by Bill Brandon
Each year, DevLearn gets better, and this year was no exception. Over 1,300 people attended this premiere event in the e-Learning community of practice, and all went home tired, happy, and with expanded horizons and much larger professional networks. Read all about it here!
by Anne Derryberry
Collaboration is hot, and e-Learning developers can always use help. Here are three new online tools and services that you may find fit your needs (and your budget): Google Wave, Freebase, and Amazon Mechanical Turk. They are well worth checking out!
by Bill Brandon
Google Wave has generated much discussion among educators and trainers in the last five months, as the potential of this communication platform has begun to be known. Learn what the status of Wave is, where its current strengths and weaknesses are, and how it may be useful in the design, development, delivery, and management of e-Learning.
by Alana Meeker, Michele Stouffer
This is our story about an efficient and effective method to facilitate knowledge transfer from SME to ISD to Developer, and the production of a simple WBT format that both promotes learning and maintains our quality standards. We offer our three key actions for your consideration: Keep It Simple, Divide and Conquer, and Break With Tradition.
by David Wilkins
Because of the way the media have presented it, most people think of the Long Tail as a strategy for retailers to maximize sales. But there are many not-so-obvious parallels between online retail and online learning, and we can leverage this idea to focus our resources and deliver more value. Read this article to learn how!
by Chris King
Learning 2.0 has been attracting a lot of attention as a concept and as an approach to supporting learning. However, to be effective it still requires the cooperation of human beings – it is not a matter of technology alone! Read this article to discover a systematic approach to design and implementation of Web 2.0 technology in your organization!
by Joe Ganci
Technology and practice in e-Learning have been advancing quickly, and delivery modalities have become more diverse in the last three years. Design and development practices now offer a wide spectrum of choices, and everyone is not “in the same place.” An expert looks at what has been happening, and where we may be heading.
by Irene Boland
While many e-Learning practitioners have been interested in virtual worlds as venues for learning, solid research and evidence of return on the investment have been hard to come by. An investigator not only shows that virtual worlds work for learning, she also shows you how to go about adapting the traditional instructional development model to this environment!
by Ronald Yu
As the world becomes more and more interconnected, e-Learning producers find that they must be aware that their audience is now international. This may be nowhere more true than in the case of continuing education programs for those in the legal professions. This week’s article, by a highly qualified practitioner, explores the issues. This is an area that we should all be paying attention to!
by Bill Brandon
In 2009, recession will shape the e-Learning world far more than technology developments. The trends will be simple and few in number, although that will not make them easy to deal with. Here's a look at what may be the three big trends, and tips for dealing with them.

