670 - Higher Ed and Learning, Investing in Godspell, Summer Reading
July 13, 2011 Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - July 13, 2011.
#670 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,339 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2011 - Over 656 Registered Already!
1. Corporate Learning & Higher Ed: Learning from Each Other!
2. Why Am I Investing in Broadway’s Godspell Show?
3. Summer Reading - What Are You Reading?
4. Last Minute Seats for Video for Learning.
1. Corporate Learning & Higher Ed: Learning from Each Other! Every year, I am struck by how similar some of the issues are that colleges and universities face with learning approaches to our own challenges in the corporate world. Yet, our 2 worlds rarely discuss or collaborate. Well, I am very pleased and honored to announce that EDUCAUSE’s President, Diana Oblinger, will be a keynoter at Learning 2011, to be held in Orlando in November. EDUCAUSE is the association, with 2,300 colleges and universities as members, whose mission is to advance higher education through the use of technology. Diana will present research and perspectives on how learners are evolving, learning systems need to change and ways in which workplace learning and higher education learning can learn from and with each other. I am excited about helping to build this connection. Diana will be meeting with the CLOs and other learning leaders at Learning 2011 to discuss collaboration between our two worlds.
Info at http://www.learning2011.com
2. Why Am I Investing in Broadway’s Godspell Show? You may have figured out that I am a compulsive learner. I thrive on learning about new fields, new worlds and new ventures. So, when I heard that one of my favorite shows, Godspell, was coming to Broadway as a revival, I thought it would be great to invest and learn about that world. Actually, the world of theater, it turns out, has a lot in common with learning design. The producer of Godspell, Ken Davenport, has been keeping a daily countdown blog, detailing the decisions - from casting, to marketing to design - that go into staging a Broadway show. The musical opens for preview on October 13th and on Broadway on November 7th. If you would like to follow along and learn with me, Ken’s blog is at http://www.godspellblog.com/
3. Summer Reading - What Are You Reading? We are compiling a list of books that learning colleagues are reading this summer. They can be professional, recreational, go-to-the-beach books - just anything that you are reading this summer. Send a quick note to me at emasie@masie.com and I will post a list of some of these titles for those of us wanting some new “reads”.
4. Last Minute Seats for Video for Learning: There are a few seats left for last minute registration in next week’s Video for Learning LAB & Seminar, which starts on Monday in Saratoga Springs, NY. Info at http://www.masie.com
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com
MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Video for Learning LAB & Seminar - July 18 - 20 - Saratoga Springs, NY.
* Learning 2011 - Nov 6 to 9, 2011 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com