Elliott Masie was kind enough to invite me to do a keynote interview with him at his Learning 2008 conference. Here is the video his team posted a few days ago. Here is our 23 minute jam on Technology Adoption and Hype: more about " Masie Keynote Video ", posted with vodpod 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 ; )

Also, the game is available to all thanks to the Masie foundation. So go out on the Masie site to check it out. Model what trust looks like with the board, executive team. Two great take aways from Elliott’s conversations with Barak Obama: 1) 1) Nintendo spends more on research than the US does

This was my first Masie event, but I absolutely loved the up close and personal interview style that Elliott had with all of the keynotes, and impromptu supporting cast of characters. If you are leading a team through this, give them the tools and support that they need to make it happen. Also, it's just dang fun to watch your team get fired up and make it happen. Also check out Beth's Learning2009 posts at Explorations Twitter: #L2009, @jonll, @bethchm

This week at Masie, David Metcalf and team from USF ran a cool ARG game that rotated around DreamCorp. I posted on this earlier. I have had the pleasure of knowing David for years and I always look to his interest in a given appraoch to be a lead-indicator of what will be coming down the pike next.

Team-based E-learning Turns A New Page - Science Daily Most Venti Learning with Foam: A Video Report from Starbucks - The Masie Center On The following day, Elliott Masie visited the local Starbucks in Saratoga Springs, NY and did an in-depth interview with the store manager on the learning outcomes, processes and texture of this experimen Most e-learning systems are based on modules, students work through a curriculum. Usually a student has something to learn, and the tutor sets questions or an assignment to test what they have learned.

Thanks to Elliott Masie for reporting this white paper from Cisco (PDF, 800K), which makes fascinating reading. How anyone could have been taken in by the idea of research that rounds to the nearest 10% still baffles me, but this romanticised pseudoscientific claptrap is rife in learning and development. Full marks to the educational team at Cisco, however, because rather than just poking fun at what is a rather easy target, they've explored the latest neuroscience and cognitive science to come up with a more credible analysis of the benefits of multimodal learning (which in this

Hockey Team Negotiation Sim: [link] Negotiation at the North Pole: [link] Sunday, November 19, 2006 New Book: 90 World-Class Activities by 90 World-Class Trainers Posted by Kevin Kruse at 1:14:20 PM Several years ago, Elliott Masie and I were on a leadership panel in Rome, Italy. Link to Amazon . Sunday, November 12, 2006 Wiki generated textbooks - including for kids Posted by Kevin Kruse at 7:55:50 PM Using wiki technology and an open community format, over a 1,000 textbooks are being assembled online (with some PDF and print versions

Take a look at the Masie – Learning Barometer . Learning budgets are decreasing. If we start using social learning, do they really need anything from the learning department? As one example of the challenge, Upside Learning ( disclosure ) who often works for training companies to help them build innovative eLearning solutions has what they call an Innovation and New Projects Team . This team builds innovative solutions, often This is a very strange time. While increasing amount of concept work and the pace of change puts a premium on

You have eight "Peace Doves" to help you, each able to disarm one of the eight countries possessing nuclear weapons. America’s Army Players are bound by Rules of Engagement (ROE) and grow in experience as they navigate challenges emphasizing team play, loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage. Stop Disasters The online game aims at teaching people on how to build safer villages and cities against disasters. Elliott Masie skip to main | skip to sidebar Thursday, May 15

Your Learning Theory Explored - Elliott Masie Stanton Collaboration (versus the old-school style of authoritative management) is essential for effective management of today's cross-functional operating groups and teams. Stanton Wortham, a leading researcher from the Wharton/University of Penn program on Learning Leadership explores learning theories and our occasional contradictions. Five Common Mistakes in Innovation - Business Week If