Trainers Talk Tech

It's been a while since I had a podcast, but I am setting a new one up for this upcoming weekend! My topic will be Learning Management Systems (LMS). Love them or hate them, they can be an important tool in any organization. For the tracking, storage and reporting on learner activity, they can be an amazing asset.

However, they can also be a major pain in the butt! From installation issues, vendors over-promising (that never happens anymore does it???) to data integration and SCORM course issues, LMSs can be a nightmare.

I have an expert lined up who will demystify LMSs, talk about the reality of the LMS and hopefully give you new ways of thinking about this software. Keep your eye on this site...as soon as I am able to get into the studio, the new podcast will be up!

This is a web log dedicated to the training and development professional who is looking to get into the world of online learning. It's a completely new skill set, and many people I talk with are scared, nervous and, quite frankly, don't know where to begin. That's where this site comes in!

As this site grows and develops, I hope to pride you with ways to think about your eLearning, tools for helping you develop your eLearning and ways to take new, emerging and existing technology and put it into your eLearning. After all, with very few exceptions,no one is creating technology exclusively for learning.

Think about it...did people invent the telephone for learning purposes? The web? The iPhone? WebEx? What about RSS feeds, blogs, podcasting, second life, HTML, Joomla, Flash, etc. All of these are amazing technologies, and I hope to help you think about them and how to incorporate them into your online learning.

I'm very opinionated. I'm very open to good discussion. I'm very passionate about online learning. Thank you for stopping by. I hope that I can give you something to think about!