I recently attended the American Society for Training and Development’s 2012 TechKnowledge conference , where over 1,200 attendees and 70 exhibitors got together in Las Vegas to talk about training, do some networking, and discuss the future of learning and technology. One theme that resonated most for me was about increased emphasis on data and data analysis — or what’s being called Big Data. This isn’t the traditional,  Kirkpatrick -style learning data most people think about, like post-workshop evaluations and test scores. Big ” Data’s untapped potential. MORE >>

I know it’s hard to believe, but apparently there are many people who don’t like PowerPoint. Obviously there are a lot of bad presentations created with PowerPoint, but it seems to me the blame rests on the shoulders of the presenter and not the tool. Besides, PowerPoint’s a versatile tool that’s used for more than bad presentations. Personally, I think PowerPoint’s one of the single best multimedia applications. The secret is to look at PowerPoint in a different way. And once you do that you’ll see that it offers an assortment of capabilities. Don’t Let the Experts Tell You PowerPoint Sucks. MORE >>

Have an iPad and Camtasia Studio? TechSmith just released an app called FastTrack that lets you take the complete series of Camtasia Studio 7 tutorials anywhere your iPad can go. Get FastTrack for iPad. Some of the cool things you can do: View Camtasia Studio tutorials offline Follow along in Camtasia (use iPad as extra screen) Search across videos Skim video transcripts (Tip: rotate iPad to portrait mode to see transcripts) Give on-the-spot feedback to TechSmith tutorial creators. The app was developed as a TechSmith Labs initiative, which means it's an experiment. FastTrack FAQ. Yes, perhaps. MORE >>

Tweet My colleague Jane Hart asks who should be your Chief Collaboration Officer  (CCO)? It’s a good question, given the growing importance of working collaboratively in the 21st century workplace. Collaboration is a key part of creative work. Hugh Macleod pretty well sums up the core of the networked enterprise with this image: We live in a most interesting time in history. With the Internet, never before has it been so easy to collaborate, yet within many organizations it’s often more difficult. Workers must be motivated but there aren’t any Chief Motivation Officers.” MORE >>

REDTRAY’s new collaborative research study will uncover the must-have features L&D experts most want to see in tomorrow’s learning platforms. … Continue reading » LMSwishList business development e-learning eLearning HR technology l&D industry learning experts learning management system Learning technologies LMS MORE >>