The Work-Based Learning Unit of e-Skills UK has published preliminary results from their research with employers and learners in the UK "to help understand why employers are currently investing in e-learning and the difference it is ... tools (!!!), 20% mobile learning, blogs and wikis, 15% podcasts. All of these are expected to increase substantially in the ... of face-to-face and e-learning is pervasive, across a wide range of subject areas. Of the "online services offered ... is the primary application of e-learning amongst employers; what is encouraging is that much more notice is being ...

The eLearning Guild have recently released a new report on Learning 2.0 - Learning in a Web 2.0 World . The list of ... the report, the authors define Learning 2.0 as 'the idea of learning through digital connections and peer collaboration ... perspective: Learning 2.0 can play an important role in supporting formal learning in terms of active support and follow-through. Learning 2.0 is growing much faster than other approaches (albeit from a much lower base). It is the ... comes to attracting and retaining talent. Seventy percent of respondents plan to apply more Learning 2.0 in the ...

A colleague recently returned from a trip to Singapore where he saw a briefing on the state of the blogosphere. The presentation can be found here . It has some great statistics and numbers for anyone who is looking to build a case for blogging.

It was exciting to see Guild research as part of an article in Business Week . From the Story "...fledgling corporate games and virtual worlds are not nearly as sophisticated or visually stunning as some of the most popular consumer games involving millions of players, such as World of Warcraft, but they are precursors of what's in the pipeline. In a recent survey of nearly 1,500 people in large and small companies, the eLearning Guildâ€"a group investigating the design and management of e-learning tools for business, government, and educationâ€"found that the number of people ...

... include: An interactive tool and video to accompany the March 2008 article, " Is Yours a Learning Organization? " A " Learning Organization Survey " that while designed for your own personal use could still serve as a " starting point to help you assess how well your organization meets the criteria for being a learning ...

Guild's latest research report on authoring and development tools proves otherwise. Just look at these results, showing the market share of tools in various categories: Rapid development tools: #1 Captivate (65% of Guild members); #4 Presenter (26%) Courseware authoring, i.e. more serious tools: #1 Captivate (60%); #2 Flash (47%); #3 Dreamweaver (43%); #5 Authorware (16%). Simulation tools: #1 Captivate (79%); #2 Flash (45%). Audio recording (!!!!): #1 Captivate (44 ... that job. And given that Captivate outputs to Flash, a very high proportion of e-learning content seems to be in ...

These are my liveblogged notes from the eLearning Guild’s webinar on their e-Learning 2.0 research report ... use these tools–lots of informal learning opportunities Can you access these tools? Lots of things are ... people completed the e-learning 2.0 survey Concerns with emerging technologies: New things will make what we’re doing now obsolete: False Hard to learn: Probably not Hard to convince others: Probably not “If I don ... opportunities What is e-learning 2.0? “The idea of learning through digital connections and ...

Since I’m immersed in conceptualizing the Informal Learning 2.0 Fieldbook, I asked my LinkedIn contacts, “Workers, profits, technology. Make up your own question for the sequel to Informal Learning.” Eight people ... , or play or read a book that included e-learning? There are certainly many examples of media portrayal of education ... rigid expectations for behavior. Given the prevalence of e-learning, it seems like it should be in the media. But even ... placement! I appreciate any instances of where e-learning has been included or ideas for why it isn’t more ...

Questler is an informal learning network that enables you to reflect on your everyday learning with individuals that share your interests and quests. Quests in Questler are mini-blogs of information categorized into 6 types, Query, Observation, Discovery, Research, Media and Story. Each of those types represents an informal aspect to everyday learning.

... recession report'. Figures showing the true extent of the damage are just starting to come through. Research by MTD ... -learning still seems to be holding up well. Many developers have never been so busy;the awards dinners I've attended ... all enquiries are now for training in e-learning. The reasons for this increased interest in e-learning may not be the ... back at the winter of 2008 as a turning point for learning and development. On the one hand the pressures for change are practically irresistible - new thinking about learning in the workplace, new expectations from the next generation ...

