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What is Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovations?
Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovations is:
- An exciting opportunity for corporate leaders, directors, CLOs, trainers, and consultants to discuss the directions and innovations in corporate learning.
- A free online conference, running from November 15-20, 2007. World renowned speakers will present live (all sessions will be recorded). Of greatest value, we feel, will be the opportunity for attendees to engage in dialog with each other through online forums - forming connections and exchanging ideas and visions on corporate learning.
- A different kind of conference experience with many opportunities for active participation for attendees who wish. All sessions will be recorded and available within a few minutes after the session for people who cannot attend at that time.
How Do I Register & Attend?
The conference is free of charge, but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
The conference will include three components:
1. Live presentations by keynote speakers (each session will be recorded for later listening). You can test your ability (firewall, plugins) to attend by visiting this site: http://www.elluminate.com/support/ . Elluminate supports online audio with powerpoint presentation. No phone needed! To access live events, use this link: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/meeting.jnlp?sid=2007095&password=M.08CFA5656346A8367F3302E2C2CB48. The link will be active starting November 15.
2. Discussions in Q2Learning. Access the conference discussion forum and post your introduction and comments/questions on presentations.
3. Discussions during planned "open mic" sessions and comments and reactions you post in your blog and tag with CLTI2007
Want to know the location of other conference attendees? Stop by our conference map and post your location
Sponsors
Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovations is hosted by Complexive Systems Inc., and proudly supported by Duke Corporate Education, TechEmpower, Q2 Learning, and Elluminate
(Please contact George Siemens (gsiemens@elearnspace.org) for sponsorship opportunities).
How Do I Attend and Participate?
We expect that attendees will attend some of the sessions live and view others as recordings. All attendees are asked to contribute to the conversation through the forums that will receive a lot of activity during the conference.
Attendees are encouraged to:
- Add yourself to the Attendee Profiles page.
- Add to the Discussion Topics - include topics you'd like to discuss, challenges you face, questions you want answered. This will help spark discussions in the forums, will help speakers prepare and will form the basis of Facilitated Discussions sessions.
- Add yourself as an "Active Participant" in one of the Facilitated Discussions sessions
Current Schedule
The following are the currently scheduled events. All times below are shown in US Central Standard Time. You can easily convert the times using the attached calendars shown below. More events will follow.
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE LIVE PRESENTATIONS
Also, every session will be recorded and it will be possible to participate by viewing recorded sessions and participating in the asynchronous discussions.
You can access an up to date Google calendar in XML / RSS, ICAL, or HTML format here:
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Thursday November 15, 2007
10:45 AM, CST George Siemens, Conference Kick Off ADD TO OUTLOOK
11 AM, CST Tony Karrer - eLearning 2.0 Recording ADD TO OUTLOOK
2 PM, CST Facilitated Discussions - eLearning 2.0 - Where, When, How RECORDING HERE ADD TO OUTLOOK
4:00 PM, CST Steve Mahaley - Let’s Get Real About the Virtual RECORDING HERE
Friday November 16, 2007
8:00 am, CST Richard Straub - Towards the Perfect Storm - a golden age for e-learning ? RECORDING HERE ADD TO OUTLOOK
9:30 AM, CST Donald H. Taylor - Capability management: opportunity, threat or hot air for L&D? RECORDING HERE
11:00 am CST Jay Cross - Learning without a Foundation ADD TO OUTLOOK
RECORDING HERE
2 PM CST Facilitated Discussions - Golden Age for eLearning? or a Race to Barely Good Enough? ADD TO OUTLOOK
3:00 PM CST Rae Tanner - Funeral for a Friend: Industrial Age Learning (1965 – 2000) RECORDING HERE
Monday, November 19, 2007
9:00 AM, CST David Snowden - From Lessons learnt to learning lessons RECORDING HERE (until the 57 minute mark)
10:00 AM, CST Clark Quinn - Strategic eLearning: From Tactics to the Performance Ecosystem RECORDING HERE (Starting at the 57 minute mark)
ADD TO OUTLOOK
12:00 Noon, CST Rebecca Stromeyer - Topic TBD CANCELLED ADD TO OUTLOOK
12:00 Noon, CST Keith Resseau - It's Not Innovative If It Doesn't Educate RECORDING HERE
2 PM CST Facilitated Discussion - Topic will come from attendees RECORDING HERE ADD TO OUTLOOK
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
9:00 AM, CST George Siemens - Creating Your Organizational Learning Infrastructure RECORDING HERE. The powerpoint file can be downloaded from here (see download link just under the presentation)
