July 2010

LC Blog Big Question: Brain Learning and E-Learning Design
There's been a lot of discussion around cognitive theory and "how the brain learns." But even with all of that discussion there's a question of whether people are really making changes to the design of their online learning. So, does the discussion of "how the brain learns" have an impact on your e-learning design?

Case Study: Virtual Instructor-Led Training: Powerful, Not PowerPoint

By Sue O. Hall

With the help of Intrepid Learning Solutions, Autodesk migrated instructor-led product training to synchronous, virtual training for hundreds of geographically dispersed learners in a matter of weeks.

 

Feature: Online Content: Still a Pain In the SaaS
By Lee Wright
Content-as-a-Service offerings are emerging as a way to solve the issues surrounding the maintenance and delivery of effective online training that have been hampering organizations since the inception of e-learning.

 

Feature: Facilitating Learning with Social Media
By Michele B. Medved and Terrence Wing
No longer will workplace learning and performance professionals be solely responsible for directing learning, but also for facilitating the informal learning process through the use of social media. Here’s some help.

 

T+D Feature: Looking Ahead at Social Learning: 10 Predictions

By Jeanne Meister and Karie Willyerd

The last decade has brought a multitude of changes in technology and in the learning function. What will the next 10 years have to offer?

Survey: 2010 LMS Survey
In 2005, Learning Circuits, ran its first survey on learning management systems (LMSs). We asked such questions as: Do you build or buy? What system do you use? What are the must-have features? We're asking the same questions this year, and will post responses in August.

Downoads: Wiki Engines

Each month LC links to offerings from a new suite of solutions. This month we link to free wiki engines: MediaWiki, TikiWiki, and DokuWiki.


Industry Headlines

Social Networking in the Workplace Is on the Rise
A survey by global Internet content security provider Trend Micro shows that more workers around the globe are using social networking sites while in the office, even as more companies are restricting access to such websites.

LXCI Reports Confidence Among Learning Executives

ASTD Research has released its Learning Executive Confidence Index for the second quarter of 2010. Some 257 learning executives (LXs) responded to an online invitation-only survey, contributing to a Q2 LXCI of 62.0. This is a 1.0 point increase from the Q1 LXCI of 61.0, and is the highest value on record, indicating increasing optimism in the performance of the learning function.

 

Blackboard to Acquire Elluminate and Wimba 

Blackboard recently announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire both Elluminate, Inc. and Wimba, Inc., two providers of synchronous learning and collaboration technology to the education markets, for a total of approximately $116 million in cash, excluding transaction costs and subject to certain adjustments. 

 

Call For ASTD 2011 International Conference & Exposition Session Submissions 

The ASTD 2011 International Conference & Exposition proposal submission site is now open till August 18, 2010 for submissions.  Past submitters for 2009 and 2010 should have received an email alert that the site is open for submissions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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