Innovation and Implementing E-Learning

More and more decision makers in the education field are seeing the need to expand their options. Disruptive innovations are challenging traditional methods of teaching and a new generation of digitally-connected students is entering universities and workplaces. Mobile learning, do-it-yourself learning, “Learning 2.0,” virtual worlds, and games & simulations are just some of the innovations we are seeing in e-learning. Successfully implementing e-learning requires preparation, strategy, technology selection, selling, new competencies, and a plan for measuring the benefits. Dr. Hall will highlight several innovations in e-learning and provide ideas for successful implementation.

Brandon Hall, Ph.D., is a leading independent expert in e-learning, helping organizations make the right decisions about technology through his writing, advising, and presenting. With more than 20 years as a training professional, Dr. Hall is the Chairman of Brandon Hall Research and author of the groundbreaking "Web-Based Training Cookbook."

Since 1992, Brandon Hall Research has been providing independent expert advice in the form of published reports and phone consultations on the tools of e-learning: LMS, LCMS, authoring tools, content providers, and other tools that help organizations develop successful e-learning solutions. Dr. Hall participates regularly as a featured speaker in conferences such as ASTD and Online Learning. He earned his doctorate in educational psychology and has served on the faculty of San Francisco State Universitys Multimedia Studies Program.

Dr. Halls clients have included Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, GE, Motorola, Kraft/General Foods, Hewlett-Packard, Goldman Sachs, Westinghouse, and the U.S. Army, among others. He has been the editor of Technology for Learning newsletter, a columnist for Online Learning, and a contributing editor to the American Society for Training and Developments (ASTD) Training and Development Magazine. As an internationally recognized researcher and speaker on e-learning, he has been interviewed by Forbes, Fortune, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes ASAP, InfoWorld, Training, and HR Executive, among others.

In addition, Dr. Hall chairs the annual Excellence in Learning Awards, now in its twelfth year and the first recognition program dedicated entirely to the e-learning industry.