Hey all. I truly enjoyed meeting everyone this week and look forward to our collaboration over the next year and beyond. It would be great if we can all get back together once or twice a year, but i said that after graduating from college also...

For those I didn't talk to, I'm a Program Manager/Instructional Designer with Cisco. I truly believe much more in knowledge management (refered to this week as performance support). Tacit knowledge (i.e. wisdom of the crowds) and explicit knowledge (i.e. formally writen content) is truly what is most important. Why waste time away from job productivity in ILT or e-learning if our human memories are going to erase that anyway? Elliot's french fries example in his Podcast for Learning is the best example. Remember what Elliot said about the optics of learning as well. Knowledge or procedural information at the point of need is key. Then, experience and exposure over time is what truly builds long term competence.

Anyway, I have an M.S. in Instructional Systems from Florida State University. It was a great place to get started in this field. That said, check out the University of Georgia and what thier Instructional Technology program offers. Believe me....they offer a great program.

Be safe and send me/this board all your awesome design ideas so we can leverage the "wissdom of the crowd.