Pages, documents, classes, and files are anachronisms, vestiges of a bygone era of factories and smokestacks. Tie together a new understanding of how people learn, the powerful tools of the information age, and the real time needs of e-Business with networks. Rather, e-Learning is a catalyst to spark fresh ideas. How we learn e-Learning rests upon solid evidence, old and new, about how people learn. All learning is social.
People learn what works by conversing with one another informally.
Just as information is not instruction, telling is not teaching. Smart systems and personalized bots track our preferences, performance, accomplishments, and learning signatures to recommend learning experiences we may enjoy. Learners bozo-filter content rated poorly by their peers. Collaborative filters suggest links enjoyed by others in one's professional and social communities. One link may call up an informative customer comment or the next a celebrity lecture on the net.