Try this experiment. I created a blog that participants from the audience can send email to, post their comments, questions and ideas. During the whole length of my presentation, on Social Networking and Learning Impacts, I asked the audience of…
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Twitter # 23 – Face-to-Face with Marco Polo and Globalization
On the way to Medellin, Colombia from Los Angeles, I was seated beside a Chinese lady, around 25 years old, and her client or boss from Beijing. The elderly gentleman did not speak English nor Spanish. The lady spoke some…
What Stops LMCSs from Succeeding?
I met with an executive from one of the leading LCMS (Learning Content Management System) providers. He said, “clients are not fully utilizing the “C” in the LCMS”. I inquired further why this is the case. It turns out that…
“The Outsourced Brain”
Through Dave Snowden’s blog, I found this interesting New York Times article “The Outsourced Brain.” David Brooks says: The gurus seek bliss amidst mountaintop solitude and serenity in meditative trance, but I, a grasshopper, have achieved the oneness with the…
Twitter # 22 – Email is Old-Fashion
Many years ago when you are in a conversation and you say you used dial-up for Internet connection — it was a wow, you are connected. Then later, you need to have at least DSL to get the wow effect.…
Twitter # 21 – Worthless Wrist Watch
How do you know you are really behind the curve in technology? You wear a wrist watch. “Why use a wrist watch? What does it do? What?!!! It only does one thing – tell time?” —this is what a young…
Twitter # 20 – Pleasant Surprises, Unexpected Areas
Twitter # 19 – Why Integrate Web 2.0? Let it Be!
There is no immediate need for trainers or e-learning leaders to think of “how do I integrate the Web 2.0 in my formal programs?” Learn, experiment, discover and see how it works in small tests. Integration might not be needed.…
Twitter # 12 – Saying No Politely
Twitter # 11 – Look for failures that lead to impacts
Trends in technological success… Look for repeated attempts and failures. This suggests a persistent problem needing a solution. A solution eventually comes when a technology builds on top of the failures. For example, Second Life succeeds from the failures of…
Twitter # 10 The Creators
Industrial revolution succeeded. We are able to produce more products at the least costs. The customer revolution is here – where customers are the focus. Yet, another one is here now – the Creators is the new market. People who…
Twitter # 13 – Personal Media
Twitter # 15 – Welcome Uncertainty
Twitter # 16 – Thinking Widget
Designing and writing content to focus on what matters and doing this quickly is a difficult and painful process. What if we design a tool to help people think through and output their thoughts in useful published form? Ray Jimenez,…
Twitter # 17 – We Over Analyze, Not Experience
Due to focusing too much on results and how to make it work, we fail to jump in and experience the tools. This is how trainers relate to technology. Digital Natives, however, just jump, explore and experience the tools. Ray…