Elliott Masie was kind enough to invite me to do a keynote interview with him at his Learning 2008 conference. Here is our 23 minute jam on Technology Adoption and Hype: more about " Masie Keynote Video ", posted with vodpod. Here is the video his team posted a few days ago. It was a blast doing this. Elliott and I truly riffed…as you will see when he stops me and asks me to repeat something he thought was insightful and I reply that I have already forgot and we will have to check it out on the tape ; ). MORE >>

I was interested to read in Donald Clark's review of Learning 2005 that Elliott had decreed that there should be no PowerPoint at the show. can certainly sympathise with Elliott's intentions here - after all, we have all had to sit through far too many mind-numbing slides full of endless bullet points. However, I wonder whether PowerPoint is really the guilty party here. Surely, all this software sets out to do is to help us support our presentations with visual aids. Visual aids, you will remember, are a good thing. Who's fault is this? Well, certainly not Microsoft's. Or, worse, incompetent!" MORE >>

Main | What Work-Learning Audit Reveals » Friday, 15 February 2008 Elliott Masies LMS Wish List Elliott Masie came up with a great and very insightful wish list for LMSs. Will at Work Learning Will Thalheimers research-based commentary on learning, performance, and the industry thereof. « Starbucks to Shutdown for Training. Click here to access it. He even added a few suggestions in the past few days, probably based on feedback from his loyal audience. really like the richness that Elliotts suggestions might create for a typical LMS. Can't say I blame them. 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 >>