Workplace learning professionals should focus on how social learningand its associated toolscan help achieve business goals. The transfer of knowledge has always been a social activity. Many years ago, workers learned skills through apprenticeship. More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Informal Learning , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Trends

There are lots of recipes for great games. A bad cook, or just an unlucky one, could spoil any of them, but by and large, the successful multiplayer titles work their magic using variations on the ten ingredients described here. 1. Self-Representation with Avatars The c... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Engagement , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning

A closer look at the process for creating and launching a social learning website for surgical residency programs. In January 2009, I attended ASTD TechKnowledge, which emphasizes developing and managing e-learning. During the conference, I was introduced to a vast arra... More »

Learning Technologies

Informal Learning , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Trends

Here are four ways to make role plays in virtual worlds more effective than role plays in the real world. As training professionals are forced to move education from the front of the classroom to online, they have discovered many challenges. How do you keep participants... More »

Career Development , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Informal Learning , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Trends

An open, accelerated flow of information is fostering greater collaboration and improving performance across all levels of government. A revolution is happening in government as the result of a new generation of government employees, the rise of Web 2.0 technologies, an... More »

Government , Learning Technologies

E-Learning , Informal Learning , Innovation , Mobile Learning , North America , Social Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends