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25 Top Learning & Development Posts of 2009

Here are 25 Learning & Development posts (excepting all of my posts of course) over the last year.

1. 9 Free Tools to build better e-learning
2. Top 10 Videos that inspire us to rethink the way we learn
3. 13 Tips to help you record narration like a pro
4. What training costs: Converting content from ILT to WBT
5. Top 100 eLearning items: eLearning Technology
6. The 10 Commandments for eLearning
7. Learning Strategies that you can use
8. eLearning is not the answer
9. The Myth of “Best Practices”
10. ADDIE is Dead!  Long live ADDIE!
11. 7 invaluable thoughts about Film Making that apply to Instructional Design too.
12. Principles of eLearning
13. 50 Practical Tips & Tricks to build better eLearning
14. 10 online icebreakers
15. 10 Strategies for Integrating Learning and Work (part 1)
16. Learning for the 21st Century
17. Top 50 Mobile Learning Resources
18. 12 eLearning Predictions for 2009
19. Free eLearning Events
20. Why you want to use scenarios in your eLearning
21. Social vs. Not – Pictorally
22. How Long Does It Take to Develop One Hour of E-Learning-Updated for 200
23. Jane Bozarth: Better than Bullet Points
24. Top tips for managing an e-learning project
25. The Standalone LMS is Dead

There are many more, but these 25 impacted my view of eLearning and hopefully will influence yours.

Preparing For the Move to E-learning

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During tough times, a learning organization may need to make a move into e learning – the cost is lower, the maintenance is less expensive, and the personnel requirement is lower, as well. If your organization is about to make this migration, consider vital elements in three areas before you move forward: preparedness, pre-migration, and migration.

Before you actually prepare to move your organization to e learning, the first thing you should do is analyze the current organizational culture when it comes to learning. Through this analysis, you’ll discover the organization’s level of preparedness for e learning. Is there even an “e” element in the organization? Are all levels of associates accustomed to email contact and basic computer usage, or do their jobs not require this kind of contact? If there is no “e” element, you may want to consider introducing e learning at a very slow pace to allow people to get used to the idea and the access. Of course, if your organization is tech-savvy already, this part of a migration is usually easier.

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