From the standpoint of a magazine that’s always talking and writing about the latest trends in corporate learning/training, it came as a bit of a surprise to us when we tallied the results of this year’s survey of readers. You would think that social learning (of which mobile learning or m-learning is a part) would be the number one choice…

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One of the special challenges with which learning professionals must cope on a regular basis is whether their departments first serve the individual or the corporation. The trick is convincing corporate managers that serving the employee is best for the corporation in the long run, and convincing employees that serving the corporation is best for them individually in the long…

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As social media gain a stronger foothold in the learning process, more learners are starting to create their own learning content. During a recent open Twitter discussion at http://lrnchat.com, learning professionals observed how this phenomenon is indeed evolving. Some of the more interesting answers to the question, “How can learners make their own learning content?”: >> Learners can make YouTube…

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For some e-learning applications, micro-learning is fast catching on, particularly in the corporate world. Simply put, it’s learning in small steps—which is not only compatible but symbiotic with traditional e-learning. “It’s when companies create narrow groups of courses or topics, like teaching about copyright protection instead of business law, or covering a subject for a limited time, or using only…

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Bill Gates entered the Wild, Wild, Web this morning by starting an “Ask Me Anything” Reddit thread, where he answered questions live.  Bill Gates joins a very eclectic list of people who have braved Reddit’s AMA: Woody Harrelson’s (pulled), scientists and engineers as NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, President Obama, professional poker players, and a host of others. Mr. Gates talked…

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“Crowdsourcing” is the e-learning community’s new in-vogue term. In actuality, it’s been “in vogue” for quite a few years, but it’s gone by other, less specific, names: social learning or collective intelligence. Daren C. Brabham was the first to define “crowdsourcing” in the scientific publication Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies (Feb. 1, 2008): “Crowdsourcing is…

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