My colleagues and I recently submitted a paper/presentation for the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI) Conference. This was their annual training and technology conference. We presented on some of the training programs we are working on, and we also gave a primer on trends in the learning field. One of the more remarkable things was a simple question asked by my colleague. Presenting to a room of about 100 people, she asked who ... community. I'm not saying that learning conferences are bad...far from it. It's just that sometimes we suffer ...

The Learning Technologies Conference in Portland, Oregon is happening as I type.  Christine Martell , Michele ... IS NOT training.  Unlike #1, we absolutely must separate these two.  Until we do we cannot grasp the advantages of using Web 2.0 tools for learning.  They fit very nicely together, but are not synonyms. Training = Delivery.  Social Learning = Creating the learning with others.  Training = 1:many.  Social Learning = many:many or many:1 where the one is you ... for your learning.  Not the training department, not your teacher, not your mother - YOU.  Flip that, and you are ...

So today is an incredible day of travel, 6 hours from France to Philly and then 5 more hours to Salt Lake City. Still, worth the trip for the training conference. Already have many dinner plans for a few evenings, good time to see old friends and I got a lot done for my three presentations on the plane. In honor of the conference, look for me to be blogging at the conference blog Training Tech Solution . And if you are thinking about adding games, simulations or Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Play Games better known as MMORPGs, to your training agenda...check out the editor's ...

Arriving right on the heels of DevLearn , the free (and 100% online) Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations 2008 conference begins this week! The conference, which runs November 17-21, features some of the sharpest people in the learning and technology world. A quick glance at the agenda shows Jay Cross, Jane Hart, Harold Jarche, Tony Karrer, Clark Quinn, George Siemens, and many more. Very cool. The goal of this conference is to "…explore new ... conferences you have to travel to." Check out these links for more information about the conference: ...

If you’ll be at DevLearn in San Jose in a few weeks, let’s meet up! I’m always anxious to meet other people involved with learning, technology, and performance improvement - and events like DevLearn provide a great venue for this. Get a hold of me any time at the conference if you want to chat. I will be floating around from session to session, and I will be pretty active on Twitter ( http://twitter.com/bjschone ). In fact, see my next post…        ...

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to particpate with colleagues from IBM and Duke CE in a plenary session at the HRPS Conference Our session was entitled “ Second Life: What's the Business Case for HR in the Virtual World?” My buddy Steve Mahaley (Ace Carson in SL) did an awesome job of producing this plenary. And boy was it ... Industry Applications at IBM that dealth with HR (Recruiting, Call Centers, Intern Training, Onboarding, Alumni etc, etc ... Makers and we got a lot of positive feedback after the session. All in all it was a great conference and I think we got ...

The last two days EMC held its 2nd annual Innovation Conference, right in the Education Services building. I was lucky enough to be given a last-minute invite to the conference. I attended last year’s conference (as a judge, not ... technical training, so all of us are very technical and geeky. It is great to have a different connection to the engineering folks we work with to get our product training ready for consumption. Plus I had two submissions of my own! They ... idea. Next year I’ll try to geek it up more and hide my education side. After the conference, we had a ...

My eyes were very much opened to Twitter at the last eLearning Guild conference . About 15 of us used Twitter to… Keep in touch with other conference attendees, co-workers, and friends, Tell others about good and bad conference sessions (ex. “Come check out session 702, it’s great!!”), and to Arrange dinner outings (ex. “Interested in dinner? A group of us will meet in the hotel lobby at 6:30…”). I’m betting there will be tons more Twitter activity at DevLearn coming up in a few weeks. The official DevLearn Twitter page is ...

Yesterday I deliverd a one day workshop to 20 learning leaders at the beautiful Rancho Bernardo resort in San Diego. This was a great turnout given that this conference caters to high level decision makers in enterprise learning ... consider this” to “How do we do this.” By the time Training 09 rolls around I predict we’ll have more than 50 people in the 3Di workshop. Lorri Freifeld (Executive Editor of Training Magazine ) asked me to write a ... the innovation agenda with more efficient productivity-focused training strategies and technologies is akin ...

