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Learning: When do we want it? Now!
Podcasts, rapid elearning, online discussion forums, mobile learning on iPods and MP3s - are you keeping up?

The massive explosion in new technology, and Web 2.0 in particular, provides a treasure trove for learners and their employers, says Kirstie Donnell the director of products and marketing at Ufi, the organisation behind learndirect and learndirect Business.

More than 31 million adults in Britain are now online and time spent on the internet is increasing month on month. In fact, we now spend more time per week on the internet – an average of 21 hours - than we do watching TV (an average of 17 hours). And it's not just the young or better qualified – those with fewer qualifications and those over 45 are among the fastest growing user groups.
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Elearning debate: Does rapid development mean dumbing down?

Technology editor John Stokdyk reports from the eLearning Network debate, which asked if the traditions of training design are under threat from rapid development software tools.
The theme of the eLearning Network's recent meeting in London was: "Rapid eLearning: dumbing down or gearing up?" and featured a debate in which Phil Green of Optimum Learning and Richard Naish of QI Concepts spoke in favour of the motion: "We believe that rapid design and development processes represent as much a threat to the elearning community as they do an opportunity".
Opposing the motion were two representatives from software companies - Steve Rayson of Kineo and Atlantic Link's Mike Alcock. eLearning Network chairman Clive Shepherd, who thought up the idea of an old-fashioned, confrontational debate, admitted that it required the two sides to adopt more strident positions than they really believed, but felt the exchanges would help illuminate a persistent source of friction within the training world.
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