Elliott Masie’s Learning 2012 will be held Oct. We’re looking forward to seeing Masie’s always phenomenal speakers and palling around with some cartoon mice. Blog Company News conference Elliot Masie Learning 201221-24 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando. If you’re heading to the conference, we invite you to join us on Monday evening for a cocktail hour. Meet our team and fellow Learning attendees at Rix Lounge just outside the Convention Center at the resort. Date: Monday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. Attire: Come as you are. MORE >>

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.” Masie said “If we aren’t experimenting, we’re holding on to the ritual.” Around the Office eLearning Employee Engagement Performance Improvement ej4 elearning Elliott Maise learning directions Elliott Masie learning and developmentLearners are opinionated! MORE >>

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. Director of Operations and Platforms at Microsoft, responsible for training and readiness for the customer facing roles at Microsoft. 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 >>

The MASIE Center has released the summary results of a 69-question survey conducted earlier this year on Learning Management Systems. The survey participants were from the Learning CONSORTIUM and from their Learning Systems Roundtable held in mid-April. There were 199 responses received, and as Elliott notes, "The data provides interesting insight into how the world of Learning Systems is evolving." Question 9). 66% indicated that if they had the resources, they would replace their current Learning System. 50% indicated they were implementing Web 2.0 tools. 22, 23). MORE >>