E-Learning Still Trending Up

ASTD Staff

(From Human Resource Executive Online) -- According to the 2010 State of the Industry Report just released by the Alexandria, Va.-based American Society for Training and Development, 37 percent of training hours involved electronic technology in 2009; 28 percent of trai... More »

Social Media: Who is using it for Workplace Learning?

ASTD Staff

The recent emergence of social media technologies such as Web 2.0 is spawning a new era in corporate learning. But how valuable do learners find social media tools for learning on the job? Respondents to the ASTD/i4cp research report, The Rise of Social Media: Enhancing... More »

Social Media Usage

ASTD Staff

The newly released ASTD/i4cp research report, The Rise of Social Media: Enhancing Collaboration and Productivity Across Generations, found social media technologies to still be gaining traction in the workplace relative to increases in personal usage. For example, nearl... More »

Learning and technology – what have we learnt? Blog Post by Martyn Sloman, Kingston University

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We have now experienced ten years of e-learning and this is a good time to reflect on its impact. Slomans (2009) paper entitled Learning and technology what have we learnt? explores the progression of e-learning and its possible future directions. It extracts research c... More »

Need Help Going Virtual?

ASTD Staff

Is your organization ready for new learning models? Learn more from companies that are already using social networking and other technologies to turn employees into independent, just-in-time, informal learners. That and many otherinsights intonew learning technologies w... More »