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Web 2.0 Summer Institute

June 27, 2008 By Kevin Thorn Leave a Comment

I attended the Web 2.0 Summer Institute hosted by TBR (Tennessee Board of Regions) at the University of Memphis’ FedEx Institute of Technology this week. Due to work constraints I was only able to attend the morning keynote speakers:

  • Barry Dahl – Vice President of Technology and Virtual Campus, Lake Superior College
  • Clarence Maise, Instructional Designer, University of Missouri – St. Louis
  • Michael Grant, Professor of Instructional Design & Technology (ITD), University of Memphis

Although this was more geared toward faculty and the teaching community, I was invited as a guest of the Workforce ADL Co-Lab and was thoroughly pleased with the content and speakers. My focus was to absorb what, if any of the Web 2.0 tools I could use in the workforce…a front line retail associate.

My thoughts were summed up by a phrase Barry said the first day which was quoted by someone I cannot recall, “We have Web 2.0 learners in a Web 1.0 learning environment” or something to that extent. That is so true!

My son not only works at the front line of the same company in which I am developing training for, I get first-hand feedback on how boring our content is, plus I get to see a true Digital Native in pure form.

More later…

Filed Under: Elearning Tagged With: Web 2.0

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About Kevin Thorn

Chief NuggetHead, Kevin Thorn is an award-winning eLearning designer with over 30 years’ experience in the training industry. Kevin earned a Technology Management degree in pursuit of an IT career. With a pencil in his pocket, his interest in technology mashed with his passion for visual design, he founded NuggetHead Studioz, LLC. The Studioz is a custom design & development company providing services in instructional design, storyboarding, eLearning development, Articulate Storyline training, illustration, graphic design, storytelling, cartooning and comics.

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