Comments for Dawn of Learning http://www.xyleme.com/blog Pushing the Boundaries of Learning Technologies Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:13:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Textbooks are dead. Or Should Be. by Jeff Katzman http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2012/01/31/textbooks-are-dead-or-should-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4274 Jeff Katzman Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:13:49 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=835#comment-4274 The digital divide is a concern. But the economics of the digital divide need to be re-examined. The cost per student of printed curriculum, and photocopying versus a $200 tablet amortized over 4 years plus digital content costs are about the same. Textbook publishers have enjoyed a monopoly on providing curriculum materials to districts because of the barriers to entry to publish textbooks. In a printed curriculum world there needs to be significant infrastructure to create, edit, print, market, and distribute textbooks. But with People Publishing, the barriers to entry are leveled and presumably the costs to create, maintain and distribute digital content are significantly cheaper. More to the point, when teachers are given the power to select specific assets from across multiple publishers, only content that is used is paid for. The publishers are then forced to compete on quality and price. This will create a virtuous cycle of ever improving content at more competitive prices. The digital divide is a concern. But the economics of the digital divide need to be re-examined. The cost per student of printed curriculum, and photocopying versus a $200 tablet amortized over 4 years plus digital content costs are about the same. Textbook publishers have enjoyed a monopoly on providing curriculum materials to districts because of the barriers to entry to publish textbooks. In a printed curriculum world there needs to be significant infrastructure to create, edit, print, market, and distribute textbooks. But with People Publishing, the barriers to entry are leveled and presumably the costs to create, maintain and distribute digital content are significantly cheaper. More to the point, when teachers are given the power to select specific assets from across multiple publishers, only content that is used is paid for. The publishers are then forced to compete on quality and price. This will create a virtuous cycle of ever improving content at more competitive prices.

]]> Comment on Textbooks are dead. Or Should Be. by Sandra http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2012/01/31/textbooks-are-dead-or-should-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4269 Sandra Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:06:06 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=835#comment-4269 Some great points hit on in this post. I think part of what holds public K-12 behind is the 'digital divide'. The school's can't assume each student has a tablet, and can't afford to purchase a tablet for each student and send them home with the student each day. One thing that is somewhat misleading is the idea that updates to the content happen with no cost. There is stull a cost to the publisher, even if it is only the salary of the editor involved. And in the eTexbook world, where the publisher may need to keep older versions available, there is the associated storage cost (minimal for one eTextbook, but compounded when the publisher has a backlist in the thousands). Still, it is a new and exciting world for etextbooks and learning content! Some great points hit on in this post. I think part of what holds public K-12 behind is the ‘digital divide’. The school’s can’t assume each student has a tablet, and can’t afford to purchase a tablet for each student and send them home with the student each day.

One thing that is somewhat misleading is the idea that updates to the content happen with no cost. There is stull a cost to the publisher, even if it is only the salary of the editor involved. And in the eTexbook world, where the publisher may need to keep older versions available, there is the associated storage cost (minimal for one eTextbook, but compounded when the publisher has a backlist in the thousands).

Still, it is a new and exciting world for etextbooks and learning content!

]]> Comment on Why Training Vendors Need to Go Agile (Part 1 – The Basics) by Internet Time Alliance | The Agile Learning Train is Leaving the Station http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2012/01/17/why-training-needs-to-go-agile-part-1-%e2%80%93-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-4252 Internet Time Alliance | The Agile Learning Train is Leaving the Station Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:15:12 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=810#comment-4252 [...] business impacts the administration and operation of corporate training. My friend Dawn Paulos at Xyleme beat me to the [...] [...] business impacts the administration and operation of corporate training. My friend Dawn Paulos at Xyleme beat me to the [...]

]]> Comment on The 2020 Workforce and the LMS Disconnect by N.B. http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2011/09/16/the-2020-workforce-and-the-lms-disconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-4250 N.B. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:52:59 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=777#comment-4250 LMS is here to stay today not in 8 years. We are all hyperconnected now! LMS is here to stay today not in 8 years. We are all hyperconnected now!

