a monthly ‘Big Question.” This month it’s: I’m interested in [the field of] eLearning. What should I do first? I’m responding to this question from the perspective of a ... to e-learning should focus on: history, trends, and direction (history, evolution, impact of technology, etc.) Here is a ... ;101″ webinar with Learn.com which should provide an overview. I also wrote  elearning 101 which provides an ... and follow their work Attend webinars Attend conferences Subscribe to blogs & start your own Read - trade ...

... especially given some of the well known government case studies around use of Wikis.Synchronous eLearning is trending ... information about what learning delivery methods were being used and particularly if they were trending up or down. The way he ... effectively judges the trend - not necessarily the amount.So here's the graph showing all of the trending information ... - Harmful to Your Health).My prediction about Games ... (Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008), I took a bit of heat, but looking at the trends - Games down! So are simulations and virtual labs. Any kind of training that ...

... especially given some of the well known government case studies around use of Wikis.Synchronous eLearning is trending ... information about what learning delivery methods were being used and particularly if they were trending up or down. The way he ... effectively judges the trend - not necessarily the amount.So here's the graph showing all of the trending information ... - Harmful to Your Health).My prediction about Games ... (Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008), I took a bit of heat, but looking at the trends - Games down! So are simulations and virtual labs. Any kind of training that ...

... told Cisco’s eLearning group that IM was going to become a powerful learning support tool. Unbelievable. IM was kid ... distraction if you’re watching it. It’s not something you go back to. It’s now or never. Unlike blog posts ... for connecting people through real-time updates that spark conversation and expose trends. I sense that it may be bigger than that. Just as blogs give us all a free, personal printing press to the internet, Twitter provides an instant, ...

Navigation Will Create Better Learning - The Rapid eLearning Blog No one likes wasting time and in the process being treated like ... The Thinking Behind Critical Thinking Courses - Washington Post Critical thinking is not a skill like riding a bike or diagramming a sentence that, once learned, can be applied in many situations. Instead, as your most-hated high school teacher often told you, you have to buckle down and learn the content of a subject--facts, concepts and trends--before the maxims of critical thinking taught in these feverishly-marketed courses will do you much good. The processes ...

Tony Karrer recently did a post on his blog regarding ePerformance. He also has a few good links to Learning Circuits articles on the topic, including this one that serves as a primer. This is a topic that I've written about several times on this blog, and I will continue to emphasize its importance on the community.I was asked the other day what the real difference was between performance improvement and training, because after all "isn't the goal of training to improve performance?" I answered, 'yes'...however, not all performance can be improved with training. I started back at the ...

As a reader of this blog you are a witness if not an active participant in the dramatic changes that we have seen over the last few years as a result of web 2.0 technologies. Increasingly everyone is a teacher as well as a learner; nobody knows everything and everyone knows something. As George Siemens pointed out in Knowing Knowledge:"Mass media and ... and ecologies, do not permit rapid adaptation to trends outside of established structure. Structure is created by a select ... the design of a series of face-to-face conference events for the eLearning Network (eLN). In the past, a typical eLN ...

My collection of eLearning Articles, White Papers, Blog Posts, etc. just reached 100. Thought I'd share. No ... Steve Jobs Can Teach You About Designing E-Learning - The Rapid eLearning Blog 67. The Social Affordances of the ... . 4. eLearn magazine: Feature Article Ten Web 2.0 Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E ... This report covers stats on the industry's trends and growth over the last year and will appear in the upcoming Training ... CONNECT 7. eLearn: Opinions Good short article on characteristics of 2.0 collaboration 8. e-learning ...

... session will examine present and future trends in collaborative learning - from synchronous platforms to wikis and blogs ... solutions to business problems. (You'll notice I did NOT say TRAINING problems) I was forever convinced that eLearning Design ... the evolution of eLearning. These are my sessions but there are many others filling the day. 8:00 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET Expert Panel: The Next Evolution in eLearning - 2008 and BeyondJoin a panel of distinguished experts who will investigate the technologies and trends that are shaping the future of training ...

In addressing this month's question on the Learning Circuits Blog, I was tempted by an observation made by Stephen Downes in his review of last year's eLearn Magazine predictions: ... there are two major types of predictions: one, which identifies a current trend, and says it will continue; and the other, that identifies something novel or unexpected. It seems clear that the former predictions are easy and safe and not especially useful. The latter, while not as safe, were much more useful to people. Guarded because, like Oscar Wilde, I know I can resist anything except temptation, ...

