Friday, November 21, 2008

Minding the Gap

Friday's keynote was presented by Ellen D. Wagner. The presentation was by based on signs in the London Underground. Click here. The analogy was how to move forward and do training for jobs that currently do not exist. It is hard to get past the gap and we need to be aware of this. She sees five gaps: Innovation to implementation, Difference between research and practice, Difference between academic and corporations, differences between products and solutions, traditional elearning to emerge elearning.

Here is the abstract of her presentation:


This session explores the impact of technological innovations on emerging elearning practices. It reflects on the challenges facing learning advocates who strive to find the best balance between new and exciting technological developments with the demands of enabling learning, education, training and performance support solutions that engage and inspire.  It also considers the question: What will it take to drive real enterprise learning value while staying true to the needs of learning stakeholders, anytime anywhere?

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