The Elearning Media Group recently released its Research Advisory Group Report on the Corporate Segment. It’s a fascinating snapshot, indicating where 268 non-public-sector respondents see things going. It’s worth noting that although most respondents indicated they had a role in tool selection, 51% are trainer/teacher/educators, which is to say they are authoring and delivering training,
The Wall Street Journal reported today Mercedes-Benz is investing $19 million in China to build its biggest training facility in the world for car dealers as it strives to catch up with rivals Audi AG and BMW AG Mercedes expects to add 100 new distribution outlets this year to bring the total to 440. That’s
Gotta love Breaking Science News! I normally prettify link text, but in this case, the URL says it all: http://news.sciencemag.org/education/2014/05/lectures-arent-just-boring-theyre-ineffective-too-study-finds Raise your hand if you find this shocking. (Didn’t think I’d see any hands…) Per the article: “Freeman and a group of colleagues analyzed 225 studies of undergraduate STEM teaching methods. The meta-analysis, published online
Randall Munroe’s XKCD cartoon today illustrates the power of a well-executed simulation. Kerbal Space Program is a game in which players create and manage their own space program. It came to our house this Christmas when my son, Jim, the logistics guy, gave it to my husband the wannabe astronaut. We had a merry night
I’m hearing the term “Flawless Execution” bandied about quite a bit lately. It seems to be a trending bit of business jargon. On the surface, arguing against flawless execution sounds a bit like arguing against Mom and Apple Pie – who would object to such an awesome level of effectiveness? But I think the biggest
Paul Clothier recently wrote a thought-provoking article for Learning Solutions magazine called Interactive Video: The Next Big Thing in Mobile. The article is worth checking out, if only for the tasty examples he provides – they definitely ping my “Oooh, Shiny!” meter. The idea is video with embedded links to other video, providing a less
Watching a demo for yet another elearning module management product, I feel a rant coming on. I learn a lot from watching videos and presentations. But if the subject at hand requires my changing what I DO, then I (and, researchers will tell you, almost everybody else) need to practice the thing I watched, preferably
My friends the game designers are at it again, posting stuff about their work which makes me think HARD about my work in the training field. Mike Sellers at Rumble Entertainment recently pointed me to Warren Spector’s fascinating post on the commandments of game design. Written for an audience of developers of high-end games, the
We’re probably all seeing the heightened push for “gamification” in the learning space, along with some mumbled caveats about how it might not be a panacea and there are some situations in which it is the inappropriate approach. I think I’d like to raise the volume on those caveats, but first, a disclaimer. I’ve got
Chief Learning Officer’s Ladan Nikravan opened a conversation on their Linkedin forum recently, asking “What is the classroom’s place in learning in 2013?” It’s a fair question, but I have to say I was surprised by some of the answers offered. Some of the respondents seem to assume that the sole alternative to the face-to-face