The world has changed people now live and work in a world where Google gives the answers, where a mobile phone is the lifeline to the Web and to your GPS location, and where Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter link people to each other in their own way. By leveraging these ... More »

Career Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Career Development , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Global Workforce Development , Social Learning

One of the core principles of social networking systems that is so appealing is the level of personalization they enable. Both off-the-shelf and internally developed social networking systems offer multiple ways to personalize the user experience, from simple automatic ... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Advanced Level Content , E-Learning , Engagement , Managing the Learning Function , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends

Research indicates that as much as 70 percent of workplace learning is informal, occurring outside the classroom and in the spaces between formal training events. Social media is one way for the training department and the training practitioners to get into those spaces... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Beginner Level Content , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Informal Learning , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Students

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