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And Lo! it came to pass that a friend of mine who would describe herself as a training practitioner based out of Hartford, CT. found herself bereft of employment, for the economic downturn that is called Recession was cast upon the land, and the days were dark.
Straitly was she in need of employment, [...]

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After a weekend of listening to The Works by Queen, I’ve been trying to find a way to squeeze one of the album’s song titles into a blog post, and by Jove, I think I’ve got it!
Now read on…
Today I’m returning to one of my occasional topics - tracking the state of the e-learning industry [...]

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It’s just over two months since I posted on Recession and the Challenge to E-learning. It’s a subject that I said I would monitoring as the “Credit Crunch” became a downturn, which may or may not lead to a recession.
As a reminder, at the time I suggested that the appropriate social and economic innovations required [...]

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I’m getting some interesting feedback from a variety of sources on my blog post Recession and the challenge to e-learning. Steve McKenzie over at Eduspaces has commented that he considers e-learning to be a “recession buster …on balance costs for institutions and individuals can be saved.”
I completely agree with Steve’s assessment; the challenge as I [...]

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I’m getting some interesting feedback from a variety of sources on my blog post Recession and the challenge to e-learning. Steve McKenzie over at Eduspaces has commented that he considers e-learning to be a “recession buster …on balance costs for institutions and individuals can be saved.”
I completely agree with Steve’s assessment; the challenge as I [...]

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It seems that I touched the zeitgeist last week when I posted on the looming recession in the US economy. Here are links to some of the more interesting posts others in the industry have been saying on the subject:

Training for a Recession - Allen’s Learning Blog
US Economy and e-Learning in 2008 - G-Cube Solutions
Classrooms [...]

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It seems that I touched the zeitgeist last week when I posted on the looming recession in the US economy. Here are links to some of the more interesting posts others in the industry have been saying on the subject:

Training for a Recession - Allen’s Learning Blog
US Economy and e-Learning in 2008 - G-Cube Solutions
Classrooms [...]

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Coincidentally following yesterday’s post, news that ThirdForce has warned that growth in its business this year will fall short of what it previously expected broke in Ireland this morning.See the full report on Irish national broadcaster RTÉ.

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Coincidentally following yesterday’s post, news that ThirdForce has warned that growth in its business this year will fall short of what it previously expected broke in Ireland this morning.See the full report on Irish national broadcaster RTÉ.

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A colleague in an area of business other than the learning industry asked me a few days ago; “Do you think that e-learning will survive a recession?”
My initial response to her was “there’s no recession… yet!” Later, I reflected on the implications of the current economic slowdown (whether or not it turns into a recession) [...]

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