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Learning Technologies in Focus at ASTD 2013

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Mon Feb 25 2013

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The ASTD 2013 International Conference & Exposition is less than three months away, which is hard to believe as TechKnowledge is only a month behind us. This May in Dallas, we’ll have about 290 educational sessions, in

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addition to the numerous other learning opportunities available. The event is so big, it can feel a bit overwhelming if you’re not prepared.

I manage ASTD’s Learning Technologies Community, and help select the sessions for the Learning Technologies track, which contains about 40 sessions this year. If this is an areas of interest for you, we have a great mix of content – from e-learning to mobile to games to social and emerging trends. There’s something for everyone.

Here are a few of the sessions that I’m looking forward to attending:

Massive Open Online Courses: The Future of Corporate Learning: You gotta love when a session title makes a statement like that. Massive Open Online Courses (or MOOCs) are a huge topic in higher education and have interesting implications for corporate learning. The speakers, Julia Wilkowski and Phil Wagner are both instructional designers at Google, and this session is a case study showing what they learned from experimenting with MOOCs there.

Everything You Need to Know About the Experience API: If you haven’t heard of the Experience API (also known as Project Tin Can), then you should definitely check out this panel with Aaron Silvers, Clark Quinn, Jason Haag, Megan Bowe, and Julie Dirksen. In this session, you’ll hear about how this update to SCORM will change the way we track and monitor our learning experiences. There are no other experts better equipped to answer your questions than this group.

What’s Next for Mobile Learning?: Mobile is such a huge topic of interest, and rightful so. We’re a mobile world and it’s a technology that learning and development needs to capitalize on. In this session, Chad Udell will take a look at the mobile landscape and explain what learning professionals need to know in the coming years. The topic of mobile is nothing new, but I am interested in seeing Chad’s take on where it’s going.

Ten Principles We Can Learn from Game Designers: Games are a huge topic of interest, both inside and outside of learning. In this session, Julie Dirksen will break down principles that game designers use such as feedback ratios, goals, levels, and so on can be applied to create engaging learning experiences. This session will no doubt be a lot of fun.

So those are just some of the sessions I’ll be checking out in Dallas. I’m interested in hearing what you plan on seeing, take a look at the schedule and let me know.

The ASTD 2013 International Conference & Exposition is the premier event for training and development professionals. This year's event will take place in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. from May 19-22, 2013. Learn more about ASTD 2013's keynote speakers, educational sessions, and exposition at www.astdconference.org.

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