As I read about all of the innovative new ideas that are coming from people who use the successful websites like Amazon or Google maps, I'm just kicking myself and thinking - why didn't I think of that? Some of the ideas that Tapscott talks about in chapter 7 seem so obvious but there's so much else out there that hasn't even been thought of yet that will seem obvious tomorrow.
As I read about these platforms for participation, I'm wondering how all of this applies to adult education? Does it have to be about e-learning? What I think is that it should open our minds about how we guard our content. Just like Amazon who opens up its data to innovators, we too should open up resources to others to create training for their own uses. It happens in some ways today, other departments borrow our material and strip it down for the basic information. But is there more we can do?
I think a lot of where we can help out is in the data we collect on how well people are doing with training. We're working on updating our evaluation service and I think that eventually it will be a huge source for people to determine where training needs exist. The challenge for us is to open our doors versus fortify.
It will be interesting. I'll keep you posted.
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