Yesterday eLearning Guild announced their Member's Choice Awards for Learning Management Systems (LMS). Now I don't ... SumTotals was little ol' open-source Moodle: Award for market share - Small and Medium Corporate Learning Management Systems - Platinum award: Moodle. Award for market share - Education and Government Learning Management Systems - Gold award: Moodle (the Platinum went to Blackboard). Award for satisfaction - Small and Medium Corporate Learning Management Systems - Platinum award: Moodle. Award for satisfaction - Education and Government Learning Management Systems - ...

... an independent e-Learning specialist.  Plus one new list from Anon4 - a software provider/vendor from the USA Please do share your 10 favourite tools for learning or ... There have been 4 updated Top 10 Tools lists this week from: John Shaffer - John is an educational ... Quinnovation, an eLearning consultancy in the US. Bruce Richards - Bruce is the Research and Instructional Design Coordinator at the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs at Missouri ...

2 updated Top 10 Tools lists from: Janet Clarey -  a Senior Researcher at Brandon Hall Research Hans de Zwart - an e-Learning Consultant at Stoas Learning in the Netherlands 7 new lists from Doug Belshaw - a history teacher and E-Learning Staff tutor at an ... Caryl Oliver - a leader in Australia in mobile learning and she is a freelance consultant to educators 4 Anononymous contributions from a learning professional in Switzerland, a graphic designer from ...

Workplace Learning Today Keep Informed: Read Workplace Learning Today , a daily summary of news, events, commentary, and research on all aspects of workplace learning. Research Analysts Blogs ... ; Sign up for "Brandon Hall News" and get free research downloads ... Research via RSS . Brandon Hall Research ...

... podcasts, I can easily modify my research to focus on one or both of these tools.  The key is, I need to find an organization that is using these tools in a collaborative nature, and not just as a content management system. As I said, this is case study research.  The results of my research will be published.  But I am wiling to work with the company that ... organization.  The company he was working with changed leadership and decided not to participate in the research.  In fact, their commitment to using Web 2.0 tools was in question.  (Boo!) From Jim’s email: I am looking ...

... anyone will tell you and Cammy over at Learning Visions has some concerns about the high cost of guild research in ... questions, finding the right correlations and investing in the proper tools so that the research is an accurate reflection of ... --check it out...(even if she was multi-tasking while Steve showed the research tool.) And while $995 for full access to ... As an academic and a person who values research, I think it is critically important to our industry to back research and to use it to make sound judgments regarding the design, development and delivery of e-learning. One site I ...

I know that there are a lot of good people and organizations out there doing research around elearning topics ... also wanted to call attention to two items - first is the Guild's Research Blog   - curently manned by the ... one or some data points from ongoing research that the Guild is doing - so they're backed by real albeit incomplete data or the posts concern possible future directions/questions for the research to address. So when Steve posts something ... terms of opportunities for e-Learning professionals" - and asks people to post what kind of data points should be ...

In my last post on Flash Quiz Tools , I mentioned how I had used the eLearning Guild Research to streamline my effort of find the right tools. This post is probably long overdue, but the use of the data from the guild has been a really great resource and has lead to posts such as: Flash Quiz Tools LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) LMS Team Size ... Modalities, the e-Learning Salary & Compensation Report, and the e-Learning Projects Database. And, if I'm not ...

Yesterday, the Top 10 Tools lists closed, so that I can finalise the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 - available shortly.  Here are the final contributors to the list: Karyn Romeis   - Karyn is an independent learning and development consultant operating under the name Learning Anorak.  Gabriela ... West University of Timisoara in  Romania. Mark Rollins - Mark offers e-Learning ... and researcher Elaine Talbert - Elaine is a secondary school principal, currently the manager ...

There have been a lot of discussions over the years regarding the usefulness of head-mounted displays (HMDs). While there has been a lot of promising research, the big issue is, frankly, the size and bulkiness of the displays (especially when trying to integrate into the gear of Soldiers and Marines who already have helmets and are maxed on what they are carrying). The solution = eye-mounted displays. This was one of the interesting items I heard while I was over in ... research team at the University of Washington has created contact lenses with micro-circuitry (read Article 1 ...