11:00 AM, CST David Wilson - Talent and Workforce Performance: The Fractured Reality RECORDING HERE (until the 1:00 hr mark...) ADD TO OUTLOOK
12:00 PM, CST Gaurav Rastogi and Jai Ganesh - Getting going with web2.0 based learning in the enterprise [RECORDING HERE Starting at 1:04 (see slide bar on the bottom of the page)
1:00 PM, CST Janet Clarey - Corporate Learning Today: How Organizations are Implementing Ideas RECORDING HERE Starting at 2:02 mark see slide bar on the bottom of the page
3:00 PM, CST Bill Bruck - Increasing Speed to Proficiency: A Blended Approach RECORDING HERE
Speakers:
Tony Karrer
11 AM, CST, November 15, 2007
eLearning 2.0 - Introduction and Implication RECORDING IS AVAILABLE HERE
A revolution is quietly going on in the world of eLearning. Some technologies and practices seem to have matured, but because of a shift in demands and a shift in technology, we are seeing a fairly dramatic rise of alternative approaches to eLearning that are often called eLearning 2.0.
This session will discuss how wikis, social bookmarking, blogging, and other eLearning 2.0 tools impact work and learning. It will examine how these tools fit into personal work and learning, group work and learning, and the impact they have more broadly.
Notes to Attendees:
This presentation assumes you are somewhat familiar with Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarking, etc. If you are not familiar with these concepts, then you may want to visit:
Presenter:
Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower, a software, web and eLearning development firm based in Los Angeles, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning and Performance Support. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO and leader of software development. Dr. Karrer also has eleven years experience as an associate professor of Computer Science. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. His work in e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse. Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events and is widely known for his blog - eLearning Technology.
Tony's eLearning Technology Blog
David Snowden
9:00 am, CST, November 20, 2007
From Lessons learnt to learning lessons
One of the major lessons form the successes and the (substantial) failures of KM over the last decade is that a static, content based approach to knowledge is nether possible not desirable. This presentation will pick up on some of those failures and then take a naturalising approach to corporate learning. Naturalising has two meanings in this context: (i) a rejection of ideal outcome based learning objectives & (ii) applying insight from the physical sciences, in particular cognitive and complexity science. Two new techniques will be described namely the use of fragmented narrative as a means of knowledge storage and the use of social network stimulation techniques, to manage (and measure) the capacity of an organisations' informal networks to transfer learning.
http://www.cognitive-edge.com/
Dave Snowden is a major figure in the movement towards integration of humanistic approaches to knowledge management and sensemaking. He is generally held to be one of the leading practitioners and thinkers in the field of a naturalising (science based) approached to decision theory and sensemaking. Well known for his work on the role of narrative and complexity theory in sense-making, he is an entertaining speaker and a formidable realist, and one of the few thought leaders who can bring together the academic and practitioner perspectives into a single, comprehensible purview. His original degree is in Philosophy from the University of Lancaster and he also has an MBA from Middlesex University.
He is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge, which focuses on the development of the theory and practice of sensemaking. Cognitive Edge exists to integrate academic thinking with practice in organisations throughout the world and operates on a network model working with Academics, Government, Commercial Organisations, NGOs and Independent Consultants. The Centre spun off from IBM in July 2005 to allow it greater freedom to explore new trans-disciplinary and participatory approaches to research and the creation of an open source approach to management consultancy. The Cynefin framework, which lies at the heart of the approach, has been recognized by several commentators as one of the first practical application of complexity theory to management science.
Jay Cross
11:00 am CST, November 16, 2007
Learning without a Foundation RECORDING HERE
Why learning is in beta until the fat lady sings, and she's not singing until the singularity returns. Email me if you'd like to contribute a suggestion or query.
Bio: Jay Cross is a champion of informal learning, web 2.0, and systems thinking. He puts breakthough business results ahead of business as usual. His calling is to change the world by helping people learn to learn. He has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn to be productive since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix thirty years ago.
