At the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions conference this week, Jean Marripodi convinced Steve Acheson and myself to host a debate on the viability of ADDIE in her ID Zone.  While both of us can see both sides of ADDIE, Steve uses it, so I was left to take the contrary (aligning well to my ‘genial malcontent’ nature). Summary. MORE >>

Are you a person that is very well organised? Can you always find the books, CDs, or DVDs you are looking for? Are you doing the same for your digital information? By nature, I am rather a forgetful and chaotic person; therefore, I learned rather early to become structured and organised to overcome this shortcoming. One: Transparency. MORE >>

Large scale websites require groups of specialists to design and develop a product that will be a commercial success. To develop a completely new site requires several teams to collaborate and this can be difficult. Particularly as different teams may be working with different methods. People make or break any project. Are communication lines clear? MORE >>

Even the mainstream training field is realizing that reduced layers of bureaucracy mean decision-making gets pushed down the organization chart. This is the message of the AMA in the promotional video – Critical Thinking: Not just a C-suite skill.  In both cases, the need for critical thinking is evident. MORE >>

Cecile Demailly at the French consulting firm, Early Strategies , recently completed an interesting study of enterprise 2.0 adoption. The report, Toward Enterprise 2.0: Making the Change in the Corporation , is based on an online survey conducted between November 2009 and January 2010. applications and projects. adoptions emerged from the data.  MORE >>