The Trendspotting blog reported on a recent survey of social media usage. Universal McCann recently published its comparative study following Social Media trends in three waves: September 2006 (Wave 1), June 2007 (Wave 2) March 2008 (Wave 3).Trendspotting’s post highlights major results in the study including: Social media is a
Usability guru Jakob Nielsen’s latest Alertbox points out the flaws in four website designs, including some surprisingly major companies (the New York Times, for example). The mistakes include bad content, bad links, bad navigation, and bad category pages. He then points out that bad content takes the prize for costing
Although elearning is increasing in use, most businesses are failing to support employees in using it properly, reports Asavin Wattanajantra on the IT Pro website. Latest learning and development research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) has indicated that the potential of elearning is still not recognized
I’ve just welcomed the 71st member to the new Ning community for ELESIG. It’s great to see so many elearning researchers and practitioners who have an interest in the learner experience. The take up for the community and for the inaugural workshop – was it only last week? – has
Helping your potential customers to connect with other people can pay dividends in many ways. You can help them to make the decision to buy your products by providing an environment conducive to persuasion. Research shows that people are most likely to make a decision if they are allowed to
A new study from communications watchdog Ofcom has revealed that people in the UK are much ‘keener on online networking’ than other Europeans. More adults in the UK use social networking sites such as Facebook than in other European countries, says the second annual International Communications Market report. Four out