E-Learning for the BC Tech Industry - Archive An opinionated monthly column exploring the current use, future potential, and commercial value of e-learning in BC's high tech sector. By Paul Stacey   July 30, 2004: e-Portfolio Thinking Creating portfolios to purposefully collect and organize artifacts that support reflection on growth over time and provide evidence of skills  has a long tradition, especially in the arts. With the British Columbia government adopting portfolios as a new Grade 12 graduation requirement Paul explores the emergence of "e-portfolios" as a new online learning technology and pedagogical practice.   June 4, 2004: Webcasting This month Paul explores the various forms webcasting can take and the role it can play in the context of online learning.   April 30, 2004: Copyright and E-Learning Business Models Will there be e-learning best sellers like in the book publishing world? In the value proposition of online learning in the course materials or the interactive experience of learning? This month Paul takes a look at copyright and intellectual property in the context of e-learning business models.   March 26, 2004: The E-Learning Roundtable - Serving up a Smorgasbord of BC E-Learning In February the Premier's Technology Council held an E-Learning Roundtable. Taste test a mini-sampling from the smorgasbord of BC e-learning initiatives served up at the Council roundtable.   January 16, 2004: The One Percent Solution This week saw Vancouver host the CANARIE E-Learning Workshops and the Industry Canada E-Learning in the E-Economoy research workshop. Paul provides highlights from these workshops including a solution for sustaining and enhancing Canada 's e-learning leadership position over the long term.   December 19, 2003: iPod's, Audio blogs, Globalization of Education & the Creative Commons This month Paul gives us his e-learning Christmas wish list and invites us all to be e-learning Santas.   October 17, 2003: Online Pedagogies for Active Learning Early forms of e-learning emphasized creation of online content and the migration of passive old forms of teaching and learning to the web. With this month's column, Online Pedagogies for Active Learning, Paul explores active learning alternatives to traditional lecture, presentation, and self-study.   September 5, 2003: Digital Game Based Learning & Simulations What will happen when online games and simulations collide with e-learning? A big bang coming soon to Vancouver? Check out this month's e-learning column as Paul explores the possibilities.   July 25, 2003: Blown Away by RSS Feeds & Blogs Its been quite a while since Paul has been "blown away" by a new technology. Read this month's E-Learning column to learn how RSS Feeds and Blogs did just that.   June 13, 2003: Online Communities & The Secret Sauce The popularity of online communities is influencing everything from TV, to e-learning, governance, and business. This column explores Online Communities and invites you to investigate the Secret Sauce that makes them work.   April 11, 2003: Alliances and the Formation of an Economic Sector As part of e-learning's maturation process the last two years have seen e-learning alliances form at the local, national, and international level. This month Paul traces the evolution of e-learning alliances and their contribution to the formation of e-learning as an economic sector.   March 14, 2003: E-Learning Accessibility Is E-Learning Accessible To All? Public policy and technology advances are enabling more and more people to access Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and with it e-learning. Find out how in this month's E-Learning column.   February 14, 2003: People to People not just People to Content - Learning Environments for Active and Alive Content People to people not just people to content. Too much of e-learning content seeks efficiencies by reducing the human interactive aspect of learning. This month Paul explores the need for active and alive e-learning content as the key to realizing the greatest potential of e-learning.   January 10, 2003: Learning Object Repositories Learning Object Repositories (LOR's) apply database, data warehouse, and data mining concepts to learning. This months E-Learning column explores how these IT concepts are being implemented in LOR's, Canadas Learning Object Repository leadership role, and the potential benefits LOR's provide to companies, teachers and students.   December 6, 2002: E-Learning Interoperability & Web Services   Interoperability and web services have the potential to level the current e-learning playing field while better serving the needs of e-learning users and institutions alike. This month Paul explores what interoperability and web services are along with their potential role in e-learning.   November 8, 2002: Open Source E-Learning Open source software is increasingly accepted as a viable alternative to closed proprietary software. This month Paul takes a look at a number of open source e-learning initiatives with an eye to their potential contribution as mainstream e-learning applications and as a source of innovation.   September 27, 2002: Canadian Companies Rock At Online Learning 2002 This month Paul explores Canada's emergence as a major source of e-learning innovation and talent. About thirty percent of the companies at Online Learning 2002 in Anaheim were Canadian with significant company representation from British Columbia, New Brunswick, and Quebec. Top ten e-learning trends, Canadian e-learning companies, and a call for national action are all covered in this months E-Learning column.   September 6, 2002: E-Learning - SET To Go E-learning is ramping up the adoption curve. This month Paul coins a new e-learning acronymn "SET", to describe three strategic approaches for taking e-learning from pilot to widespread implementation.   August 9, 2002: E-Learning Leadership In hard economic times the passion, persistence, and ingenuity of leaders converts problems into opportunities. This month Paul takes a look at e-learning leadership including the emergence of the eLearning BC Alliance here in B.C.   May 31, 2002: E-Learning Return On Investment (ROI) The promise and future of e-learning are based on E-Learning's Return On Investment (ROI). This month Paul explores the hot topic of e-learning ROI. What is it? How do you define it? Why should you do it? Exploring e-learning ROI from a corporate internal and external training perspective reveals the business case for e-learning and how e-learning impacts the bottom line.   April 26, 2002: BC's Dynamic E-Learning Community This month Paul takes a look at Canada's international status as a wired nation. Within that national context BC's e-learning position, history, and current state are explored. Links and opportunities to participate in BC's dynamic e-learning community are provided including a preview of a Corporate eLearning Conference happening May 9th at UBC Robson Square.   