The BBC news website describes a new Ofcom report which surveyed 1138 adults in the UK to determine how they spend their time, in particular the media they consume.
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A recent posting on Mashable reports some interesting data from Resolve Market Research based on an online survey of potential purchasers and active users of iPads, smart phones, e-readers and portable video game devices in the USA. It provides some insights into the uses early adopters are finding for their iPads and the effect this is having on competitive devices: The iPad was initially positioned as a device for reading, watching videos and web browsing
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So how are people really using the iPad?
In his posting Depressing study of L&D , Donald Clark quotes research by Coleman and Parkes in Spring of this year, which involved interviews with 100 key decision-makers at major UK companies. Apparently this showed that: 70% see inadequate staff skills as a barrier to growth
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Rather than getting depressed, get going
The Big Question for July on the ASTD Learning Circuits Blog is “Does the discussion of ‘how the brain learns’ impact your elearning design?” To emphasise the extent of this discussion, Tony Karrer lists 32 blog postings, including two of mine: Brain rules – where does that leave us? , June 22, 2009 The art of changing the brain , May 13, 2008 The answer in my case is a quite simple ‘yes’. I have gained a great deal of benefit from what I have read on this subject and I have made every effort to integrate this into any design work I have undertaken over the past couple of years.
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The big question: the impact of brain science on e-learning design
In a fascinating Economist article, The Lazy Medium: How people really watch television , we discover once again how rapid changes in technology are only slowly reflected in meaningful changes in behaviour. The following three extracts from the article demonstrate quite clearly how what we thought the impact of technology might be doesn’t necessarily match up to current reality: Myth 1: Viewers disregard the programme schedule But a change in expectations is not quite the same as a change in behaviour.
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How people really watch television
CEGOS has just released the results of their 2010 learning and development survey, carried out in March among 2,200 employees from small, medium and large companies in the UK, France, Germany and Spain. The results are interesting, particularly in terms of attitudes to, and usage of learning technologies.
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Latest CEGOS survey shows how Europe is shaping up for learning technologies
It is easy to assume that the so-called digital natives will respond without difficulty to any technological challenge, but a survey from Cengage Learning and Eduventures , entitled “Instructors and Students: Technology Use, Engagement and Learning Outcomes,”
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Money’s tight, let’s do some e-learning
Brighton-based e-learning developer Epic and the University of Birmingham have used good old Donald Kirkpatrick’s four levels of evaluation to demonstrate the worth of their Skills4uni study skills programme . Skills4uni “gives prospective students an idea of what to expect from their degree programme and university life in general. The course includes tools to help students identify what kind of learner they are, advice on critical and objective thinking, how to make best use of the library and practical tips on taking notes/asking questions in lectures”
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Epic evaluation shows the value of preparing students for study
One of the benefits from my regular tussles on the tennis court with Steve Rayson of Kineo is the intelligence we get to share on the elearning marketplace as we attempt to recover our composure at the finish. This time Steve alerted me to some research that Forrester has been doing for Adobe on the development of rapid elearning in the USA
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Rapid e-learning is gaining ground