Friday
Aug042000
177 - Learning NAPSTER & What Do I Own After The e-Learning Experience?
August 4, 2000
On a wonderful summer day in Saratoga Springs here are 2 "thinking"
questions and a request for help:
1. Learning NAPSTER: Next? What If? OK, imagine the day when you hear
that NAPSTER had created a division called Learning NAPSTER. Anyone could
share Learning Content and Courses that were on their PC's or CD's with
anyone else in the world. No charges. No royalty payments to the
developers. What would happen? Would it be seen as a great way to
increase the exposure of larger populations to Learning Options? Would it
be seen as the death of the current learning business models. I would
love to hear your comments on the idea/excitement/fear of a Learning
NAPSTER. Just send me a note to elliott@masie.com. Before you make your
call to the Appeals Court, there is not a Learning NAPSTER on the market or
coming to market...at least as far as I know.
2. What Do I Own After The e-Learning Experience? One question that came
up in a conversation last night with several area University Presidents was
the ownership of learning content. As e-Learning content grows and as the
model of paying for access rather than ownership develops, what happens to
the learner when the license expires. I tend to learn differently when I
know that the resources will "always be there", as opposed to evaporating
after a few months. Will learners demand that they have a perpetual
license to some set of the content. What happens to the college textbooks
that I still use from time to time...if they become digital, do I still
have access 20 years later? Once again, send your comments to me on this
topic at elliott@masie.com I will post a summary of these two questions
in a few weeks.
3. HELP! Excellent Examples of e-Learning Needed for White House Committee
As you may know, I am serving on President Clinton's White House Advisory
Task Force on Expanding Training Opportunities. My fellow appointees are
interested in taking a self-guided tour of a wide range of e-Learning
samples...from higher education to business to core skills. If you are a
provider or developer of e-Learning content and would be willing to provide
16 copies or 16 passwords to actual e-Learning activities (not demo's) for
the use of the committee, please send an email to Jennifer Roberts,
at jennifer@masie.com
Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
TechLearn 2000 + e-Learning CONGRESS - November 12 to 15, 2000
Over 1,100 Registered Already....TechLearn Looks at the Reality vs. Hype of e-Learning!
Tom Peters, Kevin Kelly, Elliott Masie, Lisa Napoli, Benjamin Zander and CEO Panel on Learning
Information and Registration at http://www.techlearn.com
questions and a request for help:
1. Learning NAPSTER: Next? What If? OK, imagine the day when you hear
that NAPSTER had created a division called Learning NAPSTER. Anyone could
share Learning Content and Courses that were on their PC's or CD's with
anyone else in the world. No charges. No royalty payments to the
developers. What would happen? Would it be seen as a great way to
increase the exposure of larger populations to Learning Options? Would it
be seen as the death of the current learning business models. I would
love to hear your comments on the idea/excitement/fear of a Learning
NAPSTER. Just send me a note to elliott@masie.com. Before you make your
call to the Appeals Court, there is not a Learning NAPSTER on the market or
coming to market...at least as far as I know.
2. What Do I Own After The e-Learning Experience? One question that came
up in a conversation last night with several area University Presidents was
the ownership of learning content. As e-Learning content grows and as the
model of paying for access rather than ownership develops, what happens to
the learner when the license expires. I tend to learn differently when I
know that the resources will "always be there", as opposed to evaporating
after a few months. Will learners demand that they have a perpetual
license to some set of the content. What happens to the college textbooks
that I still use from time to time...if they become digital, do I still
have access 20 years later? Once again, send your comments to me on this
topic at elliott@masie.com I will post a summary of these two questions
in a few weeks.
3. HELP! Excellent Examples of e-Learning Needed for White House Committee
As you may know, I am serving on President Clinton's White House Advisory
Task Force on Expanding Training Opportunities. My fellow appointees are
interested in taking a self-guided tour of a wide range of e-Learning
samples...from higher education to business to core skills. If you are a
provider or developer of e-Learning content and would be willing to provide
16 copies or 16 passwords to actual e-Learning activities (not demo's) for
the use of the committee, please send an email to Jennifer Roberts,
at jennifer@masie.com
Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
TechLearn 2000 + e-Learning CONGRESS - November 12 to 15, 2000
Over 1,100 Registered Already....TechLearn Looks at the Reality vs. Hype of e-Learning!
Tom Peters, Kevin Kelly, Elliott Masie, Lisa Napoli, Benjamin Zander and CEO Panel on Learning
Information and Registration at http://www.techlearn.com
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