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Jun122000
170 - Results of Survey: Learning at Our Desks & High Speed Learning in Hotels?
June 12, 2000
1. Results of Survey: Learning at Our Desks: Here is an executive summary
of our recent Learning Decisions Newsletter research on the ability (and
preference) of learners to learn at their desks. There were 2,474 responses
from learning and training professionals during the week of May 15, 2000:
Where would you ideally want to take an important e-Learning event?
47% - At my desk
20% - In a learning center or conference room
21% - At home
When would you most likely take an e-Learning offering at your desk?
16% - Before work
17% - After work
16% - At lunch
29% - During work
2% - On my days off
How would you describe your ability to concentrate when you take an
e-Learning offering at your desk?
15% - Easy to concentrate
35% - Fairly easy to concentrate
35% - A bit distracting
15% - Very distracting
Activities that make it make it difficult to concentrate on e-Learning:
33% - Phone calls
15% - E-mail Checking
43% - Interruptions from colleagues stopping by
3% - Ridicule from unsupportive colleagues
7% - Consequences from unsupportive manager
As you can see, there was a 50 - 50 split in folks that could easily
concentrate at their desks during normal work hours. For complete data
reports and our analysis, including multi-tasking research results,
subscribe to Learning Decisions Interactive Newsletter ($195 per year, with
monthly research on e-Learning) Just go to http://www.learningdecisions.com
2. High Speed Learning in Hotels? I am in Chicago this morning and noticed
that this is the third hotel in a row that has high speed internet access in
my room. For only $9 a night, I have hooked up my laptop to a DSL high
speed connection. This broadband access is rapidly becoming a norm in
business level hotels. It will create a new ability for travelers to hook
up for high-speed access to e-Learning experiences. Interestingly, the home
page that pops up when you start to use these optional services do not
include a LEARNING option, alongside SHOP and DINE menu choices. That will
change in the next few months. We will also see major organizations make
deals to have VPN services, allowing travelers to work behind their
corporate firewalls. For an example of one of these providers see
http://www.cais.com (It is ironic to write this note, as I started a
national effort to have modem ports put into hotels in July 1986. Back
then, you had to move the bed and open the wall plate to install a phone
line for your 300 baud modem.)
3. Tom Peters (TechLearn Keynoter) Video Streamable As a ramp up to
TechLearn 2000, we are providing content segments from our major keynote and
special session speakers. Here is a two hour video seminar from Tom Peters
on "Creating Work that Matters".
http://webevents.broadcast.com/wyncom/peters91099/archive_100799.asp
At TechLearn 2000 + e-Learning CONGRESS, Tom will speak on the topic of
Reinventing Training. You can register for TechLearn (Nov. 12 to 15 in
Orlando) at http://www.techlearn.com
Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
* e-Learning 2000 Europe in Dublin, Ireland on July 10 and 11th (http://www.masie.com)
of our recent Learning Decisions Newsletter research on the ability (and
preference) of learners to learn at their desks. There were 2,474 responses
from learning and training professionals during the week of May 15, 2000:
Where would you ideally want to take an important e-Learning event?
47% - At my desk
20% - In a learning center or conference room
21% - At home
When would you most likely take an e-Learning offering at your desk?
16% - Before work
17% - After work
16% - At lunch
29% - During work
2% - On my days off
How would you describe your ability to concentrate when you take an
e-Learning offering at your desk?
15% - Easy to concentrate
35% - Fairly easy to concentrate
35% - A bit distracting
15% - Very distracting
Activities that make it make it difficult to concentrate on e-Learning:
33% - Phone calls
15% - E-mail Checking
43% - Interruptions from colleagues stopping by
3% - Ridicule from unsupportive colleagues
7% - Consequences from unsupportive manager
As you can see, there was a 50 - 50 split in folks that could easily
concentrate at their desks during normal work hours. For complete data
reports and our analysis, including multi-tasking research results,
subscribe to Learning Decisions Interactive Newsletter ($195 per year, with
monthly research on e-Learning) Just go to http://www.learningdecisions.com
2. High Speed Learning in Hotels? I am in Chicago this morning and noticed
that this is the third hotel in a row that has high speed internet access in
my room. For only $9 a night, I have hooked up my laptop to a DSL high
speed connection. This broadband access is rapidly becoming a norm in
business level hotels. It will create a new ability for travelers to hook
up for high-speed access to e-Learning experiences. Interestingly, the home
page that pops up when you start to use these optional services do not
include a LEARNING option, alongside SHOP and DINE menu choices. That will
change in the next few months. We will also see major organizations make
deals to have VPN services, allowing travelers to work behind their
corporate firewalls. For an example of one of these providers see
http://www.cais.com (It is ironic to write this note, as I started a
national effort to have modem ports put into hotels in July 1986. Back
then, you had to move the bed and open the wall plate to install a phone
line for your 300 baud modem.)
3. Tom Peters (TechLearn Keynoter) Video Streamable As a ramp up to
TechLearn 2000, we are providing content segments from our major keynote and
special session speakers. Here is a two hour video seminar from Tom Peters
on "Creating Work that Matters".
http://webevents.broadcast.com/wyncom/peters91099/archive_100799.asp
At TechLearn 2000 + e-Learning CONGRESS, Tom will speak on the topic of
Reinventing Training. You can register for TechLearn (Nov. 12 to 15 in
Orlando) at http://www.techlearn.com
Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
* e-Learning 2000 Europe in Dublin, Ireland on July 10 and 11th (http://www.masie.com)
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