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Comment on Shouldn’t We Just Best Buy Corporate Learning by Mike Desjardins

Mike Desjardins — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:01:33 +0000

What’s missing from the kiosk and LMS’s is the tour guide. At Best Buy I’ve found the team members extremely knowledgable and helpful in guiding me to exactly what I want and pointing out other options to consider. It would be great to a have a virtual learning assistant (AI) who could recommend courses and learning based on what I’ve chosen so far (similar to the genius feature in iTunes), so that learners aren’t having to spent time searching on keywords or exploring through the menu of options. Or even better, one of those “Live Chat” operators you see on websites where someone is standing by to support me with my customized learning.

Comment on Shouldn’t We Just Best Buy Corporate Learning by chris saeger

chris saeger — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:44:37 +0000

I get the point of your article and don’t disagree. Best Buy however is an odd analogy. The chain is failing and the small store format is not doing terribly well. One of the contributing factors is that the staff no longer receives the kind of learning preparation needed to be knowledgeable.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120415,0,2390333,full.column

Comment on Shouldn’t We Just Best Buy Corporate Learning by J. Miguez

J. Miguez — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:41:06 +0000

I like the elements here as they reflect current moves towards self-directed, mobile and social (anyone can be a blue-shirted sherpa not just corp learning folks). I personally think that corporate learning should think about itself more as a service business (performance coach) rather than a product one defined by its learning solutions). Finally, I think the analogy fits well because corporate learning, like Best Buy is alreadyt headed towards going out of business unless it can figure out its value proposition.

Comment on I Unfriended You On Facebook. Are We Still Friends? by Marnie Bussell

Marnie Bussell — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:07:10 +0000

Hi Dan,

I really like the image you used of the collage of facebook friends. Can you advise where you got this from and is it for sale?

Regards
Marnie

Comment on The edX, Udacity and Coursera Showdown by The edX, Udacity and Coursera Showdown | weiterbildungsblog

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Comment on The edX, Udacity and Coursera Showdown by Kevin Grove (@kgrovetx)

Kevin Grove (@kgrovetx) — Tue, 08 May 2012 01:21:53 +0000

I completed a course through Coursera from UC Berkeley SaaS Engineering Long Lasting Software. I happened to hear about it just after the Mitx and Udacity announcements last year so I jumped in. I blogged about it over on my website. It was interesting, challenging and I am convinced that this is only the beginning of major changes in the higher education system that has become a
bloated, unresponsive dinosaur.
I also wonder how it is monetized and how this type of “leisure learning” (though the UC Berkeley course was NOT leisurely) will be viewed in the business marketplace.
Nice blog, I will continue to follow this trend with interest.

Comment on The ‘Occupy IT’ Movement of Organizations by Luke W

Luke W — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:38:06 +0000

Great metaphor and lucid writing, thanks for sharing with the 99%!

Comment on 3D GameLab Could Be The Future of Learning by Indresh Chauhan

Indresh Chauhan — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:59:36 +0000

When Quests start to get created by Students (based on their fact-based research) rather than only Teachers – THAT is when 3D Gamelab would have truly arrived! Also, it has to move into the mobile space aggressively. Hats off to Lisa and Chris on pulling this off in a university environment. BTW, I, in my previous company, was responsible in starting the nuts and bolts “project” for this platform.

Comment on Collaboration Workflow 101 by brainysmurf

brainysmurf — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:29:57 +0000

This is great! At first, I couldn’t figure out why you were picking on this person’s blog http://www.elsua.net/ Then Google helped me figure out you meant football. Laughing at myself now…

Comment on iTunesU Could Be So Much More (Part 2 of 2) by LP

LP — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:57:37 +0000

Seriously, I do agree with most of the comments found on your two figures. iTunes U could be so much more education focused on the Mac. As much as it can be on the iPad application. Still I’d like to use it properly and knowing where this course is placed in the course program could be a great tool. Prerequesite and follow-up could be nice.

Comment on Give Piece a Chance by Ralph

Ralph — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:38:59 +0000

Nice piece Dan- First, I feel that culturally, people will need to be wearing the inclusive lens, as in accepting And honoring different perspectives & experiences other than their own as being valuable. We need to trust and realize that others are here to compliment us and our work, and Are not our rivals that reap the rewards for breaking up plans other than their own (silos) Embracing diversity will help alter everyone’s environments, for the better… Embracing diversity by wearing the inclusive lens Will inevitably open doors to more creativity, innovation and collective growth .

Comment on Friday Fun: The Difference b/t Apple & Microsoft Is … by Jack Vinson

Jack Vinson — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:15:43 +0000

Except that my Macbook (MacOS instead of iOS) doesn’t know what time zone it is in. Very confusing.

And most mobile phones have had the capability to change time zone for you – though I recall my pre-Apple phone having a lot of trouble understanding what it meant to change time zones….

Comment on Friday Fun: Eat, Drink and Be Creative by Mark Buckley

Mark Buckley — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:35:12 +0000

I agree with that statement and Cycles PS is the perfect call!

Comment on Friday Fun: All That Jazz by Dan Pontefract

Dan Pontefract — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:37:41 +0000

I’ve been corrected … it’s also ‘soothing’. Ahh, the joys of fatherhood.

Comment on 6 Use Cases for Enterprise Micro-Blogging by 6 Use Cases for Enterprise Micro-Blogging - brave new org | brave new org | Social Collaboration in the Intranet | Scoop.it

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:04:31 +0000

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Comment on Sideways Leadership of Social Media by Dan Pontefract

Dan Pontefract — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:09:24 +0000

Thanks @Colin. Appreciate the feedback.

Comment on Sideways Leadership of Social Media by Colin Finlay

Colin Finlay — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:15:45 +0000

Great article! It would be great to see more senior leaders using social media to communicate real time with people.

Keep up the great work!

Comment on Social Media is not Social Learning by HR Buzz » Social Media is not Social Learning

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Comment on 6 Use Cases for Enterprise Micro-Blogging by 6 Use Cases for Enterprise Micro-Blogging | weiterbildungsblog

6 Use Cases for Enterprise Micro-Blogging | weiterbildungsblog — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:53:18 +0000

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Comment on The Fallacy of Digital Natives by Digital Native – Digital Immigrant – Digital Learning Quadrants | gpmt | Scoop.it

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:11:40 +0000

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