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Some Acknowledgments
It's good to sit down and list the people who have been big influences on a person's life. Not that anyone would be interested except for myself. If you are still reading, I assume you are trying to figure me out.
What's the occasion? A career change. After 11 years in private and public education as an educator, I made a carefully planned move to corporate learning. I'll miss K-12 education but look forward to the challenges of adult learning in a high stakes environment (ie, think pharma manufacturing).
Okay, here's my list in somewhat of a chronological order:
Jay Cross and George Siemens. I would be remiss to leave out Steven Downes , David Jonassen, Michael Allen, Elliott Masie, and James Farmer. Some other influences include Dr. Greg Sherman, Dr. Michael Moore, Dr. John Carroll, Dr. Thomas C. Reeves, and Dr. Jan Nespor. Some bloggers that share my view of the world include: Garr Reynolds, Brent Schenkler (Corporate eLearning Development), Maish Nichani (elearning post) , and Patrick lambe (Straits Knowledge). Former colleagues and friends from Media Arts, now running Logical Steps in Singapore keep me grounded in business reality.
Elizabeth (Liz) Arrington introduced me to the world of business consulting by including me on strategy meetings as she walked clients through the fundamentals of a tech startup. She also kicked my butt on the basic fundamentals of business communications and plain old business basics when I first moved from K-12 teaching to business. Girish too. I have to thank my friend from the land of Oz, David Stubbs. We explored technology enabled learning while working together in Singapore at ISS International School. David took me to visit a company located in a single room at National University of Singapore called TechNet. Wires were everywhere. It later grew into Pacific Internet, Asia's biggest Internet provider and launched an IPO on Nasdaq. Still around. Prior to the explosion of the World Wide Web, I got to hang out with some cool thought leaders in education at Fox Lane High School in New York. These folks included Mike Terlizzi, Steve Kluge, John Carlson, and Dr. Arthur Eisenkraft.
Going way back, I have to thank the person who gave me my first academic job as an astronomy tutor and observatory assistant, Dr. James LoPresto at Edinboro University of Pa.
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