Rebecca Stromeyer
12:00 pm, CST, November 19, 2007 CANCELED
PLEASE NOTE: Rebecca's presentation has been canceled.
Rebecca Stromeyer (née Badde) is Managing Director and founder of ICWE GmbH http://www.icwe.net. Her most prestigious enterprise to date is the Online Educa conference series whose flagship, Online Educa Berlin, she helped launch in 1995. The annual conference is regarded as the key networking event of the international e-learning industry. One of her newest projects, the eLearning Africa conference, responds to a need for networking on the contradiction-filled continent, where she believes the event can contribute to much-needed capacity building.
Rebecca is also Chairman of the Board of the award-winning web portal http://www.internet-course-finder.com/ (Internet Course Finders), which is dedicated to education and offers information on all types of educational institutions worldwide. She is also a co-founder and shareholder of ICEF GmbH, an international conference company based in Bonn, Germany that organises the world’s foremost workshops for international student recruitment and "travel for education".
More info: Stromeyer
Richard Straub
8:00 am, CST, November 16, 2007
Advisor to the Chairman IBM Europe, Middle-East and Africa
Secretary General of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG)
Director of Development, European Foundation for Management Development
(EFMD)
Presentation: Towards the Perfect Storm - a golden age for e-learning ?
Following the hype and the implosion of the eLearning bubble, we seem to have reached the deployment and synergy phase of the eLearning technology cycle - in anology to the model presented by Carlota Perez. In this model she analyzes the dynamics of bubbles and glolden ages. Are we finally entering ther period of true innovation in learning ? However, keeping in mind that innovation is about creating value, not just about inventing something new or doing things in new ways. It will be argued that indeed many factors are falling in place favoring the "lift off". However, the eLearning industry and academia will have to work hard to regain crediblity and disperse the cloud of doubt and uncertainty that has beset this field during the last years on the mind of many decision makers.
Clark Quinn
10:00 am, CST, November 19, 2007
Strategic eLearning: From Tactics to the Performance Ecosystem
Organizations are implementing eLearning, but on a tactical basis without knowing how they fit together. We see rote content, siloed curricula, redundant content development, multiple portals, and an overall lack of integration. Learners have no clear path for information and support, advanced learners are not well-served by the information approaches, different groups are re-writing the same material, and the full suite of technology opportunities are not being used. What's needed is an eLearning strategy, a model that integrates the different elements and helps ensure that the pieces are aligned both with each other and with the business goals. Developed across a number of corporate eLearning reviews, this session pulls together the problems seen and responds to the underlying causes with a systematic framework to view the goals of eLearning. It’s about treating the information problem, and the technology infrastructure, as a performance ecosystem – not as a set of components – that yields a solution.
Bio: Clark N. Quinn leads learning system design through Quinnovation, providing strategic solutions to Fortune 500, education, government, and not-for-profit organizations. He has held management positions at Knowledge Universe Interactive Studio, Open Net, and Access CMC, and academic positions at the University of New South Wales, the University of Pittsburgh’s Learning Research and Development Center, and San Diego State University’s Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education. Clark earned his Ph.D. in applied cognitive science from the University of California, San Diego, and has led development of mobile, performance support, and intelligently adaptive learning systems, as well as assisting organizations with their elearning strategies. A recognized thought leader, he’s an in-demand speaker and author, with a recent book, Engaging Learning, Designing e-Learning Simulation Games, research reports, and numerous journal articles and chapters. Clark has led the design of award-winning online content, educational computer games, and websites.
Steve Mahaley
Let’s Get Real About the Virtual
Thinking about the application of virtual worlds to corporate education? Join me in a discussion of what Duke Corporate Education is doing with Second Life, and how this environment is providing us and our learners with new challenges and opportunities for visceral learning at a distance. Focusing questions for this session:
- What are some practical applications of virtual worlds to business education?
- What hurdles do we face in implementation?
- What does the virtual world provide that is unique, provocative and effective in teaching and learning?
Steve Mahaley
Director of Learning Technologies
Duke Corporate Education
Skype: mahaleys
SL: Ace Carson
Second Life Office: http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%203/121/192/22
About Steve:
Steve is the Director of Learning Technology at Duke Corporate Education, a provider of custom education programs for corporate clients. He does a mix of client work designing and delivering technology-enabled learning events and programs, and research and development work with new tools and methods. Current areas of interest include game-based learning, enabling global teams, mobile learning technologies, and advances in learning theory and methodologies that reflect the needs and habits of technology-enabled adult learners.
