As a leading edge baby boomer [and seriously unemployed...serious about finding best next opportunity] my analog experiences of life needed to be upgraded to match the digital lifestyle of younger generations. These two videos provided a wake-up call:
http://bit.ly/6neQkD
http://bit.ly/6Wul6X The days of the 'sage on the stage', the classroom trainer will become fewer. Predictions are that by 2015 50% of US workforce will be the Millennial [Net] Generation, born since 1980. They have grown up digital. With the oldest in their late 20s, these digital natives are going to want/demand workplace learning in digital means. In 2009 I started to learn more about this digital learning beginning with 3-D virtual world of Second Life with a presentation there. http://bit.ly/4pXQyX . And trying old technology-TV, but on the Internet with my weekly show: http://www.livestream.com/dougcaldwell
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