... now). If you want to hear about whats new and coming soon, or if you want to help influence the direction their tools ... - The eLearning Development Conference & Expo Co-located with the Adobe Learning Summit November 5-9, 2007 San Jose, ...

Timeline Tool Multimedia Learning Object Authoring Tool Character Stroke Recorder Vocabulary Memorization Platform Image Annotation Language Pronunciation Tool Discussion Extractor WYSIWYG Tool Interactive Video / Transcript Viewer (IVT) Pachyderm to VUE Converter ... This tool addresses the problem of re-usability of student interactions in WebCT Discussions, and allows an ... /research, e-portfolios, record-keeping, ...

... e-Learning Reloaded: Top 50 Web 2.0 Tools for Info Junkies, Researchers & Students This is a great little list. I found a couple new tools that I had not heard of before. Good stuff! They mention NetVibes as well. But I would specifically call out PageFlake's Training Blogs collection . Sure, I use my Google Reader. But some days I need a change when I'm scanning the blogosphere and I'm never sorry to check out the PageFlakes. The eLearning Guild Annual Gathering 2008 Conference & Expo April 14-17, 2008 - Orlando, ...

Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... eLearning Authoring Tools : eLearning Technology Authoring Tools Several questions came up recently around Authoring Tools and I wanted to point people to some ...

Supporting new approaches to learning ... Designing for social justice: people, technology, learning ... Towards new learning networks December 2006 What should the educational landscape of the future look like? Where, and with whom, should learning happen? This report argues for a move towards the network logic of the learning ...

... search on eLearning . His Thesis is titled Mimi: A Key Tool for ePedagogy. He has some great thoughts, ideas, and structure around creating a tool that is a combination of a wiki and blog. Before you roll your eyes and say, "hey, there's a ton of people already working on that." I would encourage us, the learning community, to participate and help by adding our thoughts to his thesis. Why? Because its exactly what this whole new paradigm in learning is all about ... this stuff throughout the year I am constantly looking for fresh ways to present this swing of the learning ...

... ePerformance Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective Personal Learning Knowledge Work Environment Personal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools Needed ... answer for any individual and so not something to be done lightly. It's easy to list a set of tools. Jane Hart has done a great job collecting individual answers to what learning tools and technologies that people use. But, that doesn't get ... people use to understand what they need and turn it into methods and tools. The question is a bit harder than ...

I have two objectives for this post. First, I will review Freepath 2.0 Beta , a free presentation tool.  Second, I will use Freepath to present 25 Free Tools for Learning Professionals as researched and compiled by Jane Hart . According to Dave Giusti of Freepath, it is: “… a free tool where you create playlists that contain content ... Hart for learning professionals into an interactive Freepath playlist.  In order to view the tools and interact with the ... ; Tagged: elearning, free, freepath, learning, presentations, resources, tool, tools    ...

... the other top 10 lists. 1. E-learning 2.0 2. Virtual Environments 3. Open source and free tools 4. Do-it-yourself ... an open invitation to learning professionals who were asked to mention tools that were used for either their learning ... above, go to the Top 10 Tools for E-learning . It includes lists from Karl Kapp, Jay Cross, Stephen Downes, and about ... I stumbled across another "top ten learning trends" list today, and I got to thinking, "it seems like everyone has a ... Trends for Organizational Learning . 1. Google 2. Blogs 3. Wiki's 4. Open Source 5. IM/VOIP 6.

... volume and intensity over actually well thought-out and/or well-researched and/or deeply intuitive statements. The ... taken any deeper. Any statement that starts something like: The X Myths about e-Learning, Training, Learning, or ... themselves. i.e. Myth #1: E-Training equals E-Learning, or Myth #2: People only learn in formal training situations. Another hack device, one that I have mentioned here before, is invoking every hot new technology. Training/Learning should be ... cell phone or pager (that would be m-learning). Or someone could call you and leave a message on the phone and ...