486 - Your Learning Theory?

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Oct 18, 2007.
#486 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
53,994 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2007 - Oct 21-24 - Orlando, Florida, USA.
- Over 2,059 Registered Participants -

1. Your Learning Theory Explored - 4 Videos!
2. The Learning Train - Arrived!

1. Learning Theories Explored - 4 Videos: What is your theory of learning?
Do you (or does your organization) believe in Behaviorism, Cognitivism or Sociocultural models of learning?

This is not light stuff, but it is key for us to step back and examine our theories and models of how we believe human beings really learn. For
example:

* People learn based on rewards or punishment?
* People learn based on their curiosity?
* People learn based on social contracts and interactions?
* People learn based on ....

We have asked Stanton Wortham, a leading researcher from the Wharton/University of Penn program on Learning Leadership, to explore these theories and our occasional contradictions with the participants at Learning 2007. He has produced a set of four short videos that will take you to a special Graduate School seminar on this topic. Take 10 to 15 minutes to view these and examine your own theories of learning:

http://www.learningwiki.com/theory

Dr. Wortham will explore these in depth during both a keynote presentation and discussion session in Orlando next week.

2. The Learning Train - Arrived! Thanks for the great notes. I received about 400 emails from folks as I took the train from New York to Orlando.
It was a great and relaxing trip. Even played poker for 1 penny a hand with a 78 year old retired conductor at 2 in the morning.

There are still a few spaces left at Learning 2007, which begins on Sunday. If you would like to register, go to http://www.learning2007.com

I'll come back on to TRENDS after our event and a week of vacation in the British Virgin Islands. Thanks for all of your support and hope to see you soon.

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie

485 - The Learning Train, Talent 2.0, Baby Boomer Gets SS

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Oct 16, 2007.
#485 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
53,965 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2007 - Oct 21-24 - Orlando, Florida, USA.
- Over 2,057 Registered Participants -

1. First Baby Boomer Collects Social Security.
2. The Learning Train.
3. Talent 2.0

1. First Baby Boomer Collects Social Security: In the U.S., we passed a milestone on Monday when Kathleen Casey-Kirschling filed for early retirement Monday, becoming the first baby boomer to start collecting Social Security.

Born one second after midnight in January 1946, the retired teacher leads the way for as many as 80 million individuals who will qualify for the retirement payout. This is also another key indicator that we will need to deal with the transition issues for these 80 million as they either exit the workplace or change their roles.

2. The Learning Train: In about 2 hours, I begin my annual trek on the Amtrak from New York City to Orlando as we prepare for Learning 2007, which will start on Sunday. I'll have my small bedroom on the train, lots of good snacks and the opportunity to reflect and prepare for hosting 2,000 people. I love the rocking of the rails and the trek. I have my iPod loaded with railroad songs, including my favorites - City of New Orleans and King of the Road. There is something quite relaxing and reflective about taking this annual train trip. Maybe next year, we can charter a Learning Train :)

3. Talent 2.0: I am pleased to announce that Don Tapscott, one of our keynoters at Learning 2007, will be adding a special set of research to his presentation, focused on Talent 2.0. Don has just completed an in-depth research effort looking at the changing workforce and workplace, with significant implications for how we train and retain the next generation of workers.

There is still space and hotels available for Learning 2007. Go to http://www.learning2007.com for details.

Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
* Learning 2007: Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, Florida.
> Free Sunday Institutes at Learning 2007.
* Membership in our Learning CONSORTIUM.
Information at http://www.masie.com
Email for Elliott to emasie@masie.com

483 - Social Buttons and Structured Notepaper

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Oct 12, 2007.
#483 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
53,965 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2007 - Oct 21-24 - Orlando, Florida, USA.
- Over 2,057 Registered Participants -

1. Social Buttons & Structured Notepaper: Engagement Tools.
2. Our 2,000th Participant: Congrats!

1. Social Buttons & Structured Notepaper: Engagement Tools! Buttons and notepads are pretty low-tech, but they can be very high-touch, highly social networking-focused and provide a structure for informal learning.

Social Buttons: We have designed 30 small, colorful buttons with 1 or 2 words apiece for our participants to wear on their clothing or nametag lanyards. These words include: Multi-Tasker, New to Learning, Confused, Blogger, Shopping for LMS, Loner. Our participants will wear 0 to 30 of these as conversation starters and social networking tools.

