Resources for the Business of Learning

Learn from the Biggest Players

• SAIC. Yes, education is part of their business
• Plato Learning. Classic juncture of learning and technology for k-12 education and prison populations.
• IBM Global Services. Learning and Technology everywhere.

Learn from Case Studies

• How IBM Develops Managers - In the old days, IBM invested in days and weeks of management development in classrooms. Now, it's different. How? What do the differences mean?
• Allen Interactions blends theory, practice, and results. See what an "outsource" can do for many diverse organizations.
• Soldiers are getting degrees at eArmyU. And many companies and universities are doing business with the Army to make this happen. Read all about it.
• SumTotal's online learning suite. Blended learning. St. George Bank approximates a 25% reduction in costs and expanded business capabilities.
• Cisco describes how their technologies are making a difference.

What do they have to do with the business of learning, technology and education?

• Wikipedia - The biggest and best. A collaboratively built encyclopedia.
• Brightworks Multimedia, Inc. Why performance support grows ever more possible.

Resources

• Darrin Hartley's tour of tech dictionaries
• Hear Kraig Robson talk to the Advanced Distributed Lab group
• Read Irving Buchen on the Distance Education Training Council established by the US Secretary of Education to accredit distance learning programs
• Pertti Korhonen, Nokia, on mobility technologies and innovation
• HR outsourcing? What does Clayton Christenson think it means?
• Jonathan Levy on the Future of Learning Technology.