New England Learning Association

Event Date: May 21, 2007

Location: UK Consulate

Great New Panel Has Just Been Added

Keynote Speaker: PROFESSOR ROBERT STONE, Director,Human Interface Technologies, Chair Interactive Multimedia Systems University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Additional panelists include Scot Osterweil, Research Manager, Education Arcade(MIT) and Kent Quirk, Chief Technical officer at CogniToy. By 2008 40% of U.S. companies will adopt serious games in their training efforts. Learn more about games-based learning, its market and what it means to the US and UK markets.

By 2008 40% of U.S. companies will adopt serious games in their training efforts. Learn more about games-based learning, its market and what it means to the US and UK markets.

Professor Stone has a long a distinguished career in the fields of gaming and virtual reality and is a human factors expert working with the MoD and DoD in their utilization of serious games.

Scot Osterweil is the project manager for the Education Arcade (an MIT Project) and is currently running “Learning Games to Go,” a federally funded project designed to develop mobile games that teach math and literacy.

Kent Quirk is the Chief Technical Officer and one of the founders, Kent has over 20 years experience in software design and development. He is the architect of Programmable Objects as well as lead designer for MindRover. His role includes game design as well as overseeing all aspects of development, art, media, and website design. He is an entrepreneur and a specialist in human factors and software interface design.

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Event Date: November 28, 2006

Roadblocks to Learning Technology: How to go around, over, and through the roadblocks to a successful eLearning implementation

Please join us as CMASTD and NELA come together to present a lively panel discussion on the Roadblocks to Learning Technology.

Come learn about the roadblocks to deploying learning technology and what strategies can be used to avoid the potential pitfalls. The session will begin with Michael Brennan, Principal Consultant at Knowledge-Infusion and former industry analyst and Program Director for IDC’s Learning Services research programs. Michael will be talking about blended learning best practices, strategy development as well as where he sees the future trends of Learning Technology.

The second half of the session will be a panel discussion featuring:

• Adam O’Toole – Manager of Vertical University at Vertical Communications. Adam will discuss the design and development of Vertical University, an online tool that provides product training to all of Vertical Communications resellers and distributors.
• Patricia Gugliotta – Manager of Sales Training for DePuy Spine. Patricia will discuss DePuy Spine’s migration from sharing an internal training site to the development of a dedicated external site that provides online learning to a national 600 person sales and reseller team.
• Mark Siegal – Principal at MSA Solutions. Mark will discuss how Genzyme created learning programs with a goal to foster broader exchange of cross-functional and business knowledge related to how products are produced at Genzyme.

Bring your notepad and questions, as the panel will be open to discussion from the audience as to what the biggest roadblocks are and how to avoid them.

Schedule: Tuesday, November 28th

8:30 – 9:00am Registration and Networking
9:00 – 10:00    Mike Brenan
10:00 – 10:15  Break
10:15 – 11:30  Panel Discussion
11:30 – 12:00  Q&A

Refreshments sponsored by GeoLearning 

Location: American Cancer Society

30 Speen Street,
Framingham, MA 01701-9376
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Updated New Event Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2006

NELA and SHARE Boston join together for a special mid-day boxed lunch broadcast from both Switzerland and Cambridge. Esteemed experts from both sides of the world will discuss successful award winning learning programs in the financial services sector. What is the world of corporate finance? Does in change in other parts of the world? Are we teaching the right skills? Are we taking advantage of today’s technology? Join a spirited cross the world discussion. Bring lots’ of great questions.

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