Too long
Ok, so it's been months....I'm checking in.
I'm becoming more and more intrigued with how people learn best, if that is dependent on mode of delivery, form factor, context (like environment, whether it's something that you're learning because you love it, it's "just for work", it's both, or something else...), etc.
One of the challenges with "classic content" (i.e. books) is the ability to keep them updated. Doing quick fixes like typos, mislabeled images, etc. are much more difficult and expensive in the analog publishing world. We're looking at how we can get to a much more flexible digital publishing model.
The other piece of that is enabling the community to improve the content. This is a very exciting prospect, but figuring out how to take Microsoft Learning Courseware toward that goal entails getting a lot of people onboard and then building up and building out the infrastructure and frameworks to assure quality, accuracy and relevancy while at the same time leaving room for the kind of creativity that is out there....a very neat direction to be heading.
In fact, I've decided to take the leap and further immerse myself in the digital media world by signing up for the University of Washington's Masters of Communication in Digital Media program starting this summer. From what I've seen and experienced of it so far (I've had a meeting with the Director and many lunches with another colleague who is a year into it....and I got to sit in on part of class as a teaser; I'm hooked...) it will challenge much of my thinking and also allow me to challenge others. A place to get my boundaries stretched and stretch a few myself.
