Thursday
Jan202000
155 - Learning Managers: Are Classes the Unit of Learning?; AOL and Time Warner: Content is King in Learning World
January 20, 2000
(A Personal Note: Hi! We've been quiet on the TechLearn TRENDS front over
the first few weeks of 2000, as The MASIE Center ramps up for several new
projects. Learning Decisions Newsletter is at the press and will be in
subscribers hands at the end of next week, with loads of benchmarking
articles and research data on the key decisions we face in our field. We
have launched several new seminars and conferences, listed below. We are
building a new building for The MASIE Center in Saratoga Springs, which will
contain the first e-learning Lab. This will be a place for testing and
research on new learning products and methodologies.
And, I have been trying to get a better sense of the elements that will
trigger wider acceptance and usage of e-learning. In the coming weeks, you
will see TRENDS items focusing on the need for us to ramp up the EXPERIENCE
side of e-learning and to broaden our use of interactivity and simulation.
As we enter the 3rd year of TechLearn TRENDS, we thank our loyal readership
and invite you to part of a dialogue on inventing the future of learning...
Elliott Masie)
1. e-Learning Briefing and The Busine$$ of On-Line & e-learning Conference
Announced: We are pleased to announce two upcoming MASIE Center events:
* e-Learning Briefing: April 13 and 14 - Washington, DC: This is a 2 day
briefing that I run several times a year, looking at the entire field of
e-learning. We just completed a session in Seattle, WA with 195 attendees.
It is the only vendor-neutral view of the world and includes two on-line
learning sessions in the months following the event. Space is limited!
www.masie.com for details and registration
* The Busine$$ of On-Line & e-Learning Conference: March 27 & 28 - Seattle,
WA: This is the 3rd annual gathering of vendors, developers and investors
in the e-learning space. Sam Donaldson will be our featured keynoter,
describing his experience becoming sam.donaldson @ abcnews.com Topics to
include the patterns of buying; pricing issues; emerging business models;
e-learning and Wall Street and a host of other issues. I lead this 2 day
business retreat with informal panels throughout the event featuring CEO's
and marketing managers from the key e-learning companies. Register ASAP
www.masie.com for details and registration.
2. Learning Managers: Are Classes the Unit of Learning? At a recent
meeting of learning managers from major corporations the topic of units of
learning was raised. A number of the managers expressed a concern that the
unit of measurement in most Learning Management Systems was the class.
However, the interest in the group was to build additional experiences
beyond classes, including informal learning, action learning projects and
smaller chunks of content. They wanted to see the developers of Learning
Management System recognize that vector in their plans for development.
3. AOL and Time Warner: Content is King in Learning World The merger of
AOL and Time Warner was announced the morning of our recent e-learning
briefing. It is interesting to look at the merger from the learning world's
perspective. It clearly states that CONTENT is KING! The desire to have
Content and Connectivity is a parallel desire in the e-learning field.
Watch for a number of our current learning and technology groups to be
courted in future deals!
(If you would like to receive the January edition of Learning Decisions,
there is still time. Just go to www.learningdecisions.com and sign up.
The first edition will be mailed next Wednesday!)
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the first few weeks of 2000, as The MASIE Center ramps up for several new
projects. Learning Decisions Newsletter is at the press and will be in
subscribers hands at the end of next week, with loads of benchmarking
articles and research data on the key decisions we face in our field. We
have launched several new seminars and conferences, listed below. We are
building a new building for The MASIE Center in Saratoga Springs, which will
contain the first e-learning Lab. This will be a place for testing and
research on new learning products and methodologies.
And, I have been trying to get a better sense of the elements that will
trigger wider acceptance and usage of e-learning. In the coming weeks, you
will see TRENDS items focusing on the need for us to ramp up the EXPERIENCE
side of e-learning and to broaden our use of interactivity and simulation.
As we enter the 3rd year of TechLearn TRENDS, we thank our loyal readership
and invite you to part of a dialogue on inventing the future of learning...
Elliott Masie)
1. e-Learning Briefing and The Busine$$ of On-Line & e-learning Conference
Announced: We are pleased to announce two upcoming MASIE Center events:
* e-Learning Briefing: April 13 and 14 - Washington, DC: This is a 2 day
briefing that I run several times a year, looking at the entire field of
e-learning. We just completed a session in Seattle, WA with 195 attendees.
It is the only vendor-neutral view of the world and includes two on-line
learning sessions in the months following the event. Space is limited!
www.masie.com for details and registration
* The Busine$$ of On-Line & e-Learning Conference: March 27 & 28 - Seattle,
WA: This is the 3rd annual gathering of vendors, developers and investors
in the e-learning space. Sam Donaldson will be our featured keynoter,
describing his experience becoming sam.donaldson @ abcnews.com Topics to
include the patterns of buying; pricing issues; emerging business models;
e-learning and Wall Street and a host of other issues. I lead this 2 day
business retreat with informal panels throughout the event featuring CEO's
and marketing managers from the key e-learning companies. Register ASAP
www.masie.com for details and registration.
2. Learning Managers: Are Classes the Unit of Learning? At a recent
meeting of learning managers from major corporations the topic of units of
learning was raised. A number of the managers expressed a concern that the
unit of measurement in most Learning Management Systems was the class.
However, the interest in the group was to build additional experiences
beyond classes, including informal learning, action learning projects and
smaller chunks of content. They wanted to see the developers of Learning
Management System recognize that vector in their plans for development.
3. AOL and Time Warner: Content is King in Learning World The merger of
AOL and Time Warner was announced the morning of our recent e-learning
briefing. It is interesting to look at the merger from the learning world's
perspective. It clearly states that CONTENT is KING! The desire to have
Content and Connectivity is a parallel desire in the e-learning field.
Watch for a number of our current learning and technology groups to be
courted in future deals!
(If you would like to receive the January edition of Learning Decisions,
there is still time. Just go to www.learningdecisions.com and sign up.
The first edition will be mailed next Wednesday!)
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