April 5, 2002: Growth and Livelihood - The Slippery Slopes of E-Learning This month Paul takes a look at two opposing pulls on e-learning. Surging are e-learning’s growing prominance and growth. Slowing are constraints and current hard times. Seeking e-learning’s place here in B.C., and nationally for Canada, this month’s e-learning column rides e-learning right to the shore.   March 1, 2002: Live E-Learning This month's E-Learning Column takes a look at the exciting emergence of "Live E-Learning" and the way it builds interaction and engagement in to the e-learning experience.   January 25, 2002: E-Learning Value Chain/Market Map and BC E-Learning Companies This month Paul describes an E-Learning Value Chain & Market Map helping everyone visualize what the e-learning market space looks like. Links to over 50 BC e-learning companies are provided, the nucleus of a vibrant e-learning industry right here in BC.   November 30, 2001: The Amazing TechBC Story - E-Learning on the Edge This month Paul profiles e-learning at the Technical University of British Columbia (TechBC) where all courses are online. TechBC's e-learning accomplishments are described. The Liberal government's position on TechBC is questioned. TechBC undergraduates describe their TechBC e-learning experience in their own words. Readers have an opportunity to express support for TechBC.   October 26, 2001: Learning Management Systems (LMS) & Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) - E-Learning an Enterprise Application?  This months e-learning column looks at Learning Management Systems and an exciting new emerging e-learning application - Learning Content Management Systems. Together these applications provide the base foundation for an enterprise wide e-learning implementation.   September 28, 2001: Moving Beyond Self-Paced Learning Commercial forms of e-learning have been dominated by self-paced models of learning. Vendors and users are now moving beyond self-paced learning to more engaging learning models that facilitate peer-to-peer and learner-to-instructor interaction. Find out how in this month's e-learning column.   September 7, 2001: Mergers and Acquisitions Change E-Learning Landscape Mergers and acquisitions are dramatically changing the e-learning landscape. This month's e-learning column takes a look at the changing landscape with a special focus on B.C and Canadian companies.   July 27, 2001: The Big 8 - Questions to Answer in Planning & Implementing E-Learning. This month's e-learning column asks the Big 8 questions that every organization needs to answer in planning and implementing e-learning.   June 29, 2001: The Future of Learning - Negotiated Personalization. This months e-learning column imagines the future of learning where alternatives to prepackaged courses exist in the form of negotiated personalization.   May 25, 2001: Authoring,Instructional Design and Teaching: This months e-learning column identifies professional development programs for teachers, trainers and instructional designers interested in developing their knowledge and skills in e-learning.   April 27, 2001: Surviving the Bear Market: This month’s e-learning column looks at how the e-learning marketplace is being affected by the downturn in the economy.   March 30, 2001: Quality Reviews  In this month's e-learning column, Paul Stacey calls for the adoption of quality reviews by e-learning providers and explores the impact consumer reviews of e-learning will have on private and public sector providers.   March 2, 2001: Standards This month's e-learning column explores the importance of emerging specifications and standards for e-learning.   February 2, 2001: The Second Wave With the first wave justification for e-learning established, the question is no longer “if” you should do e-learning, but “how” you should do e-learning. This month, Paul Stacey looks at some how-to options as the second wave carries e-learning forward.   January 5, 2001: A Systems & Software Engineering Perspective of E-Learning This month, Paul takes a look at how systems and software engineering principles apply to e-learning.   December 1, 2000 Mobile E-Learning This month, Paul comments on the popularity of Personal digital assistants (PDA's), smart phones, and other wireless devices, and how they are likely to appear on many a Christmas wish list this season.  He goes on to discuss the rapid adoption of these devices and how they are creating an emerging market for m-learning (mobile learning). As Christmas approaches this month's e-learning column looks at the providers and users of wireless e-learning.   October 28, 2000: E-Learning & Knowledge Management This edition of E-Learning looks at the inter-relationship between e-learning and knowledge management. The rationale behind knowledge management is explored and points of intersection with e-learning are described. The business propositions of new e-learning vendors that position themselves to serve both e-learning and knowledge management are discussed.   September 29, 2000: The Evolution of E-Learning - Classroom, CBT, & Performance Support This month, Paul Stacey looks at the evolution of e-learning and how it compares to traditional classroom and CD-ROM computer based training. He also identifies a new and emerging form of e-learning for performance support.   September 1, 2000: Corporate Universities Paul Stacey writes on the importance of continuous Corporate learning as well as the newly emerging Corporate Universities: a typically centralized, strategic umbrella for developing and educating employees, customers, and suppliers.    July 28, 2000: Free E-Learning Business Models Paul Stacey writes directly from Silicon Valley. This month's column explores "free" as a dotcom business model for e-learning and provides links to free e-learning you can try.   June 30, 2000: E-Learning & E-Commerce Paul Stacey speaks about the parallels of E-learning and e-commerce. The business of e-learning is an education disrupter out of which new learning opportunities are emerging. Learning will become an e-market and e-learning components will plug in to and be a part of all businesses - b2c and b2b.   May 26, 2000: Global E-Learning Paul Stacey stresses the importance and global impact of “e-learning” in today’s high-tech Industry.  In the new economy, whoever has the smartest employees and customers wins.   April 28, 2000: E-Learning - Intro and Examples from Public & Private Sectors The e-learning market is just starting to heat up hitting the radar screens of corporations, working adults, and venture capitalists alike. This article provides only a taste sampler of the field.