We Love Learning – A blog for eLearning lovers.

Ángel Luis González: “For education to be useful, it has to prepare you for the real world”

Education, Interview

Internationally recognised for his educational approach and selected among the 50 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize. He argues that education should prepare young people for the real world, prioritising skills over grades and connecting education with the job market.…

Sheila Matatoros

Continue reading the articles on the Netex website

Learning to love Microlearning

Corporate learning, Methodologies, Strategy, Trends

But what exactly constitutes microlearning, beyond content delivered in 1-5 minutes bursts? Microlearning was conceived as a solution for just-in-time training and performance support. But it can also be applied to long term learning programmes. Exponents claim that delivering learning content in bite-size chunks and drip feeding it over a

Martin Belton

Consumerisation of learning (II)

Corporate learning, Technologies, Trends

In part one of this blog series I explored the changing digital landscape affecting L&D professionals today and relevance of traditional learning methodologies to the modern learner, if you missed this article you can review it here. In this follow-up piece, I want to start to take a look at

Mike Byrne

Who stole my pencil?

Educational contents and services

In a recent meeting with people working in the education field I was asked, "Is the digital book going to end school failure?” I wish it was that easy. Obviously, the factors that determine school failure are so varied that moving a single piece on the board does not make

Ana Prado

Consumerisation of Learning (I)

Corporate learning, Methodologies, News, Trends

“Consumerisation is the specific impact that consumer-originated technologies can have on enterprises. It reflects how enterprises will be affected by, and can take advantage of, new technologies and models that originate and develop in the consumer space, rather than in the enterprise IT sector.”

Mike Byrne

Of trains and dinosaurs (or why the interoperability of your LMS is so important)

Corporate learning, Strategy, Technologies, Trends

The concept of interoperability of systems is not new at all. For decades, it is a line of action sought and desired in areas such as transport or public administrations, with more or less happy results. No need for a judicious analysis, not a long dissertation about lofty concepts to

Alfredo Miramontes

What is a digital backpack?

Educational contents and services, Technologies

Ángel Luis González

A look at the learning systems of the future

Corporate learning, Technologies, Trends

During his webinar on next generation learning platforms, Country Manager Mike Byrne highlighted some of the key drivers that will shape these systems. Notably he started by spotlighting changing learner needs and consumerisation of learning, issues which are in many ways connected.

Martin Belton

Elearning Trends in Mexico: Microlearning and Platform Interoperability

News, Trends

On March 22, HR Evolution took place at Centro Citibanamex in Mexico City, an event that brings together L&D professionals in Mexico, where attendees have the opportunity to learn about and analyze the latest news and trends in e-learning.

Rodrigo López Cantero

Ed Monk & Will Storr: reflections on storytelling and learning at i-love learning 2017

Corporate learning, i-love-learning, Learning culture, News, Strategy

It's a month today after the i-love learning 2017 event in Madrid. Following the “hangover” of this intense day focused on trends and future of e-learning, Ed Monk and Will Storr, two of the keynote speakers, offer a brief reflections on the themes of their respective conferences.