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So what actually is learning content?

Today I sat down, just as I did ten years ago, to write a set of checklists and standards for digital learning content as applied to the workplace. While this was, for me at least, a worthwhile and rewarding experience, and will hopefully be of value when released sometime soon to content developers and purchasers of off-the-shelf content, the process was enormously complicated by the changes that have taken place in the scope and application of digital learning content.

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So what actually is learning content?

Today I sat down, just as I did ten years ago, to write a set of checklists and standards for digital learning content as applied to the workplace. While this was, for me at least, a worthwhile and rewarding experience, and will hopefully be of value when released sometime soon to content developers and purchasers of off-the-shelf content, the process was enormously complicated by the changes that have taken place in the scope and application of digital learning content. Ten years ago, all we had, at least as far as workplace e-learning was concerned, was interactive tutorials, very closely resembling the computer-based training materials that we had previously experienced on CD-ROM and videodisc.

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Rather than getting depressed, get going

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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The Big Question: Keeping up

The April Big Question in the Learning Circuits Blog is simply ‘how do we keep up?’ It responds to this plea from a reader: Isn’t this an ever-expanding universe of tech goodies? Will we be forced to chase hot tools and social platforms to stay competitive? How the heck are we supposed to stay up to speed on all the latest stuff and be successful using it personally and professionally

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What every learning and development professional needs to know about e-learning

The following copy accompanied the release yesterday of a free 20-page booklet entitled What every learning and development professional needs to know about e-learning : Change and opportunity Surprising as it may seem, most educational and training methods are relatively timeless. Most of the familiar options, whether that’s providing instruction, leading discussions, delivering case studies, running role plays and simulations, providing coaching, apprenticeships and so on, have been practised for hundreds, if not thousands of years.

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