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Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Next Learning, Unwrapped maps the future of technology-driven workplace education

Social networks, tablets, smartphones, wikis, blogs, performance support, online communities, gaming, and other social and collaborative learning technologies are becoming an integral part of the day-to-day learning environment of many organizations. According to the new book, Next Learning, Unwrapped, these technology trends are rapidly transforming the way businesses accelerate development of their people around the world.




The book presents new technology-driven learning concepts in the context of nearly 40 business cases from leading organizations that use technology-based learning to achieve business goals. Business and learning leaders can use these success stories and lessons learned as blueprints to embed technology-based learning deeper into the culture of their organizations.

The learning examples covered in the book are designed to help address the educational and development needs of many of today’s businesses, including:

  • How to effectively re-skill and up-skill the workforce and accelerate the learning time to meet strategic business goals
  • On-demand and social learning that help attract and develop talent, and create a workplace that can continuously motivate its people as business requirements shift 
  • Cost-conscious learning applications that help a distributed and virtual workforce rapidly respond to changing marketplace requirements
  • Learning formats that support the learning preferences of different generations in the workforce and provide engaging and effective learning experiences
For more information on Next Learning, Unwrapped, visit www.deloitte.com/nextlearning.
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Related links
Next Learning, Unwrapped fact sheet 
Media Q&A for Next Learning, Unwrapped

About the author
Dr. Nick van Dam is an internationally recognized consultant, author, speaker, and thought leader on professional learning. He is Director and a Chief Learning Officer in Global Talent for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited.

Source: Deloitte