After the success of my presentation to staff in relation to Web 2.0, I was invited to conduct the same presentation to a broader forum, comprising staff from learning and development functions across the organisation. Due to this broader audience I took the oppportunity to present my ‘bold vision’ for elearning within our context, giving a practical example of how everyday events would be be ‘better’ once elearning was implemented. This presentation went well and has generated a lot of interest in elearning and how it can benefit the entire organisation. There is also still a lot of apprehension about how educators will engage with the technology and whether or not they have the skills to be able to create elearning. This is something that will have to feature strongly in the future selling of this concept and in implementation plans.
The seend continues to grow and all indications are that a broad range of areas are looking to capitalise on this new opportunity which will make the process of gaining organisational commitment that much easier.
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May 10th, 2008 at 3:19 am
Mal
For evidence how quickly disinterested and unaware people will buy in to the available technology you can use our group as a case study. I chose this subject mainly because it was available externally and i needed the credit points to round out my degree. You may have noticed I have a total buy in. there are others like me in this group, I suspect.
Observe the group, and the way forward may appear out of the blur.
john
May 10th, 2008 at 10:44 am
But John there are also a large number in our subject that have not chosen to buy in and who are not really meeting the requirements of a blog post per week. How do you get these people to engage?
Prue
May 10th, 2008 at 10:45 am
PS. Maybe you should put your presentation up on Ning and get some feedback!
May 11th, 2008 at 3:09 am
John and Prue,
I had considered putting my presentation up on Ning, but some of the content is specific to my workplace and cannot be published outside of it. I agree that there are some issues with engagement within some sections of this class. My personal feeling is that, for many, this is a very different way of learning (I know it is for me) and the subject does dive in very deeply, very quickly. The whole process has been invaluable for me in helping me determine what sorts of support to provide our new learners and the educators to ensure that they can fully engage.
Mal.
May 11th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Fair enough! It is certainly a sink or swim kind of subject.