"Most training in organisations still takes place on a very formal basis using the traditional training object - the 'course'. However, it is now well recognised that something like 70% of learning actually takes place informally in organisations, i.e. not in the classroom nor working through an online course, but in everyday working life as employees carry out their jobs - finding out information, reading documents, talking to other colleagues etc. It is these kinds of informal learning activities that need to be supported and encouraged online. E-learning is therefore not just about e-training but also about information, communication, collaboration, performance support and knowledge sharing."
Jane Knight, Founder, e-Learning Centre
From Top ten tips for implementing e-learning
Meeting Announcement
September Meeting Alert—“Learning in Second Life”
Please mark your calendars. You don’t want to miss the September 21 eLearning Forum meeting at APPLE COMPUTER. The meeting will explore Next-Generation Learning and Training—and what today’s “Millenials” or Gen Y workers want right now (instead of our traditional, course-based training classes).
Joe Miller, Vice President of Platform and Technology Development at Linden Lab, the SF-based company that has developed the Second Life environment (see www.secondlife.com or go to Wikipedia—http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life—to see a more in depth description), will come and demonstrate and discuss what is going on in their 3-D virtual world, built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by 370,000 people from around the globe. Joe was a founder and CEO of the Knowledge Universe Interactive Studio, and has held executive positions in a number of learning companies prior to joining Linden Lab.
For members who cannot attend this meeting in person, remote access will be available. Details will be provided in subsequent announcements about this event and on the eLearning Forum website. Please stay tuned.
We look forward to seeing you on September 21. Register early to reserve your place. A more detailed meeting announcement will follow in early September and will also be posted on our website: http://www.eLearningForum.com
eLearning Forum Events
- Exploring Innovations in Attracting, Recruiting, Developing & Retaining the “Net” Generation
- Prepare Your Workforce for the "Net" Generation: A Learning Innovation Network Event
- Talent Management Meets Organizational Learning and Collaboration Technology
- Jun 22, 2007: Exploring the Wikinomics-Learning Intersection
- April 20, 2007: Where Wikinomics Meets Learning
- February 27, 2007 Meeting: Wikinomics--How The Smartest Companies Create Value in the Age of Mass Collaboration
- December 2006: eLearning Forum Holiday Wine & Music Festivus!
- November 2006: A Game-Changing, User-Centric Corporate Knowledge Strategy
- October18, 2006: Meeting Extended Enterprise Learning Complexity
- September 21 Meeting: Learning in Second Life
- September Meeting Alert—“Learning in Second Life”
- June 2006: Learning Eco-Systems, Infrastructure and Architecture – Opportunities and Challenges
- April 2006: Learning-Enabled Business Transformation--An In-depth Case Study
- March 2006: Mobile Learning--Where are we today and where are we heading?
- February Meeting: “Perspectives and Interactive Discussion around eLearning 2.0”
- January 2006: Discussion with John Hagel
- November2005: Podcasting @ Cisco--A Case Study
- October 2005: “Leveraging Informal Learning for Better Business Results” [Note: Changes for remote participants below]
- September Meeting: New eLF Launches with “The Age Wave and Learning”
- August Meeting: Emerging Business Issues and Learning Trends--Perspectives from Three Industries
- June Meeting: Trends in Learning Solutions Offerings: Catalog and Customization
