This paper from the Global Learning Alliance discusses:
The use of electronic performance support to sustain learning, development and support for tasks, procedures and enterprise
processes: a functional and financial study for managers.
It contin… more »
In future we will see more companies and universities that will consciously terminate their e-learning projects.
Hmm, that's a challenge. But Teemu goes on to describe how he sees companies moving towards using ICT to support learning in much more co… more »
This is where you can get a java-based tool to create topic/concept maps like the one below.
Concept maps are very different from the tree-like structures of Mind Maps. They enable interconnections to be made and visualised between any item.
The… more »
I've just discovered this site - part of the Open University. There are some fascinating projects going on around knowledge management, online presence and the semantic web.
Worth keeping an eye on. more »
Keep an eye on this software
Compendium is the semantic hypertext concept mapping tool at the heart of the Compendium methodology. It is the result of over 15 years' continual research, deployment and development of a tool to support the real time map… more »
Until I download and install this software I can't really comment. But from the website it looks like it might be the ideal way of creating and sharing concept maps (aka knowledge maps).
It's not as tree-oriented as a Mind Map (see: FreeMind)
Watch… more »
How CISCO structure their Modules, Lessons & Topics in a standardized way.
Now available from: http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60080111p,00.htm more »
Jay Cross (inventor of the term e-learning) now says that we need to abandon it and move on to "emergent learning", that suits rapidly changing organisations better.
We’ve got to cultivate emergent learning. Emergent learning encourages experiment and… more »
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