Monthly Archives: November 2011

 

Learning Trends: Highlights from the Masie 2011 Conference – Pt. 3

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“Is Instructional Design Dead?” There was a great discussion around this question in one of the sessions. I am glad that the conclusion was, “No, it’s very much alive but it needs to change.” Almost everybody agreed that instructional design … Continue reading →

 
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 Comment
 

Learning Trends: Highlights from the Masie 2011 Conference – Pt. 2

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Learning Affordances When technology provides additional capabilities for employees to do their work more efficiently, it allows us to think about the emerging technologies from the affordance perspective—rather than just the features or hype. For example, when designing for mobile … Continue reading →

 
Monday, November 21st, 2011 Comment
 

Learning Trends: Highlights from the Masie 2011 Conference – Pt. 1

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Last week I attended Elliot Masie’s Learning 2011 Conference with two colleagues. There were over 2,000 training professionals gathered at the magical Disney resort in Orlando. The energy around us was palpable—it seemed like everybody was full of anticipation to … Continue reading →

 
Thursday, November 17th, 2011 1 Comment
 

Corporate Learners, the Renaissance, and Autodidacticism

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Last week I spent a few days in Orlando at Masie’s Learning 2011 Conference. There was a great line-up of speakers this year—Bill Clinton, John Lithgow, Dean Kamen, Betsy Myers, Sharon Begley, Betsy Sparrow, etc. I’ve learned to appreciate this … Continue reading →

 
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 5 Comments
 

When Apples Go Bad – UI Design and Usability

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Apple released the latest upgrade of their operating system (iOS5) a couple of weeks ago. This release gave us happy new features—notifications banner! to-do list! iMessage! multiple routes on maps!—as well as the Why-would-you-do-that-to-us features—if I can’t put Newsstand in … Continue reading →

 
Friday, November 4th, 2011 1 Comment