... least 25 other definitions floating around out on the web. The best thing you can do at conferences (like DevLearn ... these people after the conference. Learn about them and learn from them. Don't be intimidated. There are hundreds ...

In case you’re not getting enough DevLearn 2008 coverage, here’s a list of awesome bloggers who are writing about their experiences here in San Jose: Jay Cross (also here) Brian Dusablon Josh Goldman Kevin Jones Tony Karrer Mark Oehlert Clark Quinn Brent Schlenker Wendy Wickham Did I accidentally leave you off the list? If so - I’m sorry! Please add a comment with a link to your blog.        ...

I participated in the Train for Success weekly session today for the first time. Anders Grondstedt was traveling, but Eilif did a great job giving the attendees a quick review/update of the Virtual Worlds Conference held recently. You can get directly to the Secondlife location from his SLURL here . Read more about virtual worlds and learning in 2 of the elearning guild reports - Immersive Learning Simulations , Synchronous Learning . DevLearn - The eLearning Development Conference & Expo Co-located with the Adobe Learning Summit November 5-9, 2007 San Jose, ...

... questions at the beginning of the presentation (he is focusing on virtual classroom training) and uses bulleted ppt (not ... training them like monkeys... euh ... carried away, I do understand that you sometimes got to let learners ...

I certainly haven't got all the Second Life lingo yet, but I'll try to pose my question here anyway. I was looking at a virtual conference in Second Life coming up that had some health care topics involved. Thinking about this I thought neat, I could register and give it a try to see what was covered and how they even do a conference in SL . I then wondered though, if I wanted to create/send coworkers into SL for a virtual experience how would that be done. I realize it would take some time to get land and create my area (Sim? is that right?), but then what. Would you just tell ...

In preparation of the live blogging I have planned during the eLearning Guilds Annual Gathering , I list my schedule. If any of you are planning to blog on this conference, let me know your schedule, we could link to one another. The tag I use for this conference is AG08. Thursday 15 April: Session 103 at 10.45 am: The Secret of Delivering Outstanding Virtual Classroom Training by Frank Gartland. Session 206 at 01.00 pm: Evidence-based e-Learning Methods to Build Creative Thinking Skills by Ruth Clark. Session 302 at ...

... getting a bit tired so might be a bit limited). by jan cannon-bowers clint bowers peter smith alan levine game requirements how might we do this consult literature teams and team training learning science game based learning collect best practices organizational human what does research tell us shared knoledge /mental models interpositional knowledge cross training back up behavior closed loop communication !implicit coordination! looks at different cultures to go into gaming. ... suddenly realizing that Wendy Wickham is live blogging as well.... mmm, I ...

This happens to me every few months: I’ll hear about a great conference that took place for learning and technology professionals just a few days after it occurred. Bummer. So I wanted to open up this week’s post to get your input (please!). What learning and technology conferences have you attended, and would you recommend them? I’ll go first: I made it to the Training Magazine 2006 conference and thought it was great. They had fantastic keynote ... conferences (Annual Gathering 2007 and 2008 and DevLearn 2007). These have been my favorites, especially in terms ...

I will be facilitating one of the Breakfast Byte sessions at the upcoming DevLearn 2008 conference. The session will be called, " I'm new to eLearning and I have no idea where to start! " This will be an open session for people who are new to the learning and technology (eLearning) field. I will provide resources, tips, tricks, suggestions, etc. I'll do my best to help people get on the right track. I figured I would break my information into these ... available each day at the conference, and I’ll be happy to chat if anybody wants more info. So, what advice would ...

This past week, I had the good fortune to be able to present at the SALT conference. SALT is the Society for Applied ... conferences are great, I got to meet, in person, Natalie with whom I've only ever worked virtually. And I got to know a little ... , Gamechambers, Inc. He showed how the Army game Project office is implementing a live-fire virtual training program that ... soldier misses.) Christopher Chambers talking about improving live fire combat training with virtual targetry. It got me thinking of ways to combine "real world" experience with training (in non-combat situations.) As designers ...

