Welcome to the latest issue and the lead up to
the 10th Learning Technologies event at
Olympia 2, London on January 28-29th 2009.
We have some great articles this month beginning with
our Conference Chair, Donald H Taylor’s look at how
learning technologies have evolved over the last
decade. This is followed by Jane Hart’s focus on microblogging
in her series on social media and Jay Cross
who looks at some of the thinking that underpins
successful informal learning.
Five of our track chairs have articles in this issue
starting with Clive Shepherd’s look at synchronous
e-learning and Phil Green outlining how to test
comprehension rather than recall.
This is followed by Laura Overton who asks why
companies are still struggling to realise the potential
and indeed their investment in e-learning,Vaughan
Waller queries the role that the LMS now plays in
today’s learning environments and Alan Bellinger
encourages us to maintain our current learning strategy
rather than be distracted by all the credit crunch issues.
Other Learning Technologies speakers in this issue
include David Wilson who examines the area of
Software as a Service (SaaS), whilst Barry Sampson
looks at the humble RSS feed and how it can be used
to support learning in your organisation.
And finally our Chief Rapporteur at the conference,
Karyn Romeis, argues that it is perhaps time for the
L&D profession to recognise different approaches to
learning provision other than the traditional course.
We also have some great guest contributors this
month. Nigel Paine looks at the rise and fall and rise
again of the corporate university and Kai Merriot asks
why in a medium where communication is paramount,
do learning designers consistently get it wrong?
Adrian Dooley discusses how L&D can and must deploy
a wide range of technologies to contribute to project
management’s coming of age and Arif Ahmed looks at
learning process outsourcing.
In addition, we have two articles on rapid e-learning,
with Stephen Walsh showing how it can be a savvy
investment in these turbulent times, and David Perring
looks at how rapid e-learning could transform the
e-learning market in the years ahead.
I hope you enjoy the issue and see you at the show!
Ben Chai, Editor
Email editor@learningtechnologies.co.uk