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