Future of Learning :: Global Learning Resources

Future of Learning

In conjunction with other think tanks and organizations, Global Learning Resources' Eileen Clegg and Kevin Wheeler have contributed to a broad spectrum of research projects designed to help people think strategically about the future of education.

The Future of Global e-Education, Institute for the Future
For a private client, Vivendi Prospective, developed an overview of alternative futures for how online learning will affect culture and lifelong learning across the globe, with three sets of scenarios reflecting different drivers of change for each of the following learning spaces: K-12, university, and corporate.
download the paper as a PDF (70k)

Window into Talent and Learning
With Institute for the Future, created a website examining the shifts in thinking, changes in emphasis, and cognitive research that will drive change in the Industrial Era approach to education, with significant effects on corporate recruiting, staffing, and training.
http://www.newmango.com/10iftf/window.html

Creating a Learning Culture, University of Virginia
For the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, created real-time murals of a conference on future approaches to learning, leading to the Cambridge University Press Book, Creating a Learning Culture (release Spring 2004), with illustrations and a chapter by Eileen Clegg.
http://www.darden.virginia.edu/batten/clc/picture_outcomes.htm

Corporate Universities

Corporate education is taking on new dimensions as we move into the 21st century. Over the 20th century, organizational education has moved through technical skills training and vocational training to a greater focus on managerial and leadership education.

E-Learning

e-Learning allows information to be delivered in a more user-centric, user friendly format than traditional training and education. e-learning solutions allow learners to get the information they need in any location, at any time.

Corporate Education Overview

Corporate education has become a strategic function as we enter this century. In the best organizations, education is no longer the first to be cut back in a downturn. Rather, best-in-class corporate education is making a difference to the bottom line.