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A Glimpse of Your Future Workforce – Now in Middle School

Monday, May 07, 2012
Six months ago Thomas Suarez, a 6th grader from Los Angeles, spoke at a TEDS event about the making and sale of an "app" he created on his own - "Bustin Jieber" (a whack-a-mole type anti-Justin-Bieber game. ) (There's nearly 2 million views of the video on YouTube so you may have seen it. ) Anyway, he's quite eloquent and now owns his own company. Read the Full Article

Why Should Mobile Learning Be on Your Mind?

Tuesday, May 01, 2012
I read the article Here's Why Google and Facebook Might Completely Disappear in the Next 5 Years"  and, coupled with some research on mobile video I'm doing, paused because I suddenly felt like I was missing something. It was one of those "wait - what?" moments that I sometimes get as an analyst because you know, I have to know this stuff. Anyway, the author of the article, Eric Jackson, shares two schools of thought - first, the outsized influence management teams have on organizational outcomes and second, the idea that managers don't really matter all that much because organizational outcomes have more to do with industry effects. Read the Full Article

Another Stake in Ground for Blackboard: Two New Investments in the Open-source E-learning Market

Thursday, March 29, 2012
Blackboard’s statement of principles about open source says it is “committed to supporting the growth, development and use of open source technologies in education worldwide. ” Blackboard also says it “expects to make significant contributions to the community to help ensure that open source options remain strong, reliable and sustainable for all. ”  To that end, Blackboard has launched a new business called Blackboard Education Open Source Services – a good thing, right? Read on… In support of this broader vision, Blackboard announced on Monday that it had acquired two companies - the first, Moodlerooms and the second, NetSpot. Read the Full Article

Curatr: Using Visualization Navigation for Static Content with Social and Gamification Elements

Thursday, March 01, 2012
I have been playing around with Curatr for a few weeks now not only as a platform for social learning but as a social publishing tool as well. Curatr is a stand-alone or integrated (with API) cloud-based platform that allows you to browse content in a more visible fashion and more. . Read the Full Article

Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) - A Good Fit for L&D? (Part 1)

Friday, January 13, 2012
Alternate Reality Game (ARG)…an interactive story-based game, delivered through multiple “real world” modes (i. e. , text, phone, Internet, print, and others) within which players must participate interactively and work collectively to solve “real world” problems the story presents. Read the Full Article

About These Analysts

David Mallon leads our research practice in Learning and Development. He studies the role and make-up of High Impact Learning Organizations - and how they are evolving to meet the changing needs of today's workforces and workplaces, including organization & governance, learning architectures, integration with talent management, working with solution providers, and globalization. Janet Clarey is senior analyst for L&D. Her areas of focus are successful applications of learning; core processes such as program management, instructional design, and content management; learning tools and technologies; and learning staff development. She writes on the changing learning landscape with the goal of helping learning professionals produce results for their organizations.


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