Greed for Speed

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Pat Galagan

From speed dating to speed reading, few aspects of our lives escape the pressure to be shortened. Learning is no exception. More »

2011: The Year of the Media Tablet As a Learning Tool

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Evgeny Kaganer

There's no denying the imminent explosion of tablet computing as a learning tool. Reports from the 2011 Computer Electronics Show counted 85 iPad challengers, in addition to all of the iPad accessories being touted, including iPad holders, iPad keyboards, and even iPad ... More »

Back to Bricks and Mortar

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Pat Galagan

While more and more workday activities, including employee learning, are headed for the wide-open spaces of the Internet, professional services firm Deloitte LLP is building a $300 million corporate university on the solid ground of Westlake, Texas. Scheduled to open in... More »

Burp, Chatter, Tweet: New Sounds in the Classroom

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Pat Galagan

Classroom decorum has gone the way of the schoolmarm and the dunce cap, and "good riddance," some say. Behavior such as eating in class, arriving late, and challenging the teacher has become commonplace in high school and college classrooms, and increasingly so in corpo... More »