Six Trends That Will Change Workplace Learning Forever

Paula Ketter

Changes to the workplace, the competencies for leadership development, and technologies will alter the way learning professionals approach training design and delivery. Change can be scary. If you agree, then 2010 has been a scary year. Along with the challenges of the ... More »

Role Plays: Virtual World v. Real World

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Mark Janowski

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 »

Lessons Learned from Conducting 3D Virtual World Learning Experiences

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Karl M. Kapp

As of yet, there are few schools, certificate programs, or even seminars available to provide step-by-step instructions for conducting educational sessions in 3D virtual immersive environments. Absent those formal, standardized guidelines here are lessons learned from v... More »

Would You Like To Play A Game?

Julie Dirksen

When adding gaming elements to e-learning, there's this odd notion that after you include a wacky 'dinging' sound and a few zany graphics, suddenly you'll have Sexual Harassment Jeopardy: instructional, hilarious, and meaningful. It's just not that simple. (And really, ... More »

Learning 2.0 and Workplace Communities

David Wilkins

When discussing the future of learning, there are many advocates and descriptors, but far too few concrete definitions. To one expert, the future of learning is a kind of workplace community; for another, its a new application of social media to an existing business pro... More »