... sure if that trend will continue. In the meantime, I'm spending more time blogging and in virtual sessions. Those seem ... more speaking in 2009 based on some new work. But, I've increased my blogging and writing and decreased my speaking ... learners.Find Lots of Examples of eLearning 2.0I've already started to identify some of the initial eLearning 2.0 kinds ... , starter examples of solutions that don't fit within classic eLearning, eReference type solutions.This is probably my biggest failure for 2007. During a panel session in the fall discussing a few examples of eLearning 2.0 solutions, ...

... badsquare. Its not about elearning but they touch on most of the technologies that have been at the forefront of elearning ... kindred spirit and another blog for the reader.Here's a few thoughts that came to mind as I put this post together:1 ... buzzing in my head for this stuff.2) Pecha Kucha - very cool. Maybe just a trend but a great exercise in restraint and ... a new word. I talked with Michele Martin about blearning in this podcast. I've learned more from Blogging than ...

... a panel that I was moderating on eLearning 2.0. We had discussed Wikis, Blogs and were embarking on Second Life. Someone ... I first went back to what I wrote about last year:Some of the more specific memories from 2006:I started my blog in ... now.I had a real "aha experience" after using add-ins to provide features inside my blog. Boy were they easy to use. It's ... Future of Application and eLearning Development)I found myself no longer recommending the use of RoboInfo or other ... eLearning 2.0 Make a Difference?Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-upsWow, what a great list from 2006, ...

Guide 2,345 17 67 LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers 1,988 6 40 eLearning Trends 1,820 ... for New Media 107 4 8 Learning and Networking with a Blog (Deleted Scenes) 106 1 12 eLearning ... 25 eLearning Trends 1,820 9 24 Personal Learning Knowledge Work Environment 1,199 3 23 ... Given the nomination, I'm not sure how much new traffic will come to check out this blog, but I know that it's always hard to come to a blog and get a sense of what the person talks about. This is the reason I created the First ...

ToolsAuthoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-upsRelated posts from several eLearning Blogs:eLearning 2.0 Web 2.0 ... I had a great time this Saturday presenting to ISPI Los Angeles on eLearning 2.0. This presentation was somewhat ... be presenting a slightly different take on it this Thursday at a Free Online Conference - Corporate Learning: Trends ... lively discussion off of this.If this topic is of interest, then I would suggest also referring to:What is eLearning 2.0?Have Work and Learning Changed or the Way We Do Work and Learning? Learning and Networking with a Blog ...

I've been able to spend more time digesting the resources and information on the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (see my previous post on Top Ten Lists). This is truely an excellent resource for new and seasoned learning design and performance improvement professionals. Jane Hart provides a great resource that I find myself returning to frequently.Some of the valuable information that I've found include:Directory of Learning Tools - Range from traditional development tools to collaboration and information sharing tools. Categorized by the type of tool (i.e. blogging ...

I can say very confidently that more people read Tony Karrer's blog than this blog, but for anyone who hasn't seen Tony's blog yet, he has a great post on ROI and Metrics in eLearning. He is conducting research for an upcoming article on ROI and Metrics. It's a very hot topic and should be worth the read.

Tony Karrer has an interesting post (eLearning Technology: Thomas Davenport and Blogging - He is Wrong!) on a book he is reading. Based solely on the paragraph Tony posted, I would agree that Davenport is being inconsistent for he claims that the benefits of blogging have not been measured, but then claims that blogging has decreased productivity without providing a basis for his claims.This search for empirical data led me to do a few quick searches on Google Scholar with no concrete studies done (a few case studies, interviews, etc.). I would love to hear of any quantitative (or more ...

Welcome to the eleventh stop on the Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning blog book tour. For the past two weeks, the author, Dr. Karl Kapp, has been facilitating a tour of 15 different blogs (see scheduled stops) each contributing their own perspectives on the book.At first glance, some may think this is just another book praising the potentials that serious games and other technologies offer in learning situations. However, Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning ... , all forged while playing games, manipulating gadgets, and surfing the web." Anyone who has been reading this blog ...

I'm trying Slideshare for the first time. I've embedded the presentation from last week that I mentioned before.SlideShare LinkA few posts that go along with the content:Delicious UpgradeHave Work and Learning Changed or the Way We Do Work and Learning? Learning and Networking with a Blog (Deleted Scenes)What is eLearning 2.0?eLearning 1.0, 1.3 and 2.0Learning Trends Point To and Shape eLearning 2.0Web 2.0 and eLearning 2.0 Start-Up GuidesPersonal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 ToolsAuthoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-upsShift in eLearning from Pure Courseware ...