tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28999673.post2430577610806802866..comments2010-03-14T21:39:54.754-05:00Cammy Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14164253880427035485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28999673.post-88727927360142375562010-03-14T21:39:54.748-05:002010-03-14T21:39:54.748-05:00Hi Cammy, I also enjoyed your post and just as Josh I have worked mainly in the corporate environment, specifically with an independent sales organization. Another difference could be motivation; in academia it could be a pass grade and in sales it could be something tangible or intangible. In direct selling reinforcing the right behavior by giving a reward is a motivational tool used constantly. This standard practice in our industry could include verbal and written praises at no cost or at low cost; to crystal vases, all the way to expensive all expenses paid trips to cars and jewelry. And as you mentioned in the article, it needs to be measured and quasi-experiments work very well to measure before and after, or to compare a region where we launched a specific training with one that we did not. <br />Thank you,<br />MariaMarie Orejuela Peraleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065388368496218555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28999673.post-46986619911347803512010-03-08T18:31:48.011-05:002010-03-08T18:31:48.011-05:00Cammy,<br />Really like your post. Working primarily in the corporate environment I have noticed another big difference. Collaboration! The academics tend to have a far more collaborative approach to elearning, where in the corporate environments it is far more individual driven. I think this is largely due to what you talked about in the article, the amount of time the learning has with the material. In academia, there is an entire semester; in the corporate world you maybe have a coffee break. I have noticed a trend with corporate users trying to build in collaborative best practice applications in their training, this is something we have been trying to build upon.<br />Thanks,<br />Josh<br />http://www.rmgi.com/newsletter_01.phpJoshhttp://www.rmgi.com/newsletter_01.phpnoreply@blogger.com