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Employers Using Twitter For Recruiting

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 06|22|o  » 11 Comments

I have been using Twitter and just like you fascinated at how Twitter has been a leading forum in reporting the situation in Iran. The US State Department themselves requested Twitter delay scheduled maintenance to avoid disrupting communications among and reporting from Iranian citizens as they gathered in protest.
Twitter has become an unexpectedly powerful […]

Twitter More Important Than LinkedIn, According To Survey

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 06|03|o  » 6 Comments

A recent poll on LinkedIn asked users a simple question: “What is the most important new platform for brands to master? Twitter, Facebook, the iPhone, Digg, or LinkedIn?”
The results may not be what you’d expect. Even though the poll was performed on LinkedIn, with more than 3,600 respondents so far, Twitter was deemed the most […]

Mobile Learning Re-Visisted

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 05|27|o  » 1 Comment

We have been spending a lot of time in recent posts talking about the enormous potential for m-Learning. In a span of only 20 years, wireless services have reached almost 50 percent of the world’s population. There are now more than 3 billion mobile subscribers globally, that number is expected to grow to 4.5 billion […]

iPhone Beats Kindle?

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 05|13|o  » 5 Comments

Last week I presented interesting new findings on the Kindle’s expanding market, and asked you all to weigh in on whether it would continue to expand into the corporate training market. The preliminary consensus appears to be “no”.
The list of preliminary concerns raised in the comments section includes aesthetic concerns, such as bulk, and the […]

College Textbooks Delivered On Kindle: Will Corporate Learning & Development Be Next?

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 05|05|o  » 9 Comments

On May 6, 2009 Amazon will unveil plans for a new version of its Kindle e-book reader. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the new improved Kindle will sport a larger screen and other features designed to appeal to academic textbook publishers as the Kindle begins to target the college textbook market, a […]

Should You Leave Your Laptop Home In Favor of Your Smartphone?

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 04|23|o  » 1 Comment

The growth of mobile devices continues; it is now estimated there are more than 3 billion mobile subscribers and this number is estimated to rise to over 4 billion by 2010. In particular, the size and growth of the Smartphone market is expanding rapidly and will exceed the laptop market for the next five years, […]

Social Networks Surpass Email:What’s The Impact On Corporate Learning?

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 04|10|o  » 3 Comments

According to the Nielsen Online internet marketing and research firm, social network and blogs have become more popular than email:

As reported by eMarketer and CNET, after rising steadily in recent years, in this past year, social networks and blogs for the first time ranked ahead of email in the Nielsen Online study. This means that […]

Beyond iTunes U: Learning Via YouTube

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 03|29|o  » 4 Comments

Back in November I first wrote about the emerging potential of iTunes University as a vehicle for learning, when Yale University Dean Joel Podolny joined the Apple team to serve as Dean of their own learning system. This past February I wrote about iTunes U once more, as new research was released which confirmed the […]

Do You Dream In 140 Characters?

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 03|12|o  » 6 Comments

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You know Twitter has hit mainstream when it becomes a topic for Jon Stewart and Social Media Analyst Jeremiah is talking about dreaming in 140 characters in his […]

The Power of iTunes U

» Posted by Jeanne Meister  » Posted on 02|27|o  » 1 Comment

Research is starting to show that students who listen to lectures on podcasts are showing high retention rates. This finding was reported in ReadWriteWeb and was uncovered after conducting research involving a test sample and a control sample of students.
According to Dani McKinney, a psychologist at the State University of New York in […]