Prior to his position with Duke Corporate Education, Steve worked in the Executive Education department at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University creating and supporting web environments and resources for corporate client programs. Those projects included clients in the U.S. and Europe.
Education: Ever ongoing, but the formal part includes a deep background in foreign language education with an undergraduate degree in French literature and a Masters in Teaching from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught English and American literature at the University Paul Valéry in Montpellier, France (et oui), and has experience with teaching and integrating technology at many levels as a self-taught technophile.
Steve enjoys the continuing adventure that parenting and family life provides, and occasionally finds time to play guitar, ride his bike, do some light construction and mechanical work (otherwise known as auto and home ownership), and make movies.
Gaurav Rastogi and Jai Ganesh
Getting going with web2.0 based learning in the enterprise
Gaurav Rastogi and Jai Ganesh from Infosys will present their views on getting started, with a special focus on the following themes. The live session will be interactive.
- Where should you start – (what should be the vision for using web2.0 inside the enterprise to accelerate learning)
- Who should be responsible to make this work (the tech guys, the training guys, or the users?)
- How important are the technology decisions?
- If you build it, will they come?
- How to set up governance – balancing between control and “benign neglect”
- How will you get communities to gather critical mass – to pump prime or not to pump prime
- How will you know if it’s working – what metrics will signal the health of the initiative?
Infosys blogs on web2.0 are at: http://www.infosysblogs.com/web2/ as well as http://www.infosysblogs.com/thinkflat/.
Bio:
Gaurav Rastogi is an Associate Vice President at Infosys and has started Infosys’ Learning Services practice. Until recently, he led Infosys’ four-year Global Sales Transformation effort, reporting directly into Infosys’ Board. The program spans multiple facets including professional development, strategic account management, sales talent management, competitive intelligence, CRM strategy and community building. cheap pet medication
Dr. Jai Ganesh leads the Web 2.0 Research Lab in SETLabs, Infosys Technologies. He obtained his PhD in information systems from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and also holds an MBA degree in corporate strategy and marketing. His research focuses on Web services, SOA, Web 2.0, IT standards, IT strategy, Adaptive enterprises and Hypercompetitive businesses. His research has been published in journals such as Information and Management, Journal of Global Information Management, International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, etc. and conferences such as ICWS, AMCIS, ICEB, ICEC etc. He serves as a reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and has consulted for many software firms. Jai has also filed for five patents in the areas of Web Services, Common Information Model, Online Retail etc.
Keith Resseau
PricewaterhouseCoopers
It's Not Innovative If It Doesn't Educate
In advertising, there is an old maxim: it's not creative unless it sells. This session proposes a new maxim for eLearning designers and developers: it's not innovative if it doesn't educate. While new technologies always get a lot of buzz, how can they be used effectively for corporate training?
In this session you'll see examples of hot technologies being used in the public sector (podcasts, wikis, blogs) and compare them to how these tools are being used as learning tools. We'll discuss the educational value behind the technology and see actual examples of how companies are integrating these technologies into their learning programs. We'll consider what modalities and styles of learning are best suited by these new approaches. Potential pitfalls and limitations (such as legal and security considerations) will be addressed. And we'll address how their learning effectiveness is, or might be, measured.
Keith Resseau is an eLearning design consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She has published numerous articles on virtual classroom topics and edited a recent industry report on virtual classroom tools. She has a decade of experience in designing blended eLearning programs and is a frequent guest speaker on the topic of synchronous tools for corporations and conferences.
Donald H. Taylor
 | Don Taylor
Company: InfoBasis Conference: Learning Technologies Conference |
Capability management: opportunity, threat or hot air for L&D? RECORDING HERE
Corporate executives are increasingly interested in what their employees can do. Why? Because they're scared, and rightly so. Demographic changes, global competition and increased working complexity mean organisations today need to know their people have the skills and knowledge to deliver on corporate promises.
Can they?
No. In fact, most organisations will be hard put to tell you how many people they have, let alone what they can do.
In this session, I'll examine how this executive focus on human capital has profound implications for learning and development - it could make the department a crucial strategic partner, or a backwater, depending on its reaction.