]]> Comment on Why Training Vendors Need to Go Agile (Part 1 – The Basics) by Sarah http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2012/01/17/why-training-needs-to-go-agile-part-1-%e2%80%93-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-4247 Sarah Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:52:49 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=810#comment-4247 Hi Renee! I was more referring to how training providers produce their courses internally for delivery to customers. This internal production process can benefit from employing Agile. I was not necessarily commenting about how or when organizations train their staff. ~Greg Hi Renee!
I was more referring to how training providers produce their courses internally for delivery to customers. This internal production process can benefit from employing Agile. I was not necessarily commenting about how or when organizations train their staff. ~Greg

]]> Comment on Why Training Vendors Need to Go Agile (Part 1 – The Basics) by Agile Software http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2012/01/17/why-training-needs-to-go-agile-part-1-%e2%80%93-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-4246 Agile Software Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:44:23 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=810#comment-4246 Yes also want to say that training is of course necessary for every new technology. but there are very types of training we need to adopt write..... Yes also want to say that training is of course necessary for every new technology. but there are very types of training we need to adopt write…..

]]> Comment on Why Training Vendors Need to Go Agile (Part 1 – The Basics) by AgileRenee http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2012/01/17/why-training-needs-to-go-agile-part-1-%e2%80%93-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-4245 AgileRenee Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:19:12 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=810#comment-4245 Dawn - are you just saying do Just In Time training on the practices and techniques as teams need them - ie pull based? How do you see people learning the values and principles with such an approach? Dawn – are you just saying do Just In Time training on the practices and techniques as teams need them – ie pull based?

How do you see people learning the values and principles with such an approach?

]]> Comment on Why Training Vendors Need to Go Agile (Part 1 – The Basics) by The Agile Learning Train is Leaving the Station | Unmanagement http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2012/01/17/why-training-needs-to-go-agile-part-1-%e2%80%93-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-4241 The Agile Learning Train is Leaving the Station | Unmanagement Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:00:18 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=810#comment-4241 [...] business impacts the administration and operation of corporate training. My friend Dawn Paulos at Xyleme beat me to the [...] [...] business impacts the administration and operation of corporate training. My friend Dawn Paulos at Xyleme beat me to the [...]

]]> Comment on The 2020 Workforce and the LMS Disconnect by Mark Berthelemy http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2011/09/16/the-2020-workforce-and-the-lms-disconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-3998 Mark Berthelemy Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:49:07 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=777#comment-3998 "...it’s highly suspect that outside work, people browse catalogs, register for content, launch systems to play that content then root through a plethora of mostly irrelevant information to find information they need in their personal lives." That's because the LMS is the wrong place to store information... It's about learning interventions directed by the organisation. “…it’s highly suspect that outside work, people browse catalogs, register for content, launch systems to play that content then root through a plethora of mostly irrelevant information to find information they need in their personal lives.”

That’s because the LMS is the wrong place to store information… It’s about learning interventions directed by the organisation.

]]> Comment on The 2020 Workforce and the LMS Disconnect by The 2020 Workforce and the LMS Disconnect | Dawn of Learning | SteveB's Social Learning Scoop | Scoop.it http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2011/09/16/the-2020-workforce-and-the-lms-disconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-3971 The 2020 Workforce and the LMS Disconnect | Dawn of Learning | SteveB's Social Learning Scoop | Scoop.it Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:23:42 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=777#comment-3971 [...] The 2020 Workforce and the LMS Disconnect | Dawn of Learning By Jeffrey Katzman We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jeanne Meister for Xyleme Voices. Source: www.xyleme.com [...] [...] The 2020 Workforce and the LMS Disconnect | Dawn of Learning By Jeffrey Katzman We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jeanne Meister for Xyleme Voices. Source: http://www.xyleme.com [...]

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