... in training less than 1 year), conferences have to cater to a different audience. Since there is no content for the rest ... Better Conferences - Response Needed : eLearning Technology Im pretty sure its not just me... I believe we can build better conferences. And, I need you to help by ... suggestions for what youd like to see in future conferences (add comment). If you dont vote, then well assume you either will never go to a conference or think that every conference is just great as it is. I am talking to conference ...

... great conference. Your hard work definitely paid off!        ...

... this week. I was at a conference, 2 of the other members (including the Director) were at a local training, and one was ... - learning solutions Any conference - do a presentation. Awards - LINGOs - Volunteer of the Year: Rose Jorgenson, Outstart. Donated training authoring tool. Help with implementation support. Now trainer guru. Maintain ...

I will be presenting Session 702: Virtually Anywhere: A Case Study of Mobile Learning at Qualcomm , at DevLearn 2008 next month along with a co-worker, Barbara Ludwig. Here’s a quick summary of what we’ll cover in this session: Mobile technologies are transforming the way we work. But are we harnessing their potential to transform the way employees learn? Discover how Qualcomm Incorporated, a digital wireless technology company, is extending the reach of training outside the classroom, using a variety of mobile devices including cell phones, iPods, and eReaders such ...

I'm attending the Interservice /Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ ITSEC ) which is the premier conference for the DoD on all things simulation and training related. It's always an enjoyable conference. The ... conference is " Maintaining the Edge. Transforming the Force ". Today (which was actually the second day of the conference, but ... that training must be provided when and where it is needed . Although obvious to many in the community, there is still surprisingly a lot of work needed. Specifically, how will we deliver training... in a distributed environment ...

Did you learn something at DevLearn this year that opened your eyes? Did you learn something that could make your life easier or save you time? If so, please add a comment to this post and share your thoughts. This will help us share our great experiences with those who couldn’t make it to San Jose this year. So, what did you learn?        ...

Raptor Training Solutions which consisted of etam members - Linda Backo, Toby Baltzer, Chontel DeLaney, Sarah Little ... with Google , MySpace and iTunes . Product tie-ins also apply when someone finishes the training courses.

The 25 Tools Professional Development resource is becoming very popular and the supporting 25Tools Community now has over 60 members. One of the members of the community is looking for assistance in creating a technology and education conference that will take place completely online in the summer. The conference will focus on K-12 education (training, curriculum, technology and best practices). If you are interested in helping with the creation and organization of this event, please contact Richard at richardwbush@gmail.com .  Richard will also be looking for ...

I'm currently sitting at the Orlando airport getting ready to head back home from a great I/ITSEC conference. Today was spent wrapping up on the expo floor. Although I always wish that I had more time to spend with some of the vendors, I did manage to cover the entire explo floor. I attended one paper session on experiential learning. Ironically, the presenter was a colleague I use to work with at the National Defense University while I was at CTC. It wasn't planned, and he was only filling in because the primary speaker couldn't make it. This year (more than all of the ...

Day 1 of DevLearn 2008 kicked off today with a great keynote from Tim O’Reilly ( @TimOReilly ), where he walked us through the Web 2.0 movement and how it has impacted learning and training. Here are some of the notes I took during his keynote: We should always try to follow the “alpha-geeks.” These are the people who are constantly hacking and studying things in unconventional ways. They are often the ones who come up with the most innovative solutions and they tend to have the most fun. If we follow their fun stuff, it’ll usually lead us to ...

... your training programs. In this session, you will learn: * Basic QR code technology * Examples of QR codes being used today * Who might benefit from QR codes * Ideas on how to incorporate QR codes into your training programs Live from room Palm 4 at Hilton, Orlando, Florida Brent looks a bit tired after a energy filled conference that has ...