We'll stop doing the fad thing and begin to think more strategically. And arguing that point keeps us from attending to the obvious. There's no way to scale. There's no way to have an impact on the company. It is doomed to fail.
Instructional designers know how to map learning activities to course objectives.
I hope we take the next step and map personal and organizational learning needs to media and resources. We'll use networked learning when it will provide needed access to critical information and collaboration, the intended audience is willing and able to use it, it will do the job for the intended purpose, and the resources are available to make it work. As trainers, instructors, and faculty, we have a golden opportunity to help our organizations understand the true potential of networked learning beyond the hype. That's enormously important. But the classroom is not about acquiring knowledge.