News from Elliott Masie

Special Note! I just finished interviewing Adam Jones, NBC News - Senior Vice President of Network Development and CFO for a special Learning TRENDS Podcast.

We talked about a revolutionary learning platform that NBC News has just released: iCUE. They have even opened up a new group called NBC Learn. There is a combination of journalists, media specialists and learning professionals working in this group. And, NBC has partnered with MIT on developing the design of this next generational learning model. I was impressed with the ability of the learner being able to manipulate and contextualize video content with thie platform.
iCue takes "e-learning" a huge step forward, with the introduction of small video chunks (from the NBC News archives), social networking and gaming. They blend these learning and engagement components in new ways, which will form the basis of new pedagogical approaches.
iCue is a free service and is starting with content/courses aimed at Advanced Placement classes for high school students. In the future, the platform could be ideal for learning design for a wider range of learners and content.

Go to http://www.masieweb.com/nbcicue for the Podcast and links to the service.