‘Teeth, touch and talent – where haptics, drawing and dentistry meet’ is the intriguing title of an art exhibition housed in The Gallery on the third floor of Foyles Bookstore in London’s Charing Cross Road. It comprises how a number of first year dental students at King’s College, London, have ‘recorded’ their view of [...]
Elliott Masie, that shrewd and perceptive online learning mover and shaker with a worldwide reach and reputation, has finally stated publicly what many in the corporate learning world have known for some time but dared not reveal: ‘e-learning’ and ‘instructional design’ are disappearing. Masie makes the point that job adverts for, and [...]
Interactivity is a key component in the learning process. While it’s relatively easy for a teacher in a classroom to interact with the learners and, by ‘reading’ the situation, involve them in the learning process in the most effective ways, it’s much harder for those producing online learning materials. For one thing, they can only [...]
Typically, buyers of learning materials want the best products at the least cost, in the shortest time cycles, with the minimum risk and from the best vendors. They also want ‘continuity’ from those from whom they buy. Online learning is characterised by being produced by multi-disciplinary teams, to demanding project management requirements and – [...]
It’s all very well to promote the benefits of any or all forms of online learning – especially its flexibility - but people will only embrace this learning if they want to learn and are actively encouraged to do so by both their line and senior managers. In addition to this managerial encouragement, there [...]
A while ago, over 100 learning professionals were asked what one thing most annoys them about online learning materials. Their responses were both varied and – significantly – many. Of these, the 13 most annoying traits of online learning materials were: Patronising the learner Having a section called ‘how to use this e-learning module’ [...]
There’s a tendency to do ‘just-in-case’ training rather than ‘just-in-time’ training. In other words, people are given access to learning materials in case they ever need to know what they’re being taught. Key issues in today’s workplace are the pace of change; the appearance of broader and more complex job tasks, and the question [...]
The drivers for adopting new technologies in learning include not only the suppliers and customers (buyers) but also the consumers (users) – in other words, everyone. Decide, design, develop and deploy is the standard four-step process relating to technology. Increasingly – since about 2006 - consumers want to use mobile devices for learning and for [...]
There’s always change but the corporate learning sector has been experiencing more than its usual share recently. On a strategic level, there’s a growing trend towards learning technology suppliers moving away from control by learning technologists. A recent 101-page IBIS Capital report on the e-learning sector, with market information and analysis from Learning Light, [...]
At this year’s Learning Technologies exhibition (in London, 29/30 January), the learning content management solutions provider, eXact learning solutions, will be outlining how recent technology advances are enabling the personalisation and contextualisation of learning materials. In particular, it will be revealing key aspects of the latest version of its award-winning eXact learning content management system [...]
