Knowledge and Learning In The News - 5/01/2006

The world is changed.- Galadriel (J.R.R. Tolkien)

The Beatles Principles - Andrew Sobel
How the Fab Four built the largest fan base in history: PDF file.

Unbolting the Chairs: Making Learning Management Systems More Flexible - eLearn Magazine
In the typical Learning Management System (LMS), the virtual rooms are fairly generic. Almost all have discussion forums, calendars, test engines, group work spaces, and gradebooks.

Top 100 Training Organizations - Training Magazine
The Training Top 100 is a ranking of organizations that excel at human capital development, as determined each year by Training magazine.

A preliminary study on the current state of e-learning in lifelong learning - LearningBusiness.Fi
After a transition phase that e-learning has been going through it is establishing its place in education, training and lifelong learning. However, e-learning opportunities varies in quantity, quality and accessibility in the countries studied.

Reinventing the Flophouse (video) - New York Times
Housing advocates are reinventing shelters for the homeless by drawing on an old idea - the Bowery flophouse.

Make Learning Matter: Become a Learning Organization - About
Organizations with the best chance to succeed and thrive in the future are learning organizations.