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	What's New? Learning Organization Research Web Gems E-Learn Manchester - Conference Highlights LearningEdge News

Learning Organization Research

Calliope Learning conducted an online survey in December, 2002 to gather views on how organizations were implementing learning organization theory. We were pleased with our response of over 100 people from across the world. We've now finished analyzing the results and the final report can be downloaded by clicking here or on the resources link to the right. As we noted in the last issue, we were very interested to find out that over 70% of respondents indicated they used some form of e-learning. We asked you about your experience of e-learning. The following two graphs highlight the results. In the conclusions of the learning organization research we questioned whether or not the e-learning taking place in organizations was linked to the aims of developing a learning organization or was more to do with training and the delivery of mandatory content. This month's question asks you to rate the e-learning going on your organization on a scale of one to five, where one indicates that all your e-learning is content centric and tends to be linked to specific training needs, and five indicates a very learner centred approach to the e-learning, where, for example, the development of communities of practice is important. N.B. Submission of this survey is only available with emailed newsletters. The e-learning that takes place in my organization is ... 1. Very content centric and closely related to training 2. More to do with content than with learning organizations 3. Well balanced :) 4. More to do with learning organizations than with content 5. Very learner centric We don't have any e-learning :(

Web Gems

Looking for short provocative online video clips about leadership and learning? LeaderTalk! with Garrison Krause is a popular satellite-delivered business education program seen regularly by member companies and educational institutions On PBS - The Business Channel and National Technological University. They have developed a companion website featuring over five hundred 1-3 minute video clips taken from the series of authors, senior executives, academics and leading practitioners speaking about leadership, change and learning. There are 19 major content areas covering such topics as building a learning organization, creativity and innovation, leadership communication, leading change, values and ethics, and winning with diversity. Organizations such as Anderson Consulting, Sapient, Dow Chemicals, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, and Bayer contribute their insights. Even Frederick's of Hollywood is featured! Sometimes the video quality is not consistent, but overall these clips provide some interesting and provocative real life examples. We're interested in your gems as well ... so if you have a great website you'd like to share, email it to Tammy with a short description (50 - 100 words is great). Click here for LeaderTalk! »

E-Learn Manchester - Conference Highlights

The opening keynote from Jay Cross really set the tone for this conference. Jay talked eloquently about the "Life and Death of E-Learning", how venture capital had funded a "euphoria" that ultimately has failed to deliver. All is not lost however, as Jay predicts a rebirth of e-learning. It will be better aligned to business goals and involve the "extended enterprise" in learning that isn't just blended but is a "broadband bouillabaisse" that would recognize the importance of informal learning and would be much more learner centric. The other conference speakers, including Tammy, picked up on this theme of a more learner centred approach to blended e-learning. Success stories from British Aerospace Engineering, Rolls Royce and Peugeot cars all revolved around blended approaches that balanced the needs of the learner with those of the business. Many speakers were there from the academic side of things. The e-learning conference in October, 2002 (which was organized by these same people) had been almost completely dominated by the corporate sector. It's also interesting to note that this conference was maybe a quarter of the size of the October, 2002 conference (in terms of vendor exhibition ... they had the same number of seminars). I think the e-learning bubble has burst, and it was interesting to see who was left! There were around 20 vendors as part of the exhibition and almost without exception they were all "pushing content". It was fascinating because almost all of the conference speakers were highly critical of this content centric view ... and there were virtually no people at the vendor stands for the entire two days! Perhaps they await Jay's rebirth. If you'd like to take a look at Tammy's presentation, click here or at the link at the bottom of this article. (Please note it a large file and could take a few minutes to download.) Tammy's E-Learn Keynote Presentation »

LearningEdge News

Updates We've been working with Worldwide Learning to make their pricing structure more compatible with the Canadian market. In that regard, we will be looking to produce and distribute the materials in Canada to bring down costs. We're also negotiating different pricing structures to accommodate the budgets of small organizations. Next month's newsletter will detail these changes. We're also excited by the updated CD ROM that accompanies the paper based materials. This computer based application allows consultants to easily collate data and generate reports for their clients. Contact us if you would like a demonstration. Information Sessions We will be holding two information sessions in May: Date Location RSVP May 8 5:00 - 6:30 pm Holiday Inn 119-12th Avenue SW. Calgary May 6 May 14 5:00 - 6:30 pm Royal Roads University 2005 Sooke Road Victoria May 12 We will also be meeting with a number of organizations and individuals in western Canada throughout the spring. We invite you to contact us about setting up individual meetings. Here is our schedule: Date Location April 28 - May 1 Edmonton May 2 - May 7 Calgary May 8 Calgary Information Session May 8-10 Calgary Certification May 14 - 16 Victoria Certification May 19 - 23 Victoria May 26 - June 6 Vancouver June 9 - 10 Regina June 11 - 13 BCHRMA Conference - Vancouver Certification Sponsorship Opportunities Contact us if you are interested in taking the LearningEdge Certification but need some help financially. We've tried to come up with a creative solution that could be especially attractive to independent consultants. New: Online Presentation Based on feedback from those of you who couldn't make it to our last set of information sessions, we've now made the presentation available online as a powerpoint show. We've got plans for a full multi-media version of our presentation so stay tuned! If you'd like to explore these online presentations, simply click on the link below. (NOTE: It could take a few minutes to download. This presentation is provided for information purposes only and should not be reproduced in any form.) LearningEdge Online Presentation »