Internet Time Blog — from Jay Cross and Internet Time Group

Training magazine, RIP

February 19, 2010

Nielsen Business Media is shutting down Training magazine and its companion Web site, trainingmag.com. The March issue will be the publication’s last. The move includes the elimination of 11 positions, a spokesperson said.
I first saw Training magazine in 1977. At the time I didn’t know the training business from a hole in the ground. “You mean [...]

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Learning on the Holodeck

February 19, 2010

Karl Kapp and Tony O’Driscoll have written a definitive book on virtual worlds, Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension in Enterprise Learning and Collaboration.
Many people think of virtual worlds as the realm of characters in bizarre costumes and companies out to waste their PR budgets. Karl and Tony see a phase change in how [...]

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Making business decisions: the hand and the heart

February 2, 2010

Inside Learning Technologies is an important magazine in the U.K. (Isn’t it odd that while the net spans the globe, learning magazines remain confined to their home countries?)
For the current issue, I wrote an article entitled Making Business Decision: the Hand and the Heart. This is the sequel to last month’s Speaking the Language of [...]

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Jay’s latest book focuses on social & informal learning in the cloud

January 31, 2010

The January 2010 Edition of Working Smarter was released today. Subtitled Informal Learning in the Cloud, this edition focuses on social learning and implementing web 2.0 technology.
The hardcopy version of Working Smarter costs $19.98. Believe me, I’m not trying to fool you with trick pricing. My publisher’s algorithm won’t let me charge $20 even. I [...]

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Go straight to the finish line

January 29, 2010

Two of my colleagues at the Internet Time Alliance, Jane Hart and Charles Jennings just returned from speaking at the Learning Technologies conference in London.

Jane & Charles
The conference program would lead you to assume that the Learning Technologies conference would be a hotbed of social and informal learning.
Jane addressed how L&D is changing. “People naturally [...]

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Schlockly service at Warmart

January 23, 2010

A friend gave my wife two $50 VISA debit cards from Walmart. Supposedly as good as cash, the cards are actually issued by General Electric Credit.
When we tried to buy $95 worth of electronics at Walmart in Mountain View this afternoon, the cashier said the cards were unreadable. Had we made purchases on them? No, [...]

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Hillary Clinton, the United States, and Freedom on the Net

January 21, 2010

Internet Freedom
The prepared text of U.S. of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech, delivered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
JANUARY 21, 2010

When I read this (thx George Siemens for the link), I thought Right On! The Department of State is moving into the 21st Century. I figured we were finally edging toward diplomatic relations [...]

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The book stops here…

January 21, 2010

Here: February 15-19, 2010

Tony O’Driscoll and Karl Kapp have a book coming out next month – Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Collaboration and Learning. Amazon’s blurb:

Understanding the impact that 3D environments, virtual worlds, and immersive learning spaces will have on society, business, and learning is a challenge. Corporations, academic institutions, and government agencies [...]

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Intangibles matter

January 19, 2010

Leadership, Intangibles, and Talent Review
“Articles are included from the likes of the Harvard Business Review, Henry Mintzberg, HR Magazine, Jeffrey Pfeffer, MIT Sloan Review, Nokia, SuccessFactors and the Wall Street Journal.” (I am proud to be among such company.)
Retention
By making it easier for people to leave or be appealing to other employers, organisations are likely [...]

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Purloined photo

January 18, 2010

I took this shot of George Leonard at his home when we talked about informal learning several years ago. George died earlier this month. I went online and asked Google to find a photo to use in a memorial. I found several, none by me and none attributed to me.
One newspaper article stated: “The photograph [...]

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