For me, this is biggest current trend in Corporate Learning. Please join me to discuss:
Bio
Donald H Taylor is chairman of the Learning Technologies Conference, the UK’s leading gathering of workplace learning and development professionals. He is also a director of InfoBasis, the provider of capability management software to organisations as diverse as Microsoft, Sony Entertainment, BAE Systems, the contact centre industry and the British Army.
He has 20 years’ experience in the fields of IT and training, and over that time has developed a keen sense for differentiating between the hype and reality of technology in workplace learning and development. He is particularly concerned with encouraging learning and development to move from reactively supplying training courses to engaging with organisational strategy, and pro-actively providing information to influence that strategy and ensure its success.
Donald sits on various UK and EU non-profit councils and boards to promote technology-supported learning and development, and is a non-executive director of the UK’s Institute of IT Training.
A graduate of Oxford University, he regularly contributes to industry magazines, both on- and off-line, and blogs at www.donaldhtaylor.co.uk.
Janet Clarey
http://www.brandon-hall.com/janetclarey/
Title: Corporate Learning Today: How Organizations are Implementing Ideas
Innovations inspire us but can also overload us with ideas that are never implemented. We’ll look at how several organizations are implementing new technologies and models of instruction to address business needs today. The goal of this session is to give you at least one action item you can implement now at your organization.
Links to custom e-learning courses
Law Enforcement Response to Terrorism [1]
The ABB Robot Operator Training for Harley-Davidson Motor Company [2]
Introduction to Serious Injury E-Learning [3]
Project Sales in Practice: The FirstCom Challenge [4]
GT Exhaust Gas Thermocouple Installation [5]
Link to blended learning case study
BIO: For over fifteen years, JANET CLAREY worked as a corporate cubicle dweller. An atypical over-achiever, she successively outgrew various positions while searching for new ways to provide learning activities that typically went against the corporate grain. Two years ago, she migrated to a semi-independent position with a learning research firm staffed with fun, witty, intelligent people she is probably not worthy of working with. She works virtually, leaving nearly everyone she meets face-to-face wondering what she really does for a living.
She is a Senior Researcher and Writer with Brandon Hall Researchand her blog was recently recognized in the Top 100 Analyst Blogs. In addition to being a blogger, researcher, and writer, she attends graduate school at Syracuse Universityin the Instructional Design Development & Evaluation program where she is working on her PhD. She has authored and co-authored several research reports for Brandon Hall Research on the subjects of talent management, blended learning, learning management systems, and authoring tools. Her corporate roots and frequent contact with practitioners keeps her grounded in the reality of the corporate learning space. When not working or going to school, she plays the role of a 40-something hockey Mom shuttling kids around in a Minivan or delegating same to her husband of 18 years.
David Wilson
Talent and Workforce Performance: The Fractured Reality
Many commentators believe that corporate learning is increasingly part of an integrated talent management story, pulling together learning with performance and capability management, and joining up the processes for hiring, developing and retaining staff. But the corporate reality is often very different. Under the auspices of a silo-driven HR function, the processes and systems for talent management and workforce performance are often poorly aligned and not integrated. The combination of learning and performance management has the potential to deliver far greater value than the sum of their individual parts. What are some of the key challenges in making this a reality and how will they shape Corporate Learning in future?
RESEARCH: http://www.elearnity.com/EKC.htm BLOG: http://elearnity.blogspot.com/
David Wilson is founder and Managing Director of Elearnity, Europe 's leading independent Corporate Learning Analyst, with a track record of providing strategic advice, best practice research and expert consultancy to major organisations in the UK and Europe .
A major commentator on the e-learning industry since its inception, David is the author of many leading strategy papers on e-learning, and is a frequent contributor of articles and magazine columns as well as speaking at major learning conferences in the UK and Europe. David is a strategic advisor to many major corporate and e-learning organisations, and has contributed futures research on learning and workforce development for the CIPD and Cabinet Office.
Rae Tanner
Funeral for a Friend: Industrial Age Learning (1965 – 2000) RECORDING HERE
Also known as Performance “Mager Model” Instruction. Beloved paradigm and mindset; passed away quietly following Y2K testing, after decades of faithful service to Corporate America. Survived by VP of Training & Development, ISD community and Training Department. Will be missed by countless instructional designers, performance technologists, trainers and staff at all organizational levels.
