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In this Issue:

• Mobile Learning: The Next Big Thing?
• SCORM: It's Much More Than a Buzzword
• Featured Webinar: Training Outsourcing: How to Cope and Thrive

My presentation at the recent ASTD TechKnowledge Conference in Las Vegas on mobile training challenges was scheduled for the last hour of the last day of the conference. I was pleasantly surprised to see over 30 attendees file into the conference room. I walked around the room and asked several why they were there. Almost every person was looking for the “next big thing.” We have all seen this before: 20 years ago it was training via CDROM. Then with the Internet came web-based training, and with that blended learning took off. So, is training via the pocket-PC, cell phone or PDA the next big thing? The answer is yes and no... Learn more

To many, SCORM is just a buzzword that they are aware of and want in their e-Learning but do not fully understand or utilize to its fullest. This article provides an overview of SCORM and it benefits to e-Learning designers, developers and administrators. SCORM stands for Sharable Content Object Reference Model. This is a standardization and guideline for the delivery of reusable learning objects. The strategy behind SCORM is to enable code and learning objects to be reused by standardizing them in a form that can run on any Learning Management System (LMS) that is SCORM-complaint. Standardizing these components allows learning objects to be shared between courses, curricula and enterprises. ... Learn more

This month ASK is featuring its newest no-cost webinar, Outsourcing: How to Cope and Thrive. Built from Dr. Parks’ article of the same name, this webinar addresses questions and concerns including: where outsourcing leaves trainers, training developers and managers; are training jobs at risk to be outsourced; will trainers be working for large consulting firms specializing in training outsourcing in the future; and much more... Learn more