Announcing LearnTrends 2009, The Corporate Learning Trends and Innovation Conference

[Jay Cross]

November 17-19, 2009 | Online | Free

George Siemens, Tony Karrer, and Jay Cross today announced that the third annual conference on Corporate Learning Trends & Innovations will take place online November 17, 18, and 19, 2009. This year's topic is Convergence in Corporate Learning. Mark your calendar to participate and to network with fellow corporate learning professionals.

LearnTrends tackles topics you won’t find at the conferences you have to travel to. The event is free. Events are live & online and will be recorded.

Go to the LearnTrends 2009 tab for our agenda and schedule.

We are open to your suggestions: email us or leave a comment below.

[Harold Jarche]

As you know, my area of interest is the convergence of working & learning. I'd be interested in examples of this, especially where the course model is being phased out. Replacing courses with performance support, communities of practice or knowledge management tools would be examples, but getting current examples would be great.

[Emma King]

Harold/Jay
I am currently tasked with a project to ascertain the cost savings/economies of scale of replacing formal training with PS, Communities of Practice and KM.

Anything you can share with me?

[Kathy Jeep]

Harold,

I'm very interested in how the course model is changing as well. I'm also interested in whether learning departments are morphing too--IDs, trainers, writers, developers, learning managers, etc.

[Tony Karrer]

Thanks for the comments Harold and Emma.

Emma, I'd like to see us cover that as well.

[Nancy Rubin]

I am interested in eLearning Strategies for Higher Education, especially for Adult Learners. I am very interested in Web2.0 applications in education. How are people using blogs, wikis, and other social learning tools in educational settings. I am looking forward to networking with all of you!

[Jay Cross]

Nancy, we can meet you half way on eLearning Strategies for Higher Education. The focus of LearnTrends is corporate learning. However, many of the same approaches work well in higher ed, too. Help us extrapolate.

[Angie Koponen]

Jay,
Higher Ed feeds the corporate world. I mix both parties in my work. In order to help corporations better I think it helps to understand education and vice versa. If education fails, then corporations and smaller businesses often have to pick up the slack. Education also needs to understand and respond to corporate needs for fully capable employees. It's a necessary partnership.

[Jay Cross]

I hear you, Angie. I'm not ignoring the education sector. It's just not the focus of this particular event. We organized LearnTrends to focus on innovations in corporate learning. It's the old law of raspberry jam: "The more you spread it, the thinner it gets."

[Angie Koponen]

Nancy,
I'm interested is applying best practices in Higher Education in the workplace as well as building better programs by strategically using technology for delivery and access. I'd be interested in your views. I'm currently working on building a program for homeless young adults with an educational component to help them learn life, workplace, and other skills. This incorporates adult learning principles and technology. Some of that population have text messaging, fewer have Internet access, and others borrow from friends. Could we keep in touch? I'm currently at the University of Northern Colorado.

[Akash Shah]

I would be interested in knowing more about corporate training for distributed workforce and use of handheld wireless devices (like Blackberry phoes and other mobile phones)in corporate training space.

[Jay Cross]

Akash, we are planning to have a session on mobile learning this year.

[Akash Shah]

That's great Jay. How do I participate or contribute in that session?

Thanks.
Akash