Join consultants Rae Tanner and Cindy McCann as we gather as a community to say goodbye to 20th Century didactic training, briefly mourn the loss of functional control, then explore ways to economically, measurably and practically apply informal learning strategies in a raucous “wake” in celebration of the millennial mindset. (In lieu of flowers, please bring candor, real-world issues, creativity, and a sense of humor.)
Rae Tanner is a Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based adult learning practitioner specializing in corporate training, organizational development, millennial leadership and distributed learning strategies. Key specialties are needs assessment, progressive instructional design, facilitation, and development of innovative learning cultures. Rae has an MA in Organizational Leadership and Learning with an emphasis on Distributed Learning. Recent keynotes/articles include, "The Training Director's New Role," and "Pssst: Want Better Management Performance? Find Alternatives to Training."
Cindy McCann is Marketing Director and CEO of Custom Performance Solutions, Inc., a thriving consortium of performance technologists serving Fortune 500 organizations including those in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and biotechnology. With over 20 years' combined experience as a corporate training director and now CEO of a solutions-focused training company, Cindy brings a unique frontline executive's perspective to Corporate America's many obstacles (and excuses) that continue to delay new, employee/manager-driven learning strategies from successful implementation. Cindy has a BA in Instructional Technologies from California State University, Northridge.
Informal Learning By Coaching Article: http://www.cpsolutions.com/MFP-Case%20for%20Coaching%208-7-07.pdf Article for Training Managers on Role Evolution-Ecology Link: http://www.cpsolutions.com/Training%20Director's%20New%20Role.pdf
Bill Bruck
Increasing Speed to Proficiency: A Blended Approach
Last year, graduates of our new hire program generated an average of $40M/year in revenue - the equivalent of employees with nine years of experience. One of our customers just informed us that this was the result of the employee assimilation program we created for them. As you can imagine, he was really happy to be able to report this to his CEO.
The secret? A blended learning program that used an online collaboration platform to reinforce face-to-face training with coaching and mentoring for the first months on the job. The result was that rather than forgetting 50% of what was learned 30-days after training, employees learned and applied more and more each month.
In this presentation, Dr. Bill Bruck will share best practices that he and his colleagues have discovered over the last five years of supporting Fortune 500 organizations to transform one-time training events into learning programs, where the measure of success is proficiency on the job, not butts in seats.
About Bill Bruck
Since 2001, Bill Bruck has been the lead solutions architect for Q2Learning, of which he is a founding partner. He designed the eCampus technology and end-to-end methodology that has been used in deploying over a hundred blended learning solutions for Fortune 500 companies.
Bill has written over a dozen books on the effective use of technology, which have been translated into five languages. Microsoft Press published his latest book, “Taming the Information Tsunami.” He serves as a luminary for media and industry relations and provides keynotes internationally on collaboration technologies and their impact on organizations.
Dr. Bruck earned his bachelor's degree from Brown University in human studies, his master's degree from Duquesne University in clinical psychology and his doctorate from the University of Florida in counseling psychology. His accomplishments have been recognized by his listing in Marquis Who's Who in America.
George Siemens
Designing your organizational learning architecture RECORDING HERE. The powerpoint file can be downloaded from here (see download link just under the presentation)
The prominence of learning management systems over the last decade is being augmented (challenged?) by emerging social technologies: blogs, wikis, social networking, virtual worlds. Yet the organizational challenges remain the same, namely, how to develop a workforce capable of meeting key goals and strategies in the face of complex global challenges. Adding social tools to an ineffective structure of learning will likely result in minimum impact. Additional complications rise from the need for corporations to be continually current – knowledge has become more of a flow and less of a product. Making sense in complex, often chaotic environments, is a critical challenge.
This session will explore the current learning-related challenges facing organizations and suggest a model of creating your learning infrastructure to enable the incorporation of new tools and technologies, as well as adapt to rapidly changing, complex environments.
George Siemens is a prominent writer and researcher on learning, networks, technology and organizational effectiveness in digital environments. He is the author of Knowing Knowledge, an exploration of how the context and characteristics of knowledge have changed and what it means to organizations today. Siemens is also associate director, research and
