Case Study: More Than a Game

Rex Davenport

A customized learning event was designed to illustrate the power of mobile learning by putting the devices into the hands of competing teams. In a part of the world where television plays no major role and other mass media falls short, mobile devices have become the kin... More »

Social Media Basics

Jane Bozarth

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 »

Looking Ahead at Social Learning: 10 Predictions

Jeanne Meister

The last decade has brought a multitude of changes in technology and in the learning function. What will the next 10 years have to offer? Ten years ago, we had just come out of one of the most costly IT investments of all timethe Y2K scare. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder o... More »

Fostering Online Learning—Beyond the LMS

Mary Arnold

The flexibility of Web 2.0 tools provides many opportunities to invent new instructional strategies and to observe the informal learning we always knew was happening but didnt know how to track. Even if your organization uses an LMS to deliver training, its likely that ... More »

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 »