| November 2, 2007 This month at LearnNB(click name to go directly to article)
Presidential Perspective The Leadership Symposium, "Leadership for Results", featuring Marshall Goldsmith, was both inspiring and thought-provoking. Marshall prompted all of us to think about our leadership capabilities on both a personal and organizational level. As Leaders in Learning, I'd like to suggest that we must all be working concurrently on increasing leadership effectiveness at both the micro- and macro-level. Effective leadership must convey the sense of urgency that New Brunswick's individuals, organizations and business entities must exhibit if we are to meet the challenges before us. Effective leadership will create and communicate a compelling vision that ordinary men and women will follow. Effective leadership will act with courage to respond to both the opportunities and challenges within the timelines necessary to ensure that New Brunswick is not left behind. The monumental shifts in attitude and understanding about the way we conduct ourselves and our business is all about learning - learning about ourselves, the world, and about new ways of doing business. However, the necessary results will only be accomplished through continued dialogue and decisive action. I encourage you to attend ThinkNB (see note in this newsletter), New Brunswick's first ICT Showcase in many years. It is an important opportunity to celebrate the depth, expertise, and global reach of stakeholders within this important industry. LearnNB will have a booth - be sure to stop by, and renew your membership in New Brunswick's alliance for learning and knowledge management. Kathy Watt
Think New Brunswick... Made in New Brunswick ICT Showcase November 21st, 9 am to 5 pm Aitken Centre, Fredericton, NB New Brunswick is home to a core of 250 dynamic companies creating and exploring information and communication technology (ICT) applications. Recognizing that industry has not always marketed their technologies effectively in New Brunswick, over one hundred ICT companies have joined forces with Business New Brunswick to showcase the world class capability available in our own backyard. As Leaders in Learning, our success is directly related to the capacity of the research, the business lines and markets associated with the companies who will be at this showcase. Many of our learning companies and organizations will be present. Don't miss this one-day event. Register online to day for free at www.thinknbpensernb.ca using this VIP Code TNB116.
NB Pitches National Centre for Advanced Military Training
Government officials were in Ottawa last week pitching an ambitious plan to create a research and development cluster surrounding advanced learning and performance support. LearnNB has had a lead role in working with the New Brunswick Government and with senior officials within the Canadian Military to see this become a reality.
Read this article to learn more about this significant initiative.
Mobile Learning
Innovation and Engagement The workshop, presented by Red Hot Learning and the eLearning Guild was held at the Wu Conference Centre, October 2-3 2007. It exposed New Brunswick's government, business, education and health sectors to best practices within mobile learning. The outstanding presentations included Steve Wexler's eLearning Guild report on mobile learning and Dr. John Traxler's (University of Wolverhampton) full day orientation to the impacts of mobile technology on education and learning. The second day provided a series of four mobile project case studies, from public health, training and distance education. This event was one of Atlantic Canada's first mobile learning events, and garnered partnerships from the prestigious eLearning Guild and LearnNB, along with sponsorship support from Enterprise Fredericton, The City of Fredericton, and the Telegraph Journal. More information...
Leadership for Results "Inspiring" On September 26th, 300 government and private sector representatives gathered to hear Premier Shawn Graham and leadership expert Marshall Goldsmith. Premier Graham talked about the challenges and opportunities for leadership posed by the impending departure of one quarter of the Province's civil servants over the next five years. Comments overheard during the networking break following Dr. Goldsmith's presentation often included the word "inspiring. Among other things, he challenged participants to consider more effective strategies for receiving feedback. As a result, $630 in "fines" for negative reactions to feedback has been donated to the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick. A striking feature of the day was the fact that this important topic was being considered by an audience of both government and private sector stakeholders, as well as representatives of post-secondary institutions. New Brunswick's future depends upon all stakeholders working together, so the symbolism of the collaboration for this event was important. Dr. Goldsmith's book "What Got You Here Won't Get You There" and over two hundred free articles, interviews, columns and videos are available at http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com.
Annual CSTD Conference
and Trade Show December 2-5, 2007 Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel The conference will feature keynote presentations from Pamela Wallin, David Weiss, CTDP and Ed Hoffman of NASA. There will also be dozens of concurrent sessions on a wide variety of important and emerging topics, and there will be a trade show featuring leading vendors of workplace learning and performance solutions. To register, visit the CSTD website at www.cstd.ca/conference or call the toll-free registration hotline at 1-866-257-4275, ext.22. | LearnNB Board News Two new Board Members were welcomed at the AGM on September 26th, 2007. Joining the Board are Lloyd Henderson, CEL and Marie-Paule Theriault, NBCC Miramichi. President Kathy Watt expressed the Board's thanks to departing members Ken Anderson, Lynn Casey & Richard Corey.
Member Profile Lansbridge University As the only fully online degree-granting University in Canada with accreditation from the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) (www.detc.org), Lansbridge University is committed to the highest quality education possible in its Masters in Business Administration (MBA), and Executive Masters in Business Administration (EMBA) programs. Lansbridge University is more than an online university; it is a community of upward mobile managers and chief executive officers seeking to make their mark and to improve business opportunities for their respective places of business and corporations. Lansbridge University opens doors, leads to higher salaries, and more varied opportunities within the work place. More information: http://learnnb.ca/images/stories/pdf/lansbridge-profile.pdf
Member Profile PQA PQA is the largest independent software quality assurance and testing company in Canada. PQA provides Quality Assurance and Software Testing services to help clients improve process and produce better and more reliable products and content. During the past 10 years, PQA has consistently provided managed Quality Assurance services across multiple industries including finance, government, aerospace, eLearning, and large developers and integrators. At PQA, our core competencies revolve around our passion for quality and our commitment to customer satisfaction. We collaborate with our client to identify their quality assurance expectations and implement a plan to successfully and efficiently align with those requirements. PQA adds value to eLearning companies in particular by providing content review and editing, standards conformance, and instructional design services. In addition, we provide independent functional testing services for custom courses and web based programs, along with performance testing of administrative applications such as LMS and LCMS. For more information, visit their site at www.pqa .ca.
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