link] December 2, 2009 Security and Defence Learning : International Forum on Technology Assisted Learning and Training for Defence, Security and Emergency Services, 5 th , Hotel InterContinental Berlin, Berlin, Germany. link] December 2-4, 2009 Online Educa Berlin International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training, 15 th , Hotel InterContinental, Berlin, Germany. link] January 2010 January 3-4, 2010 New Presidents Program , sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, Marco Island, Florida, USA. link] February 22-23, 2010. and Web 3.0 MORE >>

Who doesn’t have the goal of being even better in 2010? What can we learn from those considered the BEST in education and training? Because we don’t have our own association-specific elearning (or learning or training, or related) awards, we’ll have to make do with those that focus on corporations. What started as a short list grew, so here’s the first of four posts summarizing 14 Things We Can Learn from ASTD’s 2009 BEST Award winners. That the awards are all about employee/staff training is something we should give hard thought to. MORE >>

ASTD offers this “Field Guide to Learning Management Systems.&#. The E-Learning 24/7 Blog: The Truth and Realities of E-Learning , written by Craig Weiss, elearning and training development specialist and consultant, is a constant source of great info on LMSes. Tags: Blogroll LMS aLearning Strategies eLearning Resources ASTD asynchronous learning Brandon Hall LCMS online learning RFPs resources strategic planning Tony Karrer I know, I know. You don’t have time for all of this. You need an LMS and you have a teeny tiny amount of time to spend figuring it all out. MORE >>

This are my liveblogged notes from Thursday, January 28 Keynote at ASTD TechKnowledge 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. Training built out of training in a really structured way. Tags: gam astd gaming Richard Hilleman, the man behind the EA sports brand (Madden football) -- currently focused on EA’s internal university. People Lie… …but their actions don’t. This is the most important trend in video game design. When people lie, they make his job harder). Who is Richard Hilleman? Worked for EA for 25 years. Since 1983. In the business of making video games. MORE >>

Bigger screen, higher horsepower, gbs, APIs in HTML5 – greater multimedia experience for anyone and geolocation – huge, especially for people who do new hire training or want to create a real world scenario brought within the tablet HTML5 structure.  Tags: E-Learn Info e-learning e-learning vendors elearning LMS social learning tablet Uncategorized ASTD m-learning training On 11-18-2010, I was part of an online panel discussing whether the LMS as we know it is dead and if not, what is the evolution of the LMS.  Perpetuating the Myth. Mouse on the Wheel. Not now. MORE >>