Over half of learning and development managers (57%) now offer elearning as part of their training provision. But there are doubts about its effectiveness, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s annual learning and development survey
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eLearning DevCon 2008 Planned for Salt Lake City, Utah, July 14-16
Organizers for the e-learning developers conference, eLearning DevCon announced today that the 2008 event will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the University of Utah Campus on July 14-16.
Trainers Invited to attend Next eLearning Network Event: Building Learning Communities
Can self-study elearning stand alone? Is it possible for really meaningful learning to take place without support from experts and peers? Can learning communities enhance the user experience by providing learners with ongoing support, inspiration and shared expertise? These are the issues to be tackled at the eLNâs next event â” Building Learning Communities.
Nigerians Urged to Embrace E-Learning
Nigerians have been tasked to fully embrace the innovativeness of e-learning, in view of the advances taking root already in all fields of endeavour all around the globe through information communications technology.
E-Learning Industry Facing Critical Challenges
Falls Church, VA, (August 2005) â” Bill Bruck, Q2Learning lead solutions architect, recently
chaired the International Quality and Performance Conference for Instructional Design and
Curriculum Development in Chicago. In his opening remarks, he listed several critical challenges
facing the e-learning industry. Among them:
LMS implementations that suck the money and mind-share from learning organizations as
they focus on administering training, versus designing and delivering it.
Major compliance training initiatives for legal risk reduction that takes energy away from
training that can help achieve the organizationâs strategic and financial goals.
The charm of âârapid developmentâ that often amounts to boring PowerPoint being converted
to boring Flash, with no instructional design or valid assessments.
Dr. Bruck also delivered a pre-conference workshop, âImplementing Best Practices for
Instructional Design and Delivery of Blended Learningâ where he provided guidelines for building
training that focuses on proficiency and performance improvement in critical areas for the
organization.
When asked about the importance of this event, Dr. Bruck said, âthe promise of e-learning has
not lived up to its potential. Weâve been picking the low-hanging fruit, and not facing the
challenges of training for on-the-job proficiency. In order to help organizations realize their
learning goals, we need to find ways to create interactive opportunities for participants in online
blended learning programs.â