Notepad Design: Sure, you can take notes on a yellow pad. Instead, we have designed a multi-color, multi-format visual notetaking pad for our participants that is mapped to learning styles and explicit about types of notes that lead to TRANSFER. Check out this pad and sample of the Social Buttons at:

http://www.learning2007.com/buttons

2. Our 2,000th Participant: Congrats! We just processed our 2,000th registration for Learning 2007: Lisa Byrne, Manager, Learning & Development at GlaxoSmithKline. She will receive a special gift of $500 Disney Dollars.

Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
* Learning 2007: Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, Florida.
> Free Sunday Institutes at Learning 2007.
* Membership in our Learning CONSORTIUM.
Information at http://www.masie.com
Email for Elliott to emasie@masie.com

482 - Learning Governance; Presidential Campaigns and Learning

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Oct 11, 2007.
#482 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
53,954 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2007 - Oct 21-24 - Orlando, Florida, USA.
- Over 2,002 Registered Participants -

1. Learning Governance - When a Session Cancels!
2. Where is Performance Support in Service Techs?
3. Learning Platform for 2008 Presidential Race.

1. Learning Governance - When a Session Cancels! What happens when one of your senior faculty is assigned to go to China at the very moment they were leading a session for you? Well, when Rob Lauber, the VP for Learning at YUM! Brands (Pizza Hut, A&W, etc.), was re-directed to Asia for Oct 21st, we decided to do a Blended Approach to program continuity.

First, we recorded an interview with Rob about his content - Global Learning Governance (12-Minute Podcast):

http://www.learning2007.com/yum

Then, we added some additional colleagues to lead the session including, Grant Ricketts and other Chief Learning Officers. If people have questions for Rob, they can post them on to our LearningWiki and he will respond after he returns from China. In the old days, we would be canceling sessions when plans change. It is fun to experiment with ways of having content continuity plans.

2. Where is Performance Support in Service Techs? In the past few days, two service technicians were at The MASIE Center working on a color copying machine and one of our network clusters. I was amazed that neither of them carried a Performance Support System with them. Sure, there were manuals in the car and a cell phone back to the office. But, in the age of Fingertip Knowledge, both were clearly under-connected to resources that would put Performance Support right at the moment of service and need.

3. Learning Platform for 2008 Presidential Race: We will be brainstorming a "Learning Platform" for the 2008 Presidential Candidates during Learning 2007. We would like to ask for TRENDS readers' input. If you were called by the campaigns to suggest ideas or even legislation that would increase our learning capability, what would you suggest? For myself, I would add funding for a series of Learning Research projects to better understand how people are actually learning. I'd like to get your ideas and we will pass these along to both parties. Send them to emasie@masie.com

Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
* Learning 2007: Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in our Learning CONSORTIUM.
Information at http://www.masie.com
Email for Elliott to emasie@masie.com

Faculty Preview Content by PodCast

Dear Learning & Training Colleagues:

Here is a learning experiment we are conducting. We have asked all of the faculty for Learning 2007 to describe the sessions they will be offering via a 3 minute audio PodCast, which they are making by phoning into our PodCast server. It is fascinating to hear them talk about their
content:

http://www.learning2007.com/facultypod

These are coming in every hour as our 2,000 participants prepare to select their Learning Choices for the event. We are tracking several hundred listens (right on the computer) every hour.

I am intrigued about linking learners to the voice and stories of faculty who will be facilitating sessions, whether that is at an event like ours or in your program. The cost for all of this is measured in a few dollars a PodCast at most.

We are using HipCast Audio and TypePad Blogs combined with PBWiki - all low cost hosted tools that mash-up together. Maybe in our LMS systems soon?

Last Minute Registration Concierge: There is still space available at Learning 2007. We have added a Last Minute Concierge to assist with any questions about hotels or logistics as you register for Learning 2007. You can reach our Concierge at 518-350-2216 or amh@masie.com Registration and complete information is available at: http://www.learning2007.com

Hope to see you in Orlando at Learning 2007 in just 11 days!

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2007
Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, Florida

479 - Ask a Learning Question (Video or Text)

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Oct 9, 2007.
#479 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
53,954 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2007 - Oct 21-24 - Orlando, Florida, USA.
- Over 1,992 Registered Participants -

Ask a Video Question to Ken Blanchard, Don Tapscott, Dan Pink, Jenny Zhu, Elliott Masie or 2,000 Learning Colleagues:

Join us in an interesting experiment on using Video Questions at conferences. I would like to ask you to go to our website and record a short 1 to 3 minute video question about Learning Changes!

