Learning Rants, Raves, and Reflections offers a unique collection of passionate, provocative, and personal stories that show how technology is transforming how we learn today and reveals what we can expect in the future. Written to be highly accessible, this non-technological book about technology provides a general overview of the current world of e-learning and includes real-life case studies, actual examples from organizations, and valuable lessons learned. Learning Rants, Raves, and Reflections also examines the promise and failures e-learning and the evolving tools that are changing the face of training and education. Edited by industry leader Elliott Masie, the book includes seventeen passionate and personal perspectives from today’s most respected learning experts. These learning snapshots reflect the current and future state of the industry. Throughout the book, these expert contributors rant (tell of their experiences when learning was thwarted), rave (recount times when learning was enjoyable and successful), and reflect (thoughtfully explore the nature of learning and the learner).
Elliott Masie is an internationally recognized futurist, analyst, researcher and organizer on the critical topics of learning, technology, business, and workplace productivity. He is the editor of Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie, an Internet newsletter read by over 46,000 business executives worldwide, and a regular columnist in professional publications. He is the author of a dozen books, including the recently authored free digital book called 701 E-Learning Tips. He is the convener of Learning 2006, a new global conference.
Elliott heads The MASIE Center, a Saratoga Springs, NY think tank focused on how organizations can support learning and knowledge within the workforce. He leads the e-Learning Consortium, a coalition of 191 Fortune 500 companies cooperating on the evolution of learning strategies, including JPMorganChase, Target, UPS, National Security Agency, McDonalds, Sears, Bank of America and the U.S. Departments of Defense and Labor.
Elliott's professional focus has been in the fields of corporate learning, organizational performance and emerging technology. He has developed models for accelerating the spread of knowledge, learning and collaboration throughout organizations. Elliott is acknowledged as the first analyst to use the term e-Learning and has advocated for a sane deployment of learning and collaboration technology as a means of supporting the effectiveness and profitability of enterprises.
Elliott serves as an advisor to a wide range of government, education and non-profit groups. He serves on the Board of Trustees of several colleges, as a Board member of national corporations and organizations including the Manufacturing Institute, CTN and is a "Thought Leader" for the Center for Association Leadership. He serves on the Executive Committee of of Operation Respect, an anti-bullying education project. He serves as a pro-bono advisor to the Department of Defense and was appointed by the President to the White House Advisory Council on Expanding Learning Opportunities.
Known as a highly approachable speaker and trainer, Elliott blends humor, applicable stories of best practice and high levels of audience involvement. Over the past twenty five years, he has presented programs, courses and speeches to over 1,600,000 professionals around the world. He lives in Saratoga Springs, owns thoroughbred horses, and travels extensively each year.
Elliott is the winner of these lifetime achievement awards:
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD): Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award
Instructional Systems Association (ISA): Improved Performance through Learning Thought Leadership Award
Department of Defense: Civilian Advanced Distributed Learning Readiness Award
Information Technology Training Industry (ITTA): Eddy Achievement Award
InfoComm Asia Leadership Award
