This afternoon, OpenSesame will present our business model and technology platform at the Venture Capital in Education Summit in New York in the beautiful IAC HQ building. ... [more]
Last week my colleagues and I traveled to Orlando for the American Society for Training and Development’s annual International Conference and Expo (the cool kids call it ICE). As always, I emerged exhausted from learning, chatting, socializing and making connections with Twitter friends. And, in this case, perhaps also from the 95 degree heat. ... [more]
The OpenSesame crew is packing up for our trip (from rainy Portland, OR) to (sunny) Orlando, Florida next week for the American Society of Training & Development’s annual International Conference & Expo (ICE). ICE is the premier international event in the professional training and development industry, featuring more than 8,000 attendees from organizations all over the world. While I’m a big fan of self-directed and resourceful learning, conferences are great, in-depth learning experiences. ... [more]
OpenSesame is proud to announce that we’re founding a new conference, mLearnSocialDevConLearnGame, which will focus on connections between social learning environments, mobile technologies, instructional design and online learning. From October 29-31, 2011 in Trinidad & Tobago, we’ll convene thought leaders in the elearning, gaming, mobile technology and social media sectors to share ideas and brainstorm the future.The 2011 mLearnSocialDevConLearnGame will be the first-ever conference bringing together discussions about mobile technology, social networks and serious learning games. ... [more]
I remember leaving DevLearn 2009 and thinking, “This was THE BEST conference experience I’ve ever had.” At that moment, I knew a return trip was in order in 2010. Coming into this year’s edition of DevLearn, I had different expectations that last year. In 2009, it was all about bringing home those two or three nuggets of information that I could apply right away. This year felt different. I’m no longer going blindly from session to session mining for the few tidbits of information that will sell the value of my conference attendance. Instead, it’s more ... [more]
