Saturday, June 04, 2005

Crossing Signals Discussion Group June 1st

Colby and I just took part in a fascinating discussion on the challenges facing distance education and training. This was held at the new restored castle owned by one of the Baan brothers. Interesting to see that many business courses have become totally ineffective as people find it difficult to apply the theory in their job. Likewise, there are problems maintaining interests once the seminar is over. Social software and more advanced collaboration tools may help to address the problem. Dutch Connection is building expertise to capture the conversations- now in high-definition TV (1080i). That way, these conversations will still look fresh a decade from now...