Creating 'anywhere, anytime' learning
By Martin Addison (April 2009 Issue)
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E-learning, virtual classrooms, video streaming, web conferencing, social networking, wikis, blogs, podcasts and performance support tools are all examples of learning technologies. As organisations face recessionary challenges, these approaches are leading the way in a drive for new flexibility in learning delivery.
Creating an ‘anywhere, anytime’ approach to learning was discussed by new media consultant Stephen Haggard and Lesley McGuire, learning technology manager at Macmillan Cancer Support, at our first Learning Technology webinar.
What is clear is that the current demand for short training sessions has given L&D practitioners a chance to innovate and use technology in different ways.
Video is certainly a major part of the technological revolution. Figures from Comscore show that, in November 2008, 146m Americans watched 12.6bn video clips online, nearly double the number that were streamed just 20 months previously.
The integration of video into learning has also evolved. At Video Arts, for example, our videos were initially shown in the classroom, then they were integrated into e-learning courses, emails, online manuals and PowerPoint presentations, and now digital video clips, in ‘bite-sized’ chapters, are being streamed online.
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