I recently attended one of Elliott Masie’s Learning Directions sessions held at the Southwest Airlines home office in Dallas. Elliott Masie is an “internationally recognized futurist, analyst, researcher, and organizer on critical topics of workforce learning, business collaboration and emerging technologies.” But, regardless of the information overload, I walked away with a notepad full of insights and ideas. Masie said “If we aren’t experimenting, we’re holding on to the ritual.” He is a familiar name in the world of elearning, and a familiar name around ej4. MORE >>

Lots of people I speak to want to use SharePoint for knowledge management and aggregating and making information easy to find. know there is a lot of interest (for example within the Masie Consortium ) in this area. Interview Academy Corporate training Federico LMS Masie Microsoft OfficeTalk Search SharePoint 15 SumTotal SystemsThought leader interview with Jim Federico of Microsoft on how Microsoft use SharePoint internally for learning. Jim is a Sr. Jim, what is your background? spent 13 years running technology and product strategy for SumTotal Systems. MORE >>

In keeping up with our trend this week of offering newly available and FREE resources to help keep you informed and up-to-date on learning and elearning, we offer you this link to the Masie Center’s open source e-book, “Learning Perspectives,&# with contributions by “40 Global Learning Leaders.&#. Many thanks to the MASIE Center for providing this great book! If you’re curious about the four key elements of training within the Central Intelligence Agency, for example, this is your resource. MORE >>

'I urge you to support Elliott Masie''s war on frivolous LMS Trademarks. Learning Organization Information System (LOIS),” by KnowledgeSoft, Inc. Continuous Learning System (CLS),” by AT&T Global Information Solutions International, Inc. Here''s what Elliott wrote in his newsletter: Help! Defend Learning Field from Patent Suit! The learning "patent trolls" are at it again. And, their strategy, which has worked, is to sue a company - get the discovery and legal costs up and up, and finally settle for a fee and stock shares.  Etude,” by Gerald Hollingsworth and GPU, Inc. MORE >>

“It’s not the information, but our ability to use or apply the information, that truly counts,” writes Elliott Masie, internationally-recognized training and elearning futurist and analyst. When I read this, it made me think of something an association education consultant recently told me about a misconception about the distinction between “information” and what I’ll call “informational content.” It’s just more information. After all, it isn’t just information, right? Example Scenario. MORE >>