Learning 2009 - Wednesday

The conference is coming to an end today.  At the moment, Betsey Myers is talking about authentic leadership...she is one of the talented professionals that we have here.  I just finished presenting on social media with the CLO of CA (Computer Associates) to a group of about 100.  Got a hand on Veteran's Day and plenty of questions.  The folks from industry were amazed that the military was using tools such as blogs and wikis...they are worried about security even behind their firewalls, but we are using them extensively throughout the Army.  I hope all is well with your group work..I've looked in and some groups are doing quite well and others have a bit of work to do.  I have posted the wiki rubric, which is my key to grading your collaborative work, in the Course Resources Page of the wiki.  You can find it at the bottom of the page when you want to view it.  I look forward to seeing all of you next week.  I'm on my Blackberry if you have questions.

Learning 2009 - Monday

Hello all.  I am in not so summy Orlando waiting to see what Hurricane Ida decides to do.  The first day of this conference has been very interesting, with sessions highlighting learning at Bank of America, weaving diveristy into the courseware at the CIA University (Royce Ann will love this stuff!), and an interview with the author of Twitter for Dummies.  Overall, I am picking up great stuff here...about 1300 professional trainers and educators interacting...basically people who hire folks with the skills you all will have when you finish your course of instruction.  I'm taking a break, had all the small group work I could stand for the moment and working on this blog and the Learning Wiki that the conference is hosting.  I plan to show it to all of you when I get back and we'll see how they make it work for them.  Malcolm Gladwell will speak this afternoon...once I get past his hairdo I'll be interested to hear what he has to say.  Much of this conference is focused on elearning and distance learning...industry is trying to figure out how to help the bottom line by using the new technology.  Just spent a session with the rep from a large uniform company whose organization used to spend $20M in travel each year...they have reduced that by 90% by putting teleconference equipment like what is in the LCC classrooms at all their locations.  It may not be perfect for interactive training, but if it saves jobs then it is worthwhile.  I'll post the rubric for the Wiki later tonight...I don't think it will any surprise, but I want you to have it before you have to finalize the assignment.  Hope all is well.