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Hey David (I am copying others here to see what is
up my sleeve) -
I will be out of the town next week, but I
wanted to see if you would be willing to do something with me.
I really learn best by doing and watching, being
guided in a practical setting, and I don't have the time to be traveling to
face-to-face workshops. Reading is great, but I learn best by experience and
doing. I'm in the training business, and I manage HP's WW services sales
training program (over 1400 sales reps and 60 managers), and this is a
very significant learning style that we address in our programs....and I believe
this learning style is neglected by the music industry, in software,
especially. This has always baffled me. There are a lot of smart people in the
music industry, yet they don't seem to smart when it comes to understanding how
people learn and how many diverse learning styles there are out there. I tend to
see the same type of learning methodologies used over and over again, which
aren't effective for all learners. I can see potential for companies to make A
LOT of money, if they just use the right technology for learning and set it up
correctly...but this is a different topic..maybe I'll retire early.
:)
Manuals, tutorials, face-to-face training in the
classroom, etc...all great for some folks, but they completely neglect a
major learning style in human beings. There is tons of research on this, which I
could go on and on about for pages and pages since it is my specialty, but I'll
spare everyone.
I have access to this thing called Virtual Training
Room (used to be called Virtual Classroom), a product of HPs. I can setup a room
and we can enter it, where you can view my desktop or visa versa, and we talk on
a conference line, which I also setup. We can take control of each other's
desktops too for demonstration. I'd like to conduct an experiment with
this learning technology, and have you walk me through some really basic
procedures of Reaktor, like changing ensembles on the fly from a menu, storing
them, saving presets (or snapshots) of an ensemble and accessing it on the fly,
etc. Once I have this down, I can do the rest. I've tested out all the effects
your mentioned on the reaktor effects user group, and they are
outstanding! I can tell that Reaktor is going to do everything I need and
more. I am blown away. I may never even need another VST effect
again.
Maybe in a few weeks we could hook up and try this
virtual training room out?
Heck, I may even look into purchasing some space,
and hosting some formal training sessions online. The room can hold up to 250
people, all viewing one's desktop, and listening in real time on a conference
line. I can launch learning checkpoint questions, host group chat, group
discussion groups, and even conduct surveys in real time. I manage programs
that do this stuff all of the time at work. The technology is powerful and
totally under-utilized by the music industry. I'm shooting for some Music
Software eLearning. I can also pay to have the sessions recorded so that they
can be played back in real time, like a virtual, self-paced training session.
Much of this is in the future and will take time, of course.
Anyway, I'll do some more research and see what the
costs are, how I can set it up for the public, etc.
Now, while I am on this topic, I would be interest
to know if any music software companies are actually conducting live,
interacrtive elearning (not just talking heads and lecture) and charging
per seat. Anyone know? Can you direct me to any info? I'd like to
see who has caught on to this.
Kris
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