A consistent pattern in our response to new technologies is we simultaneously overestimate the short-term impact and underestimate the long-term impact. More »

Learning Technologies , Learning & Development

E-Learning , Designing Learning , Social Learning

Among the many features that an LMS contains, chats and forums are perhaps the most underused and under appreciated. Yet, academia has long used discussion as the best way to build community and promote learning. So can you, by leveraging the power of chat in your LMS. More »

Learning Technologies , Learning & Development

E-Learning , Social Learning , Engagement , Designing Learning

Virtual worlds just might be the future of e-learning. It is enough to make a learning professional's head spin. Every day there is a new story about online worlds providing new learning environments. Articles and books are describing how a generation raised on video ga... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Training and Development - General

Are virtual worlds a breakthrough technology that will forever reshape learning and business? Or are they this season's over-hyped fad? You'd have to try very hard to avoid exposure to the virtual world phenomenon in America these days. More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Global Workforce Development , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends

In February, ASTD will kick off a grand experiment in informal, web-based learning. ASTD and Internet Time Group will begin hosting the "Unworkshop" on Learning with Blogs, Wikis, and Web 2.0. Join us, and you will see that we practice what we preach. All sessions are o... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Designing Learning , E-Learning , Social Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends