Many of our cherished and successful learning strategies and practices are not as relevant today under most circumstances as they have been in the past. Organizations are creaking under the strain of structures that get in the way of the rapid learning, communicating, c... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General , Trends

Here's a closer look at the growing demand for real-time collaboration-based learning. According to recent Ambient Insight market research, the 2006 U.S. market for real-time collaboration-based learning products and services is now over $2.6 billion and growing at a fi... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Managing the Learning Function , Students , Training and Development - General , Trends

The Michael G Detroiter School of Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, offers major programs in undergraduate, postgraduate, and graduate medical education. The Undergraduate Medical Program for the MD degree has 148 students admitted each year. The thr... More »

Higher Education , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Advanced Level Content , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Managing the Learning Function , Simulations and Serious Games , Training and Development - General , Trends

Over the years, providing high-quality training to employees has been somewhat problematic to many companies. While the need for well-trained people is obvious, many companies don't do a consistently good job of creating training internally. Others, however, have built ... More »

Learning & Development

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General , Trends

Learning 2.0 has officially arrived. However, there's debate over whether it's a legitimate evolution of existing e-learning paradigms, a convenient way to group learning-enabling technologies together under one umbrella, or a cynical attempt to distance ourselves from ... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Informal Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Managing the Learning Function , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Trends