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	Mobile Learning: The Essential Information for Training Professionals New! For years, learning analysts have been predicting wide adoption for mobile learning. But, until now, this has not occurred. Mobile phone companies are at last seeing cell phones as miniature Web-enabled computers in people's pockets rather than as portable telephones. Consequently, smart phone sales are soaring. This report provides you with the key information you need to expand beyond a desktop-based learning strategy toward one where people can learn anywhere, anytime. Continue >
	Building and Fostering Virtual Learning Communities New! Extensive evidence suggests that effective learning communities provide important benefits for learners and their organizations. Apart from significant gains in learning, benefits include reducing isolation, enhancing collegiality, increasing job satisfaction, and Instituting new approaches to solving problems. This report provides you with the key information you need to understand and foster virtual learning communities within your organization. Continue>
	Learning Technologies for Healthcare Education and Training New! Since human lives are at stake, training in the healthcare industry is rigourous, intensive, and critical. Complicating matters, the medical world changes quickly as new procedures, practices, and technologies are introduced at an ever faster rate. To meet these challenges, healthcare has in the last decade embraced innovative learning technologies. This report provides an analysis of how the medical world uses a multitude of learning strategies to improve performance. Continue >
	Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning in Training and Development: The Business Brief New! This report provides only the key information busy learning professionals need to know about collaborative learning. What is computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL)? What can CSCL do for training and development? What can collaborative learning do for a business? What software and hardware do I need to implement CSCL? And more. Continue >
	Computer Supported Collaborative Learning in Education and Training: Case Studies and Key Resources New! This report contains 16 case studies of collaborative learning technologies being used in organizations today: This new report also contains a set of resources for users who want to go further in their quest additional information about collaborative learning. More >
	Computer Supported Collaborative Learning in Education and Training: Tools and Technologies New! A new set of Internet technologies, known as E-learning 2.0, is having a major impact on furthering computer supported collaborative learning. These technologies are transforming learning as a classroom phenomenon to something that takes place at any time and any location. This report provides a survey of tools and technologies that can be used to support collaborative learning in training and development. More >
	Computer-Based Collaborative Learning for Training and Development: Research and Practice New! Collaboration sounds like a positive idea. It seems friendly, helpful, and sociable. So, the term “collaborative learning” should be equally appealing — even more so when we throw technology into the mix. What’s not to like about using technology to support collaborative learning? A thorough review of the literature on using computers to support collaborative learning shows that reality is more complicated. This report contains a comprehensive overview of the current state of collaborative learning. More >
	Virtual Worlds for Learning: Tips to Help Convince Your Training Department to Use Immersive Environments Considerable marketing is often needed to convince corporate decision-makers that a new technology is worth the investment. This short report includes ten tips to help you convince your training departments to use virtual worlds for learning. This short report is free with the purchase of any other report on virtual worlds listed below. More >
	Virtual Worlds for Learning: How Four Leading Organizations are Using Immersive Environments for Training Early adopters are like pioneers, braving new uncharted territories by implementing exciting new technologies into their organizations’ infrastructures. Those who implement the same technologies later can learn much from these early adopters. This report provides case studies of how four organizations, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Paideia Computing, and TELUS Communications have implemented this emerging learning technology. More >
	Virtual Worlds for Learning: An Analysis of Eight Immersive Environment Platforms When people hear the terms virtual world or immersive environment, they often think of Second Life. Second Life is by far the most well-known virtual world. But, you may be surprised to hear that there are others. This report profiles eight virtual worlds to consider for workplace learning. This report also presents standards for evaluating virtual worlds, to help you select a suitable platform. More>
	Virtual Worlds for Learning: An Analysis in the Use of Immersive Environments for Training Virtual worlds such as Second Life are attracting interest from organizations as platforms for learning. Also known as immersive environments, these systems can provide significant advantages over other learning strategies. This report provides you with the key information you need to understand virtual worlds and evaluate their benefits. More>
	Emerging E-Learning Content This 207-page report examines 45 of the most promising ideas, innovations, and content formats in the field of e-learning and provides examples of how organizations are applying new technologies. More>
	Emerging E-Learning Services Online learning is undergoing dramatic changes as powerful new content types, technologies, and services are being adopted for training. Dr. Gary Woodill’s third report in the popular Emerging E-Learning Series is the only analysis in the industry of the 24 emerging services available and required for the professional production of online learning. This 140-page report discusses how the e-learning industry, as it matures, is moving from an emphasis on technologies and content, to a service based economy. More>
	Emerging E-Learning Technologies Dr. Gary Woodill’s second report in the popular Emerging E-Learning Series, "Emerging E-Learning Technologies: Tools for Developing Innovative Online Training," covers 52 categories of new and innovative e-learning tools and Web resources that can be used to expand the possibilities for producing highly engaging online learning content. More> REVIEW: Read Will Thalheimer's review of this report.
	Open Source E-Learning Open source software has become mainstream. Open source is also making important inroads into the world of online learning. "Open Source E-Learning: Alternatives to Proprietary Tools, Systems, and Courseware" provides the information you need to help decide whether open source e-learning is right for you. More>
	Emerging E-Learning Links: 101 Websites to Illustrate New Forms of Online Learning Free!
	E-learning 101 This report provides basic knowledge and an understanding of e-learning that will enable readers to describe the e-learning “space” to others and to understand the foundation and tools for making decisions around, and gaining support for, their organization’s e-learning strategy. SPECIAL PROMOTION: Find out how you can get this report for free.