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Leave a Comment (0) →Reports, factors and the current market conditions strongly indicate that elearning is going to be a growth industry over the coming years. As Tony Bingham, president and CEO of ASTD states, “Today, we actively pursue content based on search terms and our preferences [while in the future]…content will find you – rather than actively seeking […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →One of the great things about my travels is that I get to speak with all kinds of interesting folks who are thinking about learning is new and innovative ways. Here is a summary of a great conversation I had with Reuben Tozman who I met one night at a conference (actually, we weren’t at […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →ProtonMedia and PPD, Inc. just announced an entire new way of conducting training for clinical trials using virtual worlds as the backbone of the solution. Interesting development as the healthcare space seems to be a large mover in 3D virtual worlds and immersive environments. Here is the release below. ProtonMedia and PPD to Introduce New […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →PowerPoint is slowly starting to broaden its capabilities and will, I predict, soon infringe on some well known software applications in the field of e-learning such as…web conferencing tools (and others). This video is one of the first inroads PowerPoint is making into the Web Conferencing software and I don’t think they are going to […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Just returned from San Jose, CA, dug out of the snow here in the East (more on the way), caught up on stuff one always misses when travelling and now have time to write about the great time I had in San Jose. You can see all the tweets at #tk11 My main objective for […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Here is some information from the announcement Today, SumTotal announced the acquisition of GeoLearning. The combined company represents the largest and most complete talent management provider in the industry supporting every industry and every market segment. GeoLearning is the leading provider of managed services and on-demand learning management software. Founded in 1997, GeoLearning has a […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →As you may know, Linden, on October 4th, announced a plan to raise prices for educational and non-profit users of Second Life and not a little increase, a whopping doubling of the previous discount. Of course there was a backlash and so Linden has offered up a temporary solution, one which will bring in monies […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Over at Virtual Worlds News, an article titled “Microsoft Buys Vivaty For New Project, May Be Looking For More” indicates that Microsoft has purchased the defunct virtual world of Vivaty. Virtual World News reports: It turns out that Microsoft is the previously unnamed company that acquired Vivaty, a virtual world competing with Second Life that […]
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Leave a Comment (4) →Perhaps a little too over the top for a job interview. You have probably been wondering what you should wear in case you ever went on a virtual world job interview. I know its been keeping me awake at night. In fact, I once went to a virtual interview to talk about the Learning in […]
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