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Learning technologies

Learning technology is at the heart of both TrainingZone.co.uk and the L&D community and generates passionate debate – from ‘the training course is dead’ to ‘blended learning is bunk’!

If you are interested in elearning, mobile learning, blended learning, using virtual worlds, gaming for training, learning management systems, or social networking, then you have come to the right place.

How to get better value from your online training

01/09/2010 - 17:26 - 174 reads

Pile of English money, money, cash, payment, pounds

Trimming skills budgets might be the catalyst needed to prepare staff training for the demands of the 21st century, says Jane Scott Paul.

A framework for social learning in the enterprise: Part 1

01/09/2010 - 09:11 - 1156 reads - 2 comments

In the first of a series on social learning, The Internet Time Alliance explain some of the background of social learning and provide suggestions and advice on how to change thinking about learning to include social aspects.

What makes bad elearning?

31/08/2010 - 13:56 - 1179 reads

Robin Hoyle, head of learning at Infinity Learning, tells us that separating the wheat from the chaff might be harder than you think.

Learning and development at the crossroads: part 3

23/08/2010 - 09:30 - 1758 reads - 11 comments

Donald Taylor examines how the change in executive understanding has affected L&D as a whole, and the impact of the industry in future.

Preview: The World of Learning 2010

22/08/2010 - 12:34 - 528 reads

Now in its 18th year, find out what's in store at this year's World of Learning Conference & Exhibition 2010.

DHL opens learning centre

16/08/2010 - 15:36 - 260 reads

The DHL supply chain has opened a learning centre in Leicestershire to provide its 200 staff with training ranging from basic skills to NVQs.

Learning and development at the crossroads: Part 2

15/08/2010 - 15:20 - 945 reads - 1 comment

In this second part of the three-part series, Donald Taylor examines how technology has forced L&D to evolve with it.

Learning and development at the crossroads pt1

09/08/2010 - 10:25 - 3041 reads - 5 comments

How has Learning and Development changed since its inception ? Donald Taylor believes its not just a focus shift from simple knowledge delivery, and the whole industry has to evolve just to keep up.

Interview with Tim Campbell

06/08/2010 - 16:25 - 723 reads

The former apprentice winner and newly-appointed training ambassador to Boris Johnson, talks about the importance of apprenticehips and more.

Video

Volvo drives the elearning agenda forward

05/08/2010 - 11:08 - 613 reads

Volvo has abandoned third party face-to-face training in favour of tailored in-house classroom and elearning programmes based on digital video content.

Learning Myths

You only remember 10% of what you read

Donald H Taylor, the chairman of the Learning Technologies conference, is a regular contributor to TrainingZone. He set out to challenge some frequently used 'learning myths' in a popular series on site:

You only remember 10% of what you read

You only use 10% of your brain

You can also read Martin Shovel's expose of the Mehrabian myth - that only 7% of communication is through speech.