I posted a Media Review for TMR of the Mediasite web casting product in 2007. Recently, John Pollard and Kristin Zurovitch, Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite Product Marketing Manager, paid me an office visit to demo and to update me on changes to the system.   

The University of Wisconsin has been holding an annual distance education conference over the past 25 years. This means that during the 1980’s educators were discussing how to reach learners through the media of radio and television. Today, of course, it is all about using the Internet to educate and inform. 

I have been laboring …writing my dissertation chapters for the last seven months. My topic: What Factors Enable Collaboration between the SME and the IDD teams?

I am a dissertator at the University of Wisconsin, and my research topic is on “Factors that enable collaboration between the IDD (instructional design and development) team and the subject matter expert.”  I have written a series of blog entries on the various expertise sharing factors, which I have discovered (slow drip style) can be utilized by eLearning managers.  While conducting my research, one interviewee said bluntly: “the amount of collaboration really comes down to the personality mix of team members.”   Well, yes and no.  “Personality style” and “influencing style” of the group leader(s) and team members does play a role.  But the topic of team member “style” is not specifically part of my research.   Recently, I and others at Web Courseworks have been attending UW-SBDC workshops on delegating, motivating, and leading teams.  The following are a few “take-home points” related to engaging and influencing experts.