tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post4627961010972656219..comments2023-10-15T10:29:12.991+01:00Comments on Karyn's erratic learning journey: Reflecting on Stephen Downes's Trends and Impacts of eLearning 2.0The upsychohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-30178342250271204672007-06-26T14:29:00.000+01:002007-06-26T14:29:00.000+01:00"hyperventilating early adopters" - love it! You'v..."hyperventilating early adopters" - love it! You've bugged my office, right? I recently described myself as the one who tries to "evangelise the eye-rollers". Same thing.<BR/><BR/>And as for the "little corporate schoolhouse" - you had me in stitches. You're obviously a man who's been there!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the advice and the encouragement, Dave, and for bringing a smile to my day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-22186129502781948842007-06-26T14:21:00.000+01:002007-06-26T14:21:00.000+01:00Karyn:I tend to agree; most of the corporate marke...Karyn:<BR/><BR/>I tend to agree; most of the <I>corporate</I> market in particular isn't ready for <I>anything</I> 2.0. (Maybe you can blame software upgrades for that -- I remember someone referring to one release of Windows as "not an upgrade but a recall.")<BR/><BR/>If you rounded up the usual suspects, you'd need a big paddy wagon: intransigence, a vision of training as the little corporate schoolhouse, a disconnect between "people are our most important asset" and "maximize profit."<BR/><BR/>Not a little blame might go toward the field: jargon-hobbled advocates, hyperventilating early adopters, condescending academics who don't have a real boss, and overwhelmed practitioners desperate for anything that seems to address a perceived need. <BR/><BR/>To say nothing of the enablers who supply them. Just how many content reviews via <I>Jeopardy</I> games does the world really need?<BR/><BR/>I hope you continue to seek opportunities to try what you believe will work for your clients (and to document whether it does). In the U.S., over 86% of all workers work for someone else (as opposed to working for themselves), and nearly half of them work for organizations with 500 or more people. <BR/><BR/>That tells me a few things. <BR/><BR/>First, loose joining notwithstanding, the larger organization isn't about to disappear. <BR/><BR/>Second, there's a whole lotta <I>opportunity</I> out there, and if you can convince your client you understand its business and its needs, you can help seize that opportunity.<BR/><BR/>Third, you don't have to <I>call</I> it empowerment or disintermediation. In the same way you start with where the learner is, see if you can start where the client is. "Here's a way to tie training to real-life results..." <BR/><BR/>Not foolproof (there are always more and better fools), but sometimes you make some progress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-39345797167685324982007-06-22T20:12:00.000+01:002007-06-22T20:12:00.000+01:00Part of the cause for the silence is the recording...Part of the cause for the silence is the recording and part the audience. My own reaction was that they were very attentive and interested - which was very reassuring to me as a presenter.Stephen Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.com