| Audio debate: books and face to face vs e-learning |
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This month Stephen and Mark were challenged to a debate on books and face to face vs e-learning. Game on...
When we publised our insight report on "50 ideas for free e-learning" a few months ago, we got a lot of reactions. One in particular caught our eye. David McKnight is CEO of Omnipress, a US company that specialises in print publications to support training events and conferences. He felt we had missed one of the most obvious and effective low-cost training devices: print. You can listen to clips from the conversation by clicking play below (give them a few seconds to load). If you want to download the audio, use the links. Download times vary; approximately 15 seconds per clip on a broadband connection. IntroductionDavid's challenge and an invite to join us live on April 5th at Hilton Olympia (1 min 11 secs ) Round 1: face to face vs e-learningCan e-learning ever surpass a face-to-face experience? (3 mins 1 sec) Round 2: so what's e-learning good for?Are there topics for which e-learning beats face-to-face? (2 mins 20 secs) Round 3: what about books?What's the role of print in a low-cost learning environment? (4 mins 30 secs) Round 4: Google vs books and writers vs programmersIs there something to be said for quality vs quantity? And where's the voice of the writer in e-learning? David wants some options...Ok, so where do we go next in e-learning? (5 mins) |
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