Aim your question at our keynoters, including Ken Blanchard, Don Tapscott, Dan Pink, Jenny Zhu, John Abele or to the 2,000 learning executives who will be participating at Learning 2007.

Go to:
http://www.learning2007.com/myquestion

We will pose many of your questions to the keynoters and we will also capture their answers and dialogues posted to the web.

Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
* Learning 2007: Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, Florida.
> Free Sunday Institutes at Learning 2007.
* Membership in our Learning CONSORTIUM.
Information at http://www.masie.com
Email for Elliott to emasie@masie.com

2,000 Learning Colleagues Facing Learning Changes!

TO: Learning & Training Colleagues
FROM: Elliott Masie, Host - Learning 2007

In just two weeks, 2,000 of your Learning Colleagues from around the world will gather at Learning 2007 in Orlando to collectively face the future and consider how Learning Changes!

I know that in this fast-paced and last-minute world, we have many colleagues who have to wait until the last minute to register for any event or conference.

There are still spaces available at Learning 2007, rooms at one of our official hotels and low cost air fares to Orlando.

So, consider joining us! We have over 300 "learning choices", delivered by
36 Chief Learning Officers; keynoters like Don Tapscott, Dan Pink, Ken Blanchard, Jenny Zhu; a rich academic program from Wharton/U of Penn's CLO PhD Program; Learning Stories and Case Studies; a Learning Gallery with the leading 60 suppliers in our field and lots of fun, including Bobby Flay, the master chef, Melinda Doolittle, our favorite idol, a NASCAR Pit Crew Training Experience and more.

Complete details and last minute registration at http://www.learning2007.com

If you need help or assistance with your arrangements, please call our office at 1-800-98-MASIE

I hope to see you and learn with you at Learning 2007,

Warm regards

Elliott Masie, Host
The MASIE Center

476 - Orientation and Briefings ala YouTube?

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Oct 4, 2007.
#476 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
53,812 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2007 - Oct 21-24 - Orlando, Florida, USA.
Complete Program Guide Now Available - http://www.learning 2007.com -
- Over 1,963 Registered Participants -

YouTube Briefings for Faculty and Participant Orientation?

We have been experimenting with a variety of content formats to provide pre-event briefings and orientation. Here are two examples (4 and 6 minutes long) that we are using on YouTube:

Orientation of Participants:
http://www.learning2007.com/youtube

Orientation of Faculty:
http://www.learning2007.com/minidesign

Clearly, a corporation might put these behind their firewall or in a more secure location. But, we are intrigued about making them easy to access and to have learners actually share them with their families, prior to making a business trip.

Technical details: These were recorded in my office from my iMac, using an internal camera and microphone. There is an automatic publish-to-YouTube feature in the Movie application that allowed me to go from idea to publish in about 14 minutes with no external staff or added expense.

Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
* Learning 2007: Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in our Learning CONSORTIUM.
Information at http://www.masie.com
Email for Elliott to emasie@masie.com

475 - LearningWiki Launched

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Oct 2, 2007.
#475 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
53,799 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2007 - Oct 21-24 - Orlando, Florida, USA.
Complete Program Guide Now Available - http://www.learning 2007.com -
- Over 1,963 Registered Participants -

LearningWiki Launched

We have just launched the 2007 edition of LearningWiki:

http://www.learningwiki.com

This is the collaborative content community for Learning 2007. It contains over 300 "pages" of content -- one per session -- which will be expanded with discussions, real-time PodCasts and additional input from the over 2,000 participants.

We are opening up the LearningWiki for access and viewing to the global learning community and, after the event, will extend contribution access to a wider range of colleagues.

You can check out the LearningWiki or listen to a short PodCast on how it is working at http://www.learningwiki.com

If you are registered for Learning 2007, please use your email and Registration ID as a password for editing/commenting access. If you want to register, go to http://www.learning2007.com

Recent PodCasts and Demonstrations:
Social Networking Demo: http://www.learning2007.com/social
Dan Pink PodCast: http://www.learning2007.com/danpink
Learning Changes Video: http://www.learning2007.com/changes

Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
* Learning 2007: Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in our Learning CONSORTIUM.
Information at http://www.masie.com
Email for Elliott to emasie@masie.com