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Jan042007
426 - Year of Learning Excellence and Experimentation
January 4, 2007
Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Jan 4, 2007.
#426 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
53,305 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of LMS 2007 - April 12 & 13 - Las Vegas, NV, USA.
1. The Year of Learning Excellence & Experimentation.
2. Electronics and Learning: CES Preview.
3. SONY Reader: Holiday Gift and Review.
1. The Year of Learning Excellence & Experimentation: Happy 2007 to Learning TRENDS Readers. Thanks for all of your wonderful Holiday Greetings and Santa's Learning Wish Lists.
Our focus for 2007 will be on Learning Excellence & Experimentation. The MASIE Learning LAB will be launching a series of public experiments to better understand how we can evolve our classroom, e-Learning and corporate-wide learning resources to achieve greater Excellence.
The themes at our 2 major events: LMS 2007 (Learning Systems User Group) and Learning 2007 will focus on Learning Excellence and Learning Experimentation. We believe that there is much work to be done to hone our models, technologies, content and structures to achieve Excellence.
And, it is time for us to more honestly share our failures and mistakes as well as just our "best practices".
2. Electronics and Learning - CES Preview: We have a team of colleagues in Las Vegas as the Consumer Electronics Show that is about to begin today.
This has evolved into the largest and perhaps most important technology show in the world. While the focus of CES is on gadgets and media, there is much to understand about the connection between Electronics & Learning.
Here are a few examples:
* Mobile and Broadband to the Hand: Our employees will soon have greater bandwidth and media functionality on their mobile phones than on their desktop. This is a "tipping point" moment to reconsider how we move content and knowledge to their hands.
* High Definition Soars: The "bar" is being raised on high definition media experience and expectations. What does that imply for learning content that is still low definition page turning?
* Video Conference to Video Presence: As video becomes a constant experience rather than a scheduled event, what are the implications for the delivery of learning and coaching?
* Rapid and Widespread Publishing/Development: The tools of content creation are getting easier and more widely accessible. Content will change a great deal in 2007. Are we ready?
* The Search on Steroids: Search engines and functionality will take a huge step forward with increased personalization and preference seeking.
Search will include a Social Networking capability. How does it relate to learning design and consumption?
We will send out a series of CES Reports exploring these topics. It is interesting that IBM has returned to the CES show after more than a decade away. Last time they were here, they were touting a 56 K modem technology.
Today, they are rolling out a Virtual World and Gaming Technology for Supply Chain Management.
3. SONY Reader - Holiday Gift: Talking about Electronics and Learning, one of the gifts that I received that now lives in the MASIE Learning LAB is a SONY Reader. This is the latest slimmed-down form factor of a device that you can hold in your hand to read books, articles or even your own PDFed documents.
It is actually quite cool and provocative! It weights about 9 ounces, has a bright and long-lasting screen, supporting over 7,500 page turns on a single charge. I was able to buy several books online and also download a host of reports. I took it on a trip and comfortably read and highlighted key sections. When my eyes were tired, a single button enlarged the typeface and I got quite nimble at browsing my way through material. No offense, but it even travels well to the men's room for continued reading
:)
Check it out at http://www.sony.com/reader We are doing continued tests and will see how it works in an upcoming Leadership Class at the facility of a Fortune 500 member of our Learning CONSORTIUM.
MASIE Center Learning LAB Events & Services:
* Extreme Learning LAB - Jan 17-19 - Saratoga Springs, NY (Only 9 seats remaining).
* LMS 2007 (Learning Systems User Group) - April 12-13 - Las Vegas, NV (Early Registration Now Open).
* Learning 2007 - Oct 21-24 - Orlando, FL (Early Registration Now Open).
* Membership in our Learning CONSORTIUM (250 Global Companies Collaborating on Learning Excellence).
* Keynote Speeches & Learning Strategy Coaching by Elliott Masie.
For Information & Resources: http://www.masie.com
#426 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
53,305 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of LMS 2007 - April 12 & 13 - Las Vegas, NV, USA.
1. The Year of Learning Excellence & Experimentation.
2. Electronics and Learning: CES Preview.
3. SONY Reader: Holiday Gift and Review.
1. The Year of Learning Excellence & Experimentation: Happy 2007 to Learning TRENDS Readers. Thanks for all of your wonderful Holiday Greetings and Santa's Learning Wish Lists.
Our focus for 2007 will be on Learning Excellence & Experimentation. The MASIE Learning LAB will be launching a series of public experiments to better understand how we can evolve our classroom, e-Learning and corporate-wide learning resources to achieve greater Excellence.
The themes at our 2 major events: LMS 2007 (Learning Systems User Group) and Learning 2007 will focus on Learning Excellence and Learning Experimentation. We believe that there is much work to be done to hone our models, technologies, content and structures to achieve Excellence.
And, it is time for us to more honestly share our failures and mistakes as well as just our "best practices".
2. Electronics and Learning - CES Preview: We have a team of colleagues in Las Vegas as the Consumer Electronics Show that is about to begin today.
This has evolved into the largest and perhaps most important technology show in the world. While the focus of CES is on gadgets and media, there is much to understand about the connection between Electronics & Learning.
Here are a few examples:
* Mobile and Broadband to the Hand: Our employees will soon have greater bandwidth and media functionality on their mobile phones than on their desktop. This is a "tipping point" moment to reconsider how we move content and knowledge to their hands.
* High Definition Soars: The "bar" is being raised on high definition media experience and expectations. What does that imply for learning content that is still low definition page turning?
* Video Conference to Video Presence: As video becomes a constant experience rather than a scheduled event, what are the implications for the delivery of learning and coaching?
* Rapid and Widespread Publishing/Development: The tools of content creation are getting easier and more widely accessible. Content will change a great deal in 2007. Are we ready?
* The Search on Steroids: Search engines and functionality will take a huge step forward with increased personalization and preference seeking.
Search will include a Social Networking capability. How does it relate to learning design and consumption?
We will send out a series of CES Reports exploring these topics. It is interesting that IBM has returned to the CES show after more than a decade away. Last time they were here, they were touting a 56 K modem technology.
Today, they are rolling out a Virtual World and Gaming Technology for Supply Chain Management.
3. SONY Reader - Holiday Gift: Talking about Electronics and Learning, one of the gifts that I received that now lives in the MASIE Learning LAB is a SONY Reader. This is the latest slimmed-down form factor of a device that you can hold in your hand to read books, articles or even your own PDFed documents.
It is actually quite cool and provocative! It weights about 9 ounces, has a bright and long-lasting screen, supporting over 7,500 page turns on a single charge. I was able to buy several books online and also download a host of reports. I took it on a trip and comfortably read and highlighted key sections. When my eyes were tired, a single button enlarged the typeface and I got quite nimble at browsing my way through material. No offense, but it even travels well to the men's room for continued reading
:)
Check it out at http://www.sony.com/reader We are doing continued tests and will see how it works in an upcoming Leadership Class at the facility of a Fortune 500 member of our Learning CONSORTIUM.
MASIE Center Learning LAB Events & Services:
* Extreme Learning LAB - Jan 17-19 - Saratoga Springs, NY (Only 9 seats remaining).
* LMS 2007 (Learning Systems User Group) - April 12-13 - Las Vegas, NV (Early Registration Now Open).
* Learning 2007 - Oct 21-24 - Orlando, FL (Early Registration Now Open).
* Membership in our Learning CONSORTIUM (250 Global Companies Collaborating on Learning Excellence).
* Keynote Speeches & Learning Strategy Coaching by Elliott Masie.
For Information & Resources: http://www.masie.com
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