|I have never sent out anything to the internet even semi-salesee, but
|as this message offers a whitepaper at no charge, and is directly
|applicable to the audience of this list, I hope not to offend any of
|you with this message. If you have a problem with it, please respond
|to me, directly, and not the list.
Dear Learning Professional:
I have spent the last 3 months writing a whitepaper on the role of
education in the information age. It is titled Learning: The Critical
Technology. The target audience is TRD/HRD professionals, business
managers interested in improving organizational learning, and people
interested in learning more about the way they learn. While many people
in the internet learning communities have academic education
backgrounds, I find others in education-oriented roles may not know the
theory behind their polished practice.
Though writing the paper removed me from the internet community more
than I liked, I think the hiatus has been a worthy one. I hope the
document will help promote integrating education into all facets of
organizations. Ultimately, I hope it will prompt others to focus on the
needs of individuals in the learning process.
Wave is sending out, free of charge, copies of the whitepaper. (If you
want many copies there many be a nominal shipping fee.) We are doing
this to help further the training field and bridge the academic
education/training community with the practitioners/corporate managers
who have backgrounds in business and/or technology, not necessarily
education.
I'm sending out this announcement because while catching up on email I
noticed I'd missed several lengthy discussions about topics I cover in
the paper. I surveyed much of the literature and research areas on
pedagogy and andragogy, educational psychology (behaviorism,
cognitivism, constructivism, and humanism), learning and motivational
styles, testing, and the benefits of experiential learning.
Wave/I take the position that for organizations to learn, individuals must
learn. Until we re-focus educational efforts on the needs of individual
learners, organizations may be slow to thrive in the information age.
To order a copy call Wave from 7am - 7pm central time at 800-828-2050 or
314-995-5767. Currently they are not equipped to handle requests over
the internet, but if you have no other way of reaching us, send me email
and we can work out something.
This is a really neat document and one I hope you enjoy reading as
much as I enjoyed writing.
-Marcia
Marcia L. Conner Fax: 404-947-0303
Director of Learning Strategies Vmail: 800-994-5767 ex.5040
Wave Technologies International, Inc. Internet